Furry Sparks
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My Health Teacher said:
*sigh*
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The adults when she was a kid were telling her the same thing about TV.
Well actually... idk how old she is, but you get my point =o
Well actually... idk how old she is, but you get my point =o
Tennis=Life
Senior Member
Well, for some kids they do...but for 99.9% of the people who play video games that doesn't concern. But that is true for the 0.1% of kids who will do violence because of video games.
Violence... it is.
It is unfortunate, it hurts many but it is around, no need to censor something that happens no matter what you do. Heck at least violence in video games shows what happens to you if you get violent, you die often and if you are in your right mind you understand you can't just restart the level in real life.
If video games make me more violent then why have I not been in a fight since the fifth grade, and I really didn't play video games all that much until middle school, I mean a few like sonic and toejam and earl but not nearly as much as when I got a little older. But whatever I guess that the millions of people who don't get violent over video games don't matter in light of the few who could possibly have been affected negatively by them. There is at least some other factor in it as well though. It is never just video games, more often it is other people putting someone down way too much.
It is unfortunate, it hurts many but it is around, no need to censor something that happens no matter what you do. Heck at least violence in video games shows what happens to you if you get violent, you die often and if you are in your right mind you understand you can't just restart the level in real life.
If video games make me more violent then why have I not been in a fight since the fifth grade, and I really didn't play video games all that much until middle school, I mean a few like sonic and toejam and earl but not nearly as much as when I got a little older. But whatever I guess that the millions of people who don't get violent over video games don't matter in light of the few who could possibly have been affected negatively by them. There is at least some other factor in it as well though. It is never just video games, more often it is other people putting someone down way too much.
UltraByte
Senior Member
I've played some games that are violent, but I have never wanted to go out and kill someone, or maim them.
Randomly playing around with friends, however, is a completely different thing. *airstab*
Randomly playing around with friends, however, is a completely different thing. *airstab*
Wow, your health teacher doesn't seem like much of a teacher. I always thought that school was one place where open discussion was possible. Unfortunately I don't always see that.
As for violence being caused by video games, I take my personal example. I've played extensive amounts of both Halo and Gears of War. In Gears, blasting someone into a million pieces or decapitating them is something desirable to win the game. In fact, the curb stomp is my favorite means of execution. But not once outside of the game have I felt a violent urge that came from anything in the game. Yes, I've been angry (rarely violent, I can't really remember the last time I was) but never have I thought about revving up a chainsaw and sawing them in half. Even when I turn a corner and almost run into someone, I rarely ever react like I would in Halo. I do remember my right thumb twitching once when this happened, though.
Video games are also nowhere near as realistic as that seen on TV. True they are getting more and more realistic, but never will I mistake reality for a game, not even CoD 4. When I crush someone's skull with my foot in Gears, I'm not imagining that I'm stomping someone real, rather I'm stomping a Locust and imagining the outrage of the player on the other side of the internet.
Bottom line, poor parenting and poor sociological development are what makes someone violent, not what the media presents, especially video games.
As for violence being caused by video games, I take my personal example. I've played extensive amounts of both Halo and Gears of War. In Gears, blasting someone into a million pieces or decapitating them is something desirable to win the game. In fact, the curb stomp is my favorite means of execution. But not once outside of the game have I felt a violent urge that came from anything in the game. Yes, I've been angry (rarely violent, I can't really remember the last time I was) but never have I thought about revving up a chainsaw and sawing them in half. Even when I turn a corner and almost run into someone, I rarely ever react like I would in Halo. I do remember my right thumb twitching once when this happened, though.
Video games are also nowhere near as realistic as that seen on TV. True they are getting more and more realistic, but never will I mistake reality for a game, not even CoD 4. When I crush someone's skull with my foot in Gears, I'm not imagining that I'm stomping someone real, rather I'm stomping a Locust and imagining the outrage of the player on the other side of the internet.
Bottom line, poor parenting and poor sociological development are what makes someone violent, not what the media presents, especially video games.
Propaganda Man
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"Most studies, however, reach the conclusion that violence in video games is not causally linked with aggressive tendencies.[citation needed] This was the conclusion of a 1999 study by the U.S. government, prompting Surgeon General David Satcher to say,
Propaganda Man
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Mino said:
