75% Of Parents Believe Game Violence Leads To Real Violence

firesoul453
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 12:01:54 PM
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Of course kids shouldn't play super violent video games. But people seem to take the fact that little kids playing M rated games to mean the adults that do bad things must have been imitating COD.

I agree that some commercials are clearly on a channel for a child to see and maybe some laws need to be created to address these and similar issues. However I don't thing laws should be created that parent for the parents.

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Nas Is Like
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 12:08:01 PM
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lol

Wouldn't be a problem if you'd actually pay attention to what the f--- your kid is playing. Hell, their kids probably got the game from them and suddenly, the game is the problem. F--- these ignorant "parents", and I use that term loosely.

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PSN French
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 12:08:11 PM
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I bet the same amount of parents think it's a good idea to pump their kids full of deadly toxins through vaccination. A good "rule of wrist" is whatever the masses agree with, is likely the wrong answer. Democracy: allowing 51% of the masses to take away the freedoms of the other 49%. The pharmaceutical industry wants us to be brainwashed and not look at the real problem of psycosis from Zantac, Prilosec and all the other chemically imbalanced crap that is being fed to the violent.

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wackazoa
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 1:29:02 PM

Damn right !!! If GOD didnt want us to have heartburn he wouldnt not have invented it !

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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 1:30:13 PM

What a strange thing to say.

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wackazoa
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 1:36:22 PM

Me ? Zantac and Prilosec are heartburn drugs....

I believe he meant to say Zoloft and Prozac.

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xenris
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 2:14:05 PM

PSN French has a couple of legitimate points. I wouldn't say what the masses believe is always wrong but there is a trend definitely. It seems that the majority of the world is actually less educated on a lot of things, or just doesn't care to know the truth of things.

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Underdog15
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 2:53:35 PM

lol @ vaccinations being bad. I'm pretty happy my son and I won't be getting polio in his lifetime.

Or hepatitis B... or tetnus... or diptheria... or whooping cough... measles... or mumps... or rubella... or meningitis...

you know... all the diseases that can be caught in North America that can kill but won't because of vaccinations.

haha

Last edited by Underdog15 on 1/11/2013 2:57:10 PM

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PSN French
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:09:33 PM

@wackazoa,
Heartburn is actually one of many side-effects of poor diet, not God. The pharm industry just recently pushed congress to allow low-income wellfare recipients to use their government income on whatever they desire. Reason? Low-income families are less educated in health and fitness and will buy foods and products that increase their chance of diabetes and other major health issues... so the industry can turn around and pump them full of drugs. The result is an unstable society. You can mock God-fearing people all you want, but it won't fix any problems.
@Underdog, you have obviously done your research which has led you to buy into scare tactics. Trust me, vaccines are more harmful than good, and are usually the cause of failed immunity to cold viruses in your later years.

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PSN French
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:17:14 PM

Also, Dr. Jonas Salk, the doctor who made the polio vaccination has stated that said vaccination is the number one cause of polio. Vaccines have profitted the pharm industry BILLIONS of dollars, and who do you think has pushed for vaccines to be mandatory?? Laugh all you want, my mind is free.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:17:38 PM

I'll trade a painful death for a bad cold any day.

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Underdog15
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:24:49 PM

.......

hoo boy.

You do know polio is nearly extinct because of that vaccine, right? If you were correct, it should be worse..........

yikes...

Last edited by Underdog15 on 1/11/2013 3:30:00 PM

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sawao_yamanaka
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:28:18 PM

Look at French spreading his false propaganda bs again!! Sorry pal, my cousin is a nurse and he can tell the bs you spout out of your "free" mind. Boy I'm an american and I am not paranoid or idiotic like yourself. You are giving us a bad name with your nonsense.

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wackazoa
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:31:16 PM

Wasnt mocking god fearing people... was making a joke using your pick of drugs. Zoloft and Prozac... absoulutely, they are used to control children who otherwise just need a direction to point thier energy. But Zantac and Prilosec ? Zantac has been used to help treat acne as well. So I just think you got your drugs mixed. Thats where the joke was intended. Sorry to offend your sensibilities.

Last edited by wackazoa on 1/11/2013 3:32:57 PM

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Underdog15
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:33:21 PM

Yeah... not just his cousin... my best man is a nurse. My dad is a doctor, my grandfather was a doctor, my uncle is a cardiologist, my aunt is a neonatalogist, another aunt is also a nurse....

and yeah... I'm pretty sure they would all agree you're crazy. Unfortunately for you, chemistry is actually very mathematical, and not all that subjective.

Besides... I'm in Canada, so they're all free vaccinations! woot woot!

Last edited by Underdog15 on 1/11/2013 3:34:38 PM

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sawao_yamanaka
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:36:52 PM

If only some people were smarter. Wish the states had that. Lucky dog...underdog :p.

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wackazoa
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:46:05 PM

Underdog not to go all political on you, but just because you dont pay when you get them doesnt mean they are free.

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Underdog15
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 5:09:40 PM

That isn't political. It's common freaking sense. lol. Obviously our government health care pays for it. I pay for it via income tax or sales tax or whatever. It's my right as a Canadian citizen to access publicly funded health care. I'm not an idiot. It's free in the sense that I don't have to pay out of pocket or pay an insurance company to have it covered. All I need is my health card, budda bing budda boom.

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sawao_yamanaka
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 5:19:32 PM

Obama has been trying to introduce something similar but well he is being stopped left and right. I think the Canadian health care system is awesome! We need it as well.

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pillz81
Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 12:50:10 PM

I guess French couldn't tell that Wackazoa was being facetious. A little slow on the uptake, are we, French? As the great Peanut so eloquently put it,"Neeoow!"

A vaccine is weakened or killed form of disease-causing microorganisms that stimulate the immune system to recognize, kill, then "remember" it as a means to better fight that disease in the future. There is a risk of getting the full-blown disease with the live vaccine, but I don't see it being the #1 cause.
Salk isn't the only polio vaccine guy. There was also Dr. Albert Sabin, who created the live virus vaccine.

I would like to know the source of your claim of Salk saying the vaccine is the #1 cause of polio. Does it say why?

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Xombito
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 12:21:39 PM
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Yeah, but how much of those parents play violent videogames?

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Temjin001
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 12:33:43 PM
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I also agree that ads for games like Hitman shouldn't be played during cartoons or other children-centric entertainment. That's just common sense.
I think though this violent gaming and media thing is just sort of chopping at the branches of a more complicated underlying problem.
I would imagine a problem exists when certain psychological disorders exist in a person and then also they're exposed to media or an environment that influences terrible behavior.

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bigrailer19
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 12:43:51 PM
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And yet I bet most these parents still buy their kids games with an "M" rating, because they ignore its their, "because its a video game, its supposed to be for kids". Gimme a break the rating is their for a reason! Pay attention to that and this shouldnt even be an issue. Because most major retailers wont even sell an "M" rated game to anyone under 17 unless a parent is present. The parent buys the violent game or allows it then places blame on the industry.

The stats are what they are some seem outrageous, but like I said the rating is on games for a reason. If a youngin' has access to a violent game, whos respinsibility is that? Lets get real.

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homura
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 12:46:23 PM
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and in that 75%, how many of them really pay attention to what their children are playing or doing or if they are even spending quality time with their chidren? And in that 75%, how many parents talked to their kids saying like "Hey! stop playing that f*cking video game, you piece of sh*t".

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AcHiLLiA
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 2:42:17 PM

I don't know about cursing, it certainly isn't a big help.

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sawao_yamanaka
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:31:18 PM

Also, this just in 75% of adults have no clue about games or commercials. They do know, guess not, that they have parental controls. Guess they should learn how to use them huh?

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homura
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 7:03:00 PM

Parents may believe or not that violent video games can lead violence in real life but if that parents treat their children like crap or abuse them and don't respect them, there's a great chance that those children will grow up being violent.

For Ex:

Parent 1:
"Hey! stop playing COD you piece of sh*t, and stop listening to Metal music, it's the music of the devil".

Parent 2
Hey son! Wanna play COD, God Of War Etc.? It's cool. Just remember it's only a game. And maybe someday when you're in the right age, you can take up shooting sports or kendo or taekwondo. We will support you.

Whose kid will be more responsible and whose kid has a great chance to more violent?

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Snaaaake
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 12:54:34 PM
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Well that's a surprise isn't it?

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BTNwarrior
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 1:16:22 PM
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And according to the statistics the people most likely to partake in these surveys are the elderly, the same group that thought listing to rock led to violence

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wackazoa
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 1:27:16 PM
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So in retrospect..... we all are or will be mass murderers. Salute.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 1:27:21 PM
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I urge all of my fellow gamers to follow me and take action via the Entertainment Consumer's Association in notifying their representatives concerning the truth about about video games in these trying times.

http://action.theeca.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7123

Last edited by WorldEndsWithMe on 1/11/2013 1:27:34 PM

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wackazoa
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 1:35:24 PM

Sorry dude. Until "gamers" outnumber the un-informed we will always draw the short straw.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 2:20:20 PM

That is the assured result of good people doing nothing.

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Underdog15
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 2:58:14 PM

If you're outnumbered, why try?

No Underdog could ever agree to that!

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wackazoa
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:35:48 PM

My point is that the only way to educate people on games is to make them "gamers". Otherwise they just wont get the point. And as they become educated about games then the gamers will start to even up in numbers. The way to rule is to control the mob. And the only way to control the mob in the case of video games is to convert the mob.

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BikerSaint
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 5:58:50 PM

I signed that yesterday.

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Simcoe
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 1:34:55 PM
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Sure there's an issue if it's being advertised during a television show specifically geared to young children, but they are concerned about it being shown "on TV during a time when kids could see it." As it's a Mature game, they should only advertise when a 14 or 16 year-old wont see it? Good luck!

But yeah, parents need to take responsibility for the games THEY are buying their children.

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jugheadjones
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 1:38:41 PM
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@wackazoa... I guess The "everyone who plays the violent games will become mass murderers" theory is a good thing, then. The more of them there are, the less of them there will be. lol

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wackazoa
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:41:26 PM

Was just intended to point out the flaw in the logic. I try not to generalize, so being said I dont look at a muslim man and think terrorist. Nor do I look at a black male and think criminal. Nor do I look at a white man in a suit and think rich.

The survey generalized violence in video games and said that would make players more inclined to violence. I myself am not a mass murderer. I dont believe anyone on this forumn is a mass murderer. So by the results of the survey, their logic is flawed in my opinion.

But yeah, you make a good point. "If my enemies want to kill each other why should I stop them."

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Hand_of_Sorrow
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 1:42:54 PM
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whats the total number of parents that took the poll?

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sawao_yamanaka
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:31:59 PM

What's the number of parents that actually weren't lying through their teeth?

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Douchebaguette
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 9:43:11 PM

Realistically, where was the poll taken? Was in taken in a Fox News followers convention consisting of parents over an age to appreciate any videogame of any kind?

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Ultimadream
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 1:50:54 PM
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To be honest, I can see their perspective. Look at the games of this gen as a whole. Try name 10 successful games this gen which do not involve guns or violence... It is really challenging. While back in the days of the PS1 there were far more platforming games which appealed to people under the age of 18. Now that there aren't many games like that appeal to children all the kids follow the hype up to successful 18+ rated titles. Even games like Tekken or Final Fantasy are rated 16+ here in the UK, personally I don't see FFXIII having any more challenging content that any of the previous FF's to get that rating.

I do feel violence within gaming has become a serious problem this generation. I know we have had games with strong violence for a few decades now, but as I touched up on before it seems to be the only focus this gen. It seems developers aren't confident in releasing titles which do not satisfy this need. I would love for platformers and fantasy RPG's to make a return but I am sure I am not the only one worried about the appeal of them games nowadays. Just look at No Ni Kuni or Xenoblade which we had to make an appeal just to get it released beyond Japan. I think the industry really needs to re-evaluate their target audience and start making good games kids can enjoy. The only stand out title I can think of this gen is Little Big Planet.

I think part of the problem is that gaming wants to reach out to adults. Which is why gaming is apparently a more respectable form of media nowadays than it was when I was a kid. Now people who have been brought up on gaming since they were young are now older and demand more adult themes and action within their games. It is no longer a toy to keep the kids quite, infact it has completely abandoned and in a sense grown out of them.

Obviously this gen is the rise of the FPS's which has become so mainstream that other developers have in fear followed the crowd. It seems Fallout 3 is pretty much the blueprint for a game this generation and if you fall out of line it will get criticized.

Regarding the matter of influence gaming has on acts of violence... well you do have to wonder about the affects CoD can have on someone who has prestiged 10 times.

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Draguss
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 8:31:47 PM

That's not entirely true, it just seems that there is a bigger split on what certain consoles carry. In the last to generations, you could find games of all types for any console, now the PS3 and 360 are more focused on big budget hardcore games. Non-violent games this gen seem easier to find on the wii, as evidenced by my little sister's rather huge library, despite our mom being rather strict about what kind of games she can have. Hell, she has more games for her wii than I do for my PS3 (makes me kinda miss the days I could just ask my parents for them).

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Knightzane
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 2:15:49 PM
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Knightzane
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 2:15:49 PM
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Yet parents buy their kids every CoD entry so they have a free babysitter. Hypocrites... I went to a CoD midnight release once (well i went to get something from the grocery store which is next door and i wanted to see the turn out) and my god, half the line was parents with their kids. Literally, 7-12 year olds on a school night, waiting to get CoD. I can't stand it when parents pretend to give a crap when their the ones letting their kids play these games because its a free babysitter. Literally what it is.

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Knightzane
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 2:16:45 PM

It double posted my comment. Sorry i don't know what happened.

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AcHiLLiA
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 2:50:52 PM

Were you laughing in your mind? I would of done the same thing.

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LividFiction
Saturday, January 12, 2013 @ 10:59:23 AM

I would've been crying on the inside, because those same parents are the ones who scream the loudest about the games they just bought...

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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 2:28:58 PM
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The video game industry is huge and growing at an incredible rate every year; violent crime has been decreasing in all actuality. I hope that is made clear in today's meeting with Vice President Biden.

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xenris
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 2:29:57 PM

Glad you said this. I just posted below you saying the exact same thing...only I used about 10501851 more words ;)

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Underdog15
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:01:41 PM

Yup.

Anyone else remember watching retro Bugs Bunny, Rocket Robin Hood, GI Joe, or... well... -ANY- comic book ever before video games were even invented? Anyone remember LAWN DARTS?!?!

I'm pretty sure our kids are more sheltered now than ever. At least violent games have ratings now. You could watch Elmer Fudd blow daffey's face right off (literally) at a G rating back in the day!

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xenris
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 2:29:16 PM
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Couple of key things to note here. One our videogameless history was far more violent and brutal than anything I have seen or heard on the news in the last 10 years. YES some terrible shit has happened in 10 years but compared to lets say WW2? WW2 happened without videogames, and if you go back mankind's history is pretty bloody to say the least.

Also the last that was reported was statistically in Canada crime and violence has been steadily going down....yet more and more people are playing video games violent or not.

When you get down to it, there doesn't seem to be a link, now I will take it back and eat those words if the generation of 12 year olds playing CoD grow up to be mass murders but even still it would have to be extraordinary to change the trend of decreasing crime in Canada. I also think that crime in the states might be going down as well but I'm not up to date on what goes on down south :P

I think it is 100% up to the parent to teach their children how to behave properly, after all you inherit a lot from your parents the first 4-6 years of your life. If parents do that well, the foundation is set and unless the child has an actual dysfunction, or disability that is genetic the child will not become violent from playing games.

It is a tricky subject to talk about, parents and people in general like to blame something instead of taking responsibility for themselves. But looking at the data of crime decreasing in our world where video games are being played by even more people I don't think this argument holds much water.

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Underdog15
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:20:13 PM

yeah. There is literally no foundation for that belief.

Also, every single generation grows up and at some point says, "What is wrong with kids today? When we were kids......."

As for us in Canada, violent crime has been going down. It has in the states as well. But here's the other thing for us... we might see a small spike. We're demolishing the gun registry, recreational programs for youth are losing funding, arts programs are losing funding, while the military is getting beefed up with "Canada made fighter jets" (just yesterday proven false with the discovery of made in china parts, lol), education losing funing... lol. Currenty government is investing in everything that isn't the future. lol

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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:21:40 PM
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All that can be said for certain is violent gaming can desensitize one to violence, whether or not one commits violent acts is another matter altogether.

I'd say my lifelong exposure to gore has helped me respond very quickly and without panic to a number of critical medical emergencies.

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Underdog15
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:30:44 PM

You're practically a doctor, by now, I'm sure!

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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 5:38:27 PM

Being able to handle a gory situation with a cool head is different from actual medical training, but a good doctor should also be desensitized to it.

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gumbi
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 3:34:47 PM
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Ugh... Yay! More stats! More wasting money on meaningless studies that invariably come up with the expected results to be locked, loaded, and fired back at us in the diatribe of crap we here from politicians and parents blaming the easiest scape goat for societies problems.

Even though I don't think it's appropriate, I really don't think that kids playing violent video games will shape them into violent people... I just don't, I don't think it works that way. I've been playing violent video games, and watching violent movies, and reading violent books for a good 20 years. I was certainly an impressionable young age when I discovered and became addicted to Mortal Kombat. And as it turns out, I'm a pretty good guy with a family and kids of my own now.

No. Forget video games, movies, tv, and books. We should be paying more attention to issues like abuse, neglect, poor living conditions, violent parents/rolemodels, depression, sensationalized criminals in the news, and of course good ol genetics. These are the real factors in what could shape a violent person, or lead an already violent person to do terrible things.

Parents; If you let the TV raise your kids, you can't blame what they saw/played on TV for how they're turning out. Blame yourselves for being too selfish and lazy to spend any time teaching your kids the fundamental values of life...

I hate this topic, I really really do.

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xnonsuchx
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 4:17:16 PM
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It may if you have horrible parents.

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tes37
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 6:07:20 PM
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I wonder how many parents jump on the 'blame video games' bandwagon, when they should be blaming themselves. I'd like to know what the percentage rate for that demographic is.

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BikerSaint
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 6:21:51 PM
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I think that the biggest part of it, and the whole underlying factor is...."PARENTING".

I can't count the number of times I was in GameStop when a unruly brat was pulling a monstrous tantrum, just because he knew he'd finally win out over getting his way with a COD or other "M" rated game purchase, just as he's done many times in the past.
Kids are smart & they learn fast about what they can try to get away with, & how to push all the right buttons till they get what they want.

Also nowadays, there's way too many parents who don't & won't bother to learn sensible parenting skills.
And then there's also a lot of single parents these days who have never learned any proper parenting skills.

Plus a lot of young kids are having kids of their own & are left to their own devices to learn any parenting skills.

And then you also have those kind of self-absorbed me, me, me, type of parents who specifically use their gaming consoles "ONLY" as their own personal babysitter & nanny, encouraging their kids to gaming all-day-and-night-long, so they won't get in their hair for even a fraction of second of their day.

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Geobaldi
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 7:34:43 PM
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I take it none of these parents interviewed were gamers themselves growing up? As it seems most people that grew up gaming, know that this is utter bs.

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solidsnakins
Friday, January 11, 2013 @ 7:55:28 PM
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What a bunch of nonsense, when i went to pick up black ops 2 the next day around 5pm at a gamestop, the line was out the door. Every single person there was a parent with a young kid in line to get black ops, none of them were even close to being of age to play the game. It seems people are just so stupid. I am a parent i would not let my kids play games like that until they are around 14. no 8 year old needs to play cod. I grew up playing violent games and maybe it wasn't as realistic as games now, but my parents made sure i knew the difference between a game and life and whats wrong and right.

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Robochic
Sunday, January 13, 2013 @ 9:28:49 AM
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as a mother of two small kids, i don't agree with other parents view on video games, if they pay attention to the kids and not let them do whatever the F they want and be a parent. Violence does not occure of what we see on tv, movies or games ect... it comes down to the parenting and atmosphere of the child now a days people are afraid to disapline their kids cause they afraid someone will call childrens aid or the police which society has programed in my generations brains or they don't want to be like their parents ect.. to me bring back how my grandparents disiplinced a whole lot less violence those days cause they were allowed to discipline properly.

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Ather
Sunday, January 13, 2013 @ 4:12:34 PM
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If ficitonal violence influences people so greatly then 1) why has no one been able to actually prove it? 2) Why aren't more people effected by it.

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Mobius
Sunday, January 13, 2013 @ 6:49:14 PM
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Let's do a pole of violent criminals and see what they have to say. I somehow doubt the responses would support the hysteria.
Let's look at some simple facts: A) Man, as a species, is petty. selfish and destructive. B) Civilization seeks to tame those urges through creating governments, laws, communities and common belief systems. C) Violence, in it's many forms, has been with us from the start. (Cain did not kill Abel because he just finished watching The Punisher on his iStone.) D) "They" are always looking to blame an outside source for the actions of individuals, Video games are rising to the top of a list which once contained Dungeons and Dragons, Rock'n Roll, and Books. E) Most politicians jump up and down waiving their hands frantically at controversies like this to distract the public from the real issues. F) According to research, "violent" video game sales (per unit) are at an all time high while violent crimes are at a 30 year low . . .
In conclusion; when the fervor dies and the dust settles, nothing will have been resolved. Why? Because Violent games/media are not the problem. The problem is man.

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Badger1975
Monday, January 14, 2013 @ 6:41:16 AM
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That is a load of crap. I played tons of games with loads of Violence and I am not violent nor do I think at all like a violent person. Parents just think what comes to they're mind first without even thinking what the real problem is. Lay off of us Parents and focus on the real problem out there.
Also when spanking a child was considered child abuse, that was where everything was messed up and kids think they now can get away with more than before. Allow spanking and some violence will drop out there.

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