Reply #21: Yes, there was no random violence before video games.

[Nevernose]

I've drunk a lot of beer in my life, yet never made an anti-Semitic comment.
I've played a lot of Grand Theft Auto games, yet never shot anyone.
I've watched a lot of Faux news, yet have never worn a white sheet.
I've shot a lot of guns, yet have never been particularly prone to shooting people.

I think our tendency, as rational beings, when facing pure evil, is to try and find a rational reason. But sometimes there's no cause, or reason, or explanation, other than an almost incomprehensible state of what could best be called "evil."

Sometiems there's just not a good reason.

Then there's the logical fallacy: did they play violent video games because the were already violent, or did violent video games make them violent? Since random violence existed well before video games...