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lbrtbell

(2,389 posts)
10. That's the damned truth.
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:07 PM
Dec 2012

Notice how the few sensible threads like these are getting the fewest recs these days?

I agree completely xoom Dec 2012 #1
+1 n/t. okieinpain Dec 2012 #2
That's the addiction talking. frazzled Dec 2012 #3
Please tell me this is sarcasm. white_wolf Dec 2012 #9
That's the damned truth. lbrtbell Dec 2012 #10
I don't believe you can conclusively exclude anything. If guns make you roguevalley Dec 2012 #60
Violence sells. GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #4
It does whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #6
Actually, it's corporations using sophisticated marketing techniques making those video games... KittyWampus Dec 2012 #15
Uh huh... whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #29
Well, they don't help. Eddie Haskell Dec 2012 #5
I don't disagree whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #7
But ALL countries play the same violent video games, and yet their kill rate lob1 Dec 2012 #56
Most people don't imitate what they see or play Superbot Dec 2012 #8
Most gun owners don't kill people .... oldhippie Dec 2012 #51
You are free to believe what you want. Or you can choose to believe in science. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #11
Correlation does not imply causation Fumesucker Dec 2012 #14
There's a difference between accepted science and studies whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #19
I think that was, in fact, his point. theKed Dec 2012 #61
If that were true, the rate of violent crime would be up. jeff47 Dec 2012 #21
Mass killings have been up since the advent of violent computer games (the last 2 decades). Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #27
If your theory was correct, non-mass killings would also be up. jeff47 Dec 2012 #39
If you believe so strongly in correlative evidence, then tell me what this means Major Nikon Dec 2012 #38
A-fucking-men. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #12
Moral panics? So is concern over Rape Culture also "moral panic"? KittyWampus Dec 2012 #17
It's called a Culture of Violence. You either support it our you don't. KittyWampus Dec 2012 #13
The anti-video game people subconsciously think people are stupid... Odin2005 Dec 2012 #16
I love video games. Who is "anti-video games"? And people who buy into violent crap are tools of the KittyWampus Dec 2012 #18
You mean like the two person shop nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #28
Thank you, I did enjoy Max Payne 3. Terry_M Dec 2012 #45
Who is anti-video? Let's have some names. Did they send you e-mails? Or on TV? Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #32
Tipper Gore? Joe Lieberman? Odin2005 Dec 2012 #36
Few things are caused by ONE thing. It's probably a combination. Besides, you're confusing CAUSE Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #20
Media isn't the cause whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #24
That's a ridiculous and unwarranted assumption on your part. randome Dec 2012 #30
What do you think has a more profound effect on an unstable personality whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #31
This is not the time to apportion blame and see who comes out with more. randome Dec 2012 #33
Did someone establish that the kid was "violent game addicted" whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #37
You keep going back to the same nonsense. randome Dec 2012 #42
No, it wouldn't. I have a gun. I have never killed anyone or anything. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #35
"It" isn't video games and other violent media. 99Forever Dec 2012 #22
Let me get this straight. randome Dec 2012 #23
I think you said that really well. Ilsa Dec 2012 #26
We can very clearly show the link between guns and violence. jeff47 Dec 2012 #41
Really? There are plenty of hard-core gun enthusiasts who would argue with you about the gun link. randome Dec 2012 #43
I don't like violence whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #48
Again, I am NOT saying video games are to blame. randome Dec 2012 #54
The gun link is obvious - you can't go on a shooting spree without one. jeff47 Dec 2012 #53
Mass killings are up. randome Dec 2012 #55
Again, your claim requires all killings to go up, not just mass killings. jeff47 Dec 2012 #57
Yup, the debunking nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #25
"I don't believe any media - makes anybody - do anything." earthside Dec 2012 #34
Let me qualify: I don't believe any media - makes anybody - do anything crazy whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #40
I figure that someone has to be out of their mind to kill someone socialindependocrat Dec 2012 #44
Do you think that the shooter in Aurora was influenced? cynatnite Dec 2012 #46
Good move with your son whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #50
I agree. I play violent games every day JesterCS Dec 2012 #47
Until you do. nt oldhippie Dec 2012 #49
Never understood why parents buy violent video games for their underthematrix Dec 2012 #52
Only if you don't know what actually happens in those violent video games jeff47 Dec 2012 #59
Yep. As dumb as the asshole PMRC in the 80's. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #58
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