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In reply to the discussion: Video games are evil [View all]Confusious
(8,317 posts)2. Study: No Link Between Violent Video Games, Youth Aggression ...
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Am I the only one who suspects a bit of zealotry-trolling going on here?
backscatter712
Dec 2012
#12
Well then some of you are hypocrites and can't accept that basic fact. And need to lie
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#111
Geez, go smoke some weed or something. You've really gone unhinged. n/t
backscatter712
Dec 2012
#112
Who is the zealot? The OP who is lying about what others are saying? Those who try to dictate the
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#110
Most of what I've dug up from the academic journals says the same thing.
backscatter712
Dec 2012
#22
The Police have repeatedly indicated multiple 30-round magazines were used. n/t
PoliticAverse
Dec 2012
#29
Damn, better hide my mom's old car...computer is set in metric right now.
nadinbrzezinski
Dec 2012
#21
No matter how evil video games are, that would have mattered a whole lot less without a 90 round
patrice
Dec 2012
#24
All the studies I found....all of them...found a link...a predictor of future violent behavior in
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#48
That's what I mean. It should be studied and looked at, since many studies have concluded
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#57
Oh, come on. You know that a lot of parents don't have a clue what kind of video game their
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#62
The game makers put a standard label on the box explaining what's in that video game
jeff47
Dec 2012
#133
Show me the case where someone killed 20 people rapidly with a copy of Halo 4, and maybe you'll have
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2012
#87
Yep. We should burn them all right along with every copy of The Catcher in the Rye.
Lone_Star_Dem
Dec 2012
#47
I missed those studies showing a link between violent behavior and Beowulf. Where are
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#70
You really think the minimum-wage-earning kid taking tickets is gonna stop a parent who demands
jeff47
Dec 2012
#135
Okay, now you're getting silly. Is there a Shakespeare Mortal Kombat video game?
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#72
We need to speak of a number of things Nadin. Yes guns and clips for sure, but also other things. nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2012
#77
Because mine craft has zero guns (ok the laser mining laser could be seen as one)
nadinbrzezinski
Dec 2012
#95
VERY few DU'ers have even mentioned banning video games. Your entire thread is bullshit.
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#109
It's funny that people seem to think violence didn't happen before video games or movies or comics
Kalidurga
Dec 2012
#92
First thing written after the Code was a lurid and violent tale of the forbidden
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#131
Do you think society would be better off with LESS glorified violence instead of MORE?
randome
Dec 2012
#98
That's...almost funny. 'Time for introspection' is the same as 'demanding it'.
randome
Dec 2012
#154
Aaaaaand... Jack Thompson slithers out of his hiding place to accuse the game industry of murder...
backscatter712
Dec 2012
#128