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Showing Original Post only (View all)The violent videogames. Yes, they are a contributor. [View all]
If anyone thinks that these games do not have anything to do with violence in our society is delusional.
I am continually amazing by the conversations with people that play these games and have a gun fetish, and own multiple guns. We have a whole generation of violence adoring people that love shooting people on screen, yet would recoil if asked to actually go fight in a war.
Killing on screen numbs people to violence. I bet this kid played videogames till his eyeballs bugged out.
This kid was the perfect compilation of all things fucked up.
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Except of course that there is zero evidence for causality or correlation.
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2012
#1
Why don't you provide some links to ACTUAL peer reviewed scientific studies then
Matariki
Dec 2012
#182
except there is. mixed studies for sure, but to say there is zero evidence is wrong.
cali
Dec 2012
#38
Actually, I've read a couple of articles that said he was a "gamer," but were they accurate? idk.
reformist2
Dec 2012
#5
Oh, what nonsense! IF he did it was Hello Kitty...you know, that kind of game.
Safetykitten
Dec 2012
#6
"He is said to have been a fan of computer games featuring warfare and killing."
Cobalt Violet
Dec 2012
#70
Hell hath no fury like a video gamer and beloved violent games being attacked.
Safetykitten
Dec 2012
#4
Yep. I love the personal anecdotes of peace-loving gamers... as if that proves anything.
reformist2
Dec 2012
#7
The only thing lacking proof is your extraordinary claim that violent video games are dangerous.
Kurska
Dec 2012
#11
Used to be comic books. Whatever. I think I know who is really delusional in this argument.
CBGLuthier
Dec 2012
#9
Me too. There should loads of us from the 70s and 80s out rampaging now, except that
GreenPartyVoter
Dec 2012
#173
It's the phenomenon of "I don't do or own<insert hobby or item here> therefore it should be banned"
Puzzledtraveller
Dec 2012
#98
It's not stupid at all. In fact, dismissing the idea out of hand reduces your credibility.
reformist2
Dec 2012
#28
There are a lot of psycho kids in other countries, they just don't have access to guns.
reformist2
Dec 2012
#167
You see, killing people on screen in uber violent specatacles has nothing to do with anything.
Safetykitten
Dec 2012
#42
It is ignorant to think that there was just one simple answer. It can be a toxic stew of medication,
Pisces
Dec 2012
#66
Refusing to answer a stupid question doesn't mean I lost the argument
proud2BlibKansan
Dec 2012
#125
I just played Glow Fish. It's a maze where you encircle aggressive fish and turn them into "friends"
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#155
I've played very violent video games for years. I own no gun. I have no desire to hurt anyone.
phleshdef
Dec 2012
#89
That is you. Are you on medication for mental health issues, are you diagnosed ADHD, were you abused
Pisces
Dec 2012
#101
You could replace "violent video games" with "violent books", "violent music", "violent whatever".
phleshdef
Dec 2012
#130
But you are contributing to the violent currents in our collective consciousness.
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#156
Things like what you just said make me want to violently scoop my eyes out with a spoon.
phleshdef
Dec 2012
#165
on what do you blame the violence that occured BEFORE there were violent video games?
leftyohiolib
Dec 2012
#90
yes they create a spining vortex of pure evil, an opening of the very mouth of hell out of which
leftyohiolib
Dec 2012
#194
My son is not allowed to play his shooter games for at least until after the new year...
cynatnite
Dec 2012
#100
That took longer than I expected. And what do all of these 'causes' have in common? n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#122
Find the statistics that show crime going up with video game usage, I'll eat my hat.
Exultant Democracy
Dec 2012
#129
Sorry, I was too busy reading The Catcher In The Rye while listening to Judas Priest backwards
thelordofhell
Dec 2012
#132
I though about that angle as well but the kids weren't the only thing important to his mother
Uncle Joe
Dec 2012
#143
Definitely want to add the Bible to your list of violent things to throw out.
Matariki
Dec 2012
#185
Not buying this. MILLIONS play video games in countries that have no massacres like ours.
ancianita
Dec 2012
#158
That's because they don't have guns. It doesn't disprove the idea that video games are a problem.
reformist2
Dec 2012
#168
They don't have guns? Got any proof of that? A number of them have legalized gun ownership.
ancianita
Dec 2012
#195
Yes, anything except the obvious, i.e. the fact that he used a gun designed to kill lots of people.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2012
#160
I shot a gun once when I was a kid. Hated it. I don't even like games with guns.
dogknob
Dec 2012
#175
The glorification of violence is a big factor, but doens't fit the agenda, so
Skip Intro
Dec 2012
#179