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Violent Media Should NOT Be Blamed for Violent Acts It's a Friday night, close to 7:00 p.m., and I'm hanging out with my friends in line for the year's big summer movie, "The Matrix Reloaded," a very violent rated-R movie. We were all excited to see this movie, and as we waited in line we had to share our excitement by talking about the film. As we were standing in line and talking, a short boy with a mean smirk on his face practically collided into me while seemingly looking at me. He had spilled some of his soda on my pants, and he acted like he was mad at me. I apologized, even though it was obviously his fault, simply because I was raised that way. A few minutes the later the movie was starting and I felt hardly any anger towards the person. Later that night, I was driving my friends home. We all love loud, rock music, some of which could be considered offensive and violent. We ended up getting in an argument about one of our favorite bands, "Metallica," and it was obvious that a fight was in order. Usually, when we get in these heated arguments about which CD was better, we settle them with big fights, and we usually fight in the same method. The method of which I am speaking is "Halo." "Halo" is one of our favorite