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In reply to the discussion: Should mentally ill people be kept from buying violent video games? [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)62. It is that it is ridiculous to suggest a mirror to the structural
Violence problems are at the root of it...it saves us from actually doing something about that actual structural violence problem.
They are part of a media environment that reflects a very violent culture. Remove the mirror, let's forget all legal issues.
Take video games away, all of them, not just the obvious violent ones.
Control what Hollywood can produce. No more Lord of the Rings, just the Hallmark Channel. Our nooz media has to further sanitize the news, and no longer do what they are known for doing...
You think that will make us all f a sudden a peaceful society? I personally don't. But it's a hell of a premise for a dystopia. Thanks...I'll keep it in my short story ideas collection.
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Should mentally ill people be kept from buying violent video games? [View all]
fried eggs
Dec 2012
OP
If a family member or doctor filed a formal petition to get someone screened for mental illness
fried eggs
Dec 2012
#20
Japan has a very high level of social cohesion. There the violence is turned more inwards= suicide.
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#6
I'd rather they be encouraged to play games that encourage empathy. Gaming Can Have Positive Effects
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#5
You most certainly can teach empathy. It's a higher brain function that needs development.
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#35
Where I could see a better rating system for games, I would not support banning them...but
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2012
#80
LOL! You want a "global approach" but don't want to talk about culture. LOL!
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#12
Nice attempt w/your pseudo-intellectual prattle. The fact remains, unnecessary violence underlies
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#22
You're wrong about SSRI's as a class being contraindicated <18 yrs of age.
Care Acutely
Dec 2012
#46
I started researching that yesterday after a psychologist on a panel said 8 million kids are on
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#13
4) Kids desensitized to violence. But I absolutely think you have the issues rated spot on. #1
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#32
Psychopaths, people who would take delight in killing a human or stringing up an animal
fried eggs
Dec 2012
#66
Yes! No violent videogames for the mentally ill. And no pit bulls either!
downandoutnow
Dec 2012
#57
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
Don't be too quick for that assessment, I was on a jury with someone blaming Jews.
Neoma
Dec 2012
#77
Yes, lets make a national database of the mentally ill available to EVERYONE
HereSince1628
Dec 2012
#75
The unmindful lumping of all afflicted under the single label "mental illness" is bigoted.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2012
#91