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| Do Violent Games Cause Acts of Violence? | |
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| Topic Started: Mar 15 2009, 03:51 PM (711 Views) | |
| Cieran | Mar 15 2009, 03:51 PM Post #1 |
Celebrate with cake!
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Well this has been in the news lately, what with that shooting in Germany and all. Apparently the kid played Far Cry 2 for a couple of hours before shooting up his school. Here's another interesting fact, I had breakfast before going out for a drive this morning. Because I had breakfast, this meant I could drive. There's nothing to say it's NOT true, but thinking about it really makes the links seem spurious. I don't believe that violent video games make kids violent any more than violent books or films do. Would there be such an uproar if the kid had read a violent book prior to the shooting? Would there be calls to ban violent books? Of course not, it's simply a case of reactionary doctrine against new media... |
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| Col | Mar 15 2009, 03:56 PM Post #2 |
Not Poodle
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Games don't cause violent kids. Simple as that. We say that every time It's argument comes up. Go to a terrorist training camp - bet there's no games consoles there. |
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| Gurpal | Mar 15 2009, 05:04 PM Post #3 |
Moblin
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THE URL doesn't work. I read an article about something related to this...damn it, I don't remember where I read it...anyway, it was about some study in the brain functions of people who play violent video games for long stretches as opposed to those who play non-violent ones. Apparently, playing violent games for several hours makes your brain work more slowly. It had a graph showing someone's brain, with lighted-up parts showing brain activity. The picture of the brain of one of the people who had played a lot of violent games had less lighted-up portions than the person who had played non-violent games. ._. |
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| picollo no. | Mar 15 2009, 07:05 PM Post #4 |
Screw the rules I'm Yuri Lowell
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Until any evidence shows up to the contrary, Videogames do not cause voilent behaviour. The Mail says it does, my mother says it does and my headteacher implies it does but without any evidence to support those claims their arguement is nothing. |
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| Inphoar | Mar 16 2009, 12:07 AM Post #5 |
Dilly-Dally Shilly-Shally
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Violent kids make more violent kids. |
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| Col | Mar 16 2009, 12:27 AM Post #6 |
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Not Poodle
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Inaccurate statistical statements about violent kids make violent kids, simply because they want to set things straight, but aren't noticed otherwise. |
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| Mark1006 | Mar 16 2009, 04:54 PM Post #7 |
That's Limerick Citaaayy
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I feel video games can make an already violent kid more violent, but a quiet kid isn't gonna grab a shotgun after playing GTA |
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| DMHowe | Mar 16 2009, 07:06 PM Post #8 |
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Do not try and eat the cake, only try and realise the truth.
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*shrugs* I will tell you out and out that years of depredation and humiliation at the hands of your peers will make you far more trigger happy than a game of gears of war. In fact, violent video games can quell the bloodlust. But quite frankly, society creates these people. Not video games. |
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| Mark1006 | Mar 16 2009, 09:07 PM Post #9 |
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That's Limerick Citaaayy
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Thats sums it up better than anything else for me, really |
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| Levus28 | Apr 2 2009, 10:55 PM Post #10 |
Goomba
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Violent games do not provoke violent behavior. There's a number of reasons why people become violent. 1: A violent upbringing 2: Irresponsible parents that need to learn how to read the age ratings on video games 3: Parents that don't teach their children the different between right and wrong. I mean, it's common sense, helping people: good. Killing people: bad. I'm sick of people blaming video games for everything that's wrong in the world. I played GTA when I was 10 but I didn't go round shooting random people because I know that It's wrong. |
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| Takoa | Apr 3 2009, 06:15 AM Post #11 |
Ahoge of Justice
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Because getting hold of a gun when you're ten is so easy anyway. :p I see it the other way round. Violence causes inspiration for violence in videogames. ^_^ The guys at Capcom must've been walking down the street one day when they saw a guy cut off another guy's head with a chainsaw. They thought "Hey! We can use this in a game!", and thus the chainsaw wielding ganados and majinis were born! |
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| Col | Apr 3 2009, 07:27 AM Post #12 |
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Not Poodle
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But if the games are not what provoke the violent behaviour, why does it mater whether or not a 5-year-old kid is allowed to play an 18 rated game? |
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| Dino Dan the Dinosaur Man | Apr 3 2009, 04:02 PM Post #13 |
What is a man?
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Doesn't that mean kids are going to get around it anyway? You're either criticising your own parents for not caring, or showing that parental enforcement doesn't really do much. It's not always parental upbringing that creates a violent person anyway. You could have a good set of parents but still turn out scum, while children of violent parents could still realise that certain behaviour is wrong, I think. |
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| Levus28 | Apr 3 2009, 09:25 PM Post #14 |
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It's a bad influence to what the child sees. At that age, a child is very impressionable.
asdjlahd;iasj# Blimey, you're right! Although I've never owned a GTA game. I used to play GTA 3 on my Sister's Boyfriend's PS2 back when PS2 was new and had "OMFG AMAZING GRAPHICSSSSSSSSSSS". HURF DURF I LIKE HYPOCRITISIZING WHAT I JUST SAID! |
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| DMHowe | Apr 17 2009, 07:09 PM Post #15 |
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Do not try and eat the cake, only try and realise the truth.
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When I was 5 I played Mario and started a-jumpin' on people's heads |
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| Col | Apr 17 2009, 11:01 PM Post #16 |
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Not Poodle
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Did they go "blip" on contact? When I was that age, I used to think that 7-up was an ubershroom. |
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| Cieran | Apr 22 2009, 07:30 PM Post #17 |
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Celebrate with cake!
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I do remember calling the 1-ups "Mushroom men" after my friend called them so. In fact, I still do sometimes :|... |
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| shadowmage73 | Apr 26 2009, 08:52 PM Post #18 |
Goomba
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This is hardly a forum where you get an unbiased reply on this topic. |
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| - Razberi - | Apr 26 2009, 08:53 PM Post #19 |
 
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You'd know? =] Welcome. |
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| shadowmage73 | Apr 26 2009, 08:54 PM Post #20 |
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i do know. |
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