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Confusious

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30. Sounds exciting

Reply to KittyWampus (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 03:22 AM

Dec 2012

I can't wait.

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PPS. You can't "teach" empathy. You either have it or you don't.

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Should mentally ill people be kept from buying violent video games? [View all] fried eggs Dec 2012 OP

No, And How Would You Police That? dballance Dec 2012 #1

If a family member or doctor filed a formal petition to get someone screened for mental illness fried eggs Dec 2012 #20

Knives? Would that include kitchen knives? /eom dballance Dec 2012 #39

Kind of hard to chop a salad without a knife reverend_tim Dec 2012 #42

I guess the plan is for them to call a social worker to cut their food for them ck4829 Dec 2012 #59

Did you miss the part about multiple failed psych screenings? fried eggs Dec 2012 #65

I have a collection of knives and I'm under the classification of mentally ill. Neoma Dec 2012 #73

You won't get an answer. Rex Dec 2012 #79

So much drama all the sudden. Neoma Dec 2012 #81

The NRA Trolls are mad Rex Dec 2012 #83

Problem would be in the definition of "mentally ill" thse days. Lionessa Dec 2012 #2

Ever occur to you that the games might be a trigger for illness? BainsBane Dec 2012 #3

Yes. I just finished watching a young youtuber's video fried eggs Dec 2012 #10

So? It's internet He was probably just exaggerating for effect. white_wolf Dec 2012 #68

Because everything you see on YouTube HappyMe Dec 2012 #76

No. Video Games are NOT the problem. ZM90 Dec 2012 #4

Japan has a very high level of social cohesion. There the violence is turned more inwards= suicide. KittyWampus Dec 2012 #6

Canada? Confusious Dec 2012 #28

No assault weapons. Universal healthcare... fried eggs Dec 2012 #40

Nope they're available Confusious Dec 2012 #41

I'd rather they be encouraged to play games that encourage empathy. Gaming Can Have Positive Effects KittyWampus Dec 2012 #5

I'd like to see that too fried eggs Dec 2012 #24

Sounds exciting Confusious Dec 2012 #30

You most certainly can teach empathy. It's a higher brain function that needs development. KittyWampus Dec 2012 #35

Still sounds boring as shit Confusious Dec 2012 #37

I've played plenty of games like that siouxsiecreamcheese Dec 2012 #78

That's not a binary choice jeff47 Dec 2012 #84

Jesus Pizza No! Agnosticsherbet Dec 2012 #7

The renewal of the assault weapons ban goes without saying fried eggs Dec 2012 #21

Where I could see a better rating system for games, I would not support banning them...but Agnosticsherbet Dec 2012 #80

Here...long editorial I wrote for local paper nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #8

LOL! You want a "global approach" but don't want to talk about culture. LOL! KittyWampus Dec 2012 #12

Lol yourself, you are that latte drinking liberal nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #14

I don't drink coffee of any kind. I drink Mugicha. KittyWampus Dec 2012 #16

Whatever, you are exactly who I am talking about nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #18

Nice attempt w/your pseudo-intellectual prattle. The fact remains, unnecessary violence underlies KittyWampus Dec 2012 #22

The fact remains those studies are not reproducible. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #27

You're wrong about SSRI's as a class being contraindicated <18 yrs of age. Care Acutely Dec 2012 #46

Thank you for letting me know nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #48

+1 zappaman Dec 2012 #72

Mugicha is even higher on the scale than latte. JVS Dec 2012 #38

So where does mocha fall? n/t white_wolf Dec 2012 #71

It's really all of the above fried eggs Dec 2012 #23

If violent games were truly part of it nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #29

Does S. Korea have an NRA? loyalsister Dec 2012 #56

It is that it is ridiculous to suggest a mirror to the structural nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #62

"You ever seen any of their tittles?" zappaman Dec 2012 #90

WTF Skittles Dec 2012 #9

How about we take a hard look at all the meds we are giving children former-republican Dec 2012 #11

I started researching that yesterday after a psychologist on a panel said 8 million kids are on KittyWampus Dec 2012 #13

wow former-republican Dec 2012 #17

How do you propose we do that? Rex Dec 2012 #15

Fuck NO!!!!1111 Gimme them VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES!!!!! cliffordu Dec 2012 #19

"spent hours honing their skills on Call of Duty" BarackTheVote Dec 2012 #25

4) Kids desensitized to violence. But I absolutely think you have the issues rated spot on. #1 KittyWampus Dec 2012 #32

The thing is, I feel that we overestimate BarackTheVote Dec 2012 #43

Well said, every bit. Puzzledtraveller Dec 2012 #50

One point to add to all you said nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #85

Yea, that's kinda like saying Confusious Dec 2012 #34

Should people that look at porn be prevented from entering relationships? nt Bonobo Dec 2012 #26

My right hand thinks so. About me, I mean. cliffordu Dec 2012 #33

Dan and Dan have some information for you intaglio Dec 2012 #31

We complain about the media day in day out Confusious Dec 2012 #36

No. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #44

Violent video games don't kill people. Jamastiene Dec 2012 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author Bad_Ronald Dec 2012 #47

So many problems with this gollygee Dec 2012 #49

I think the idea theKed Dec 2012 #70

"the mentally ill" get the red out Dec 2012 #51

Well at least it wasn't some worse vulgar term HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #53

Psychopaths, people who would take delight in killing a human or stringing up an animal fried eggs Dec 2012 #66

Ask their doctor, duh. grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #52

Good fucking grief! HappyMe Dec 2012 #54

What else should they be kept from doing? ck4829 Dec 2012 #55

Yes! No violent videogames for the mentally ill. And no pit bulls either! downandoutnow Dec 2012 #57

Whoever is in charge of them and their finances treestar Dec 2012 #58

It would make more sense to keep gun owners from buying them; thucythucy Dec 2012 #60

Anything... Just don't look at the actual guns... Ohio Joe Dec 2012 #61

There wouldn't even be violent video games if our culture weren't SICK in the first place. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #63

need a new scapgoat--Jews must be out of fashion dembotoz Dec 2012 #64

Don't be too quick for that assessment, I was on a jury with someone blaming Jews. Neoma Dec 2012 #77

Of course, arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #67

Given the history of abuse and ostracism towards the mentally ill... backscatter712 Dec 2012 #69

Anything but the guns right? white_wolf Dec 2012 #74

Yes, lets make a national database of the mentally ill available to EVERYONE HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #75

Enjoy your time with Wayne LaPierre and the NRA nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #82

No - video games have killed exactly 0 people Taverner Dec 2012 #86

I suppose they could cause a bad bruise XRubicon Dec 2012 #87

How about we focus on things that are actual weapons first? Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #88

Why not just keep people who buy violent video games Crunchy Frog Dec 2012 #89

The unmindful lumping of all afflicted under the single label "mental illness" is bigoted. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #91

Honing their skills on Call OF Duty.. SomethingFishy Dec 2012 #92