Glad I'm not the only one that thought that.

~Zoo

A lot of people do, so we aren't alone.

We will never be alone, however, if Hillary Clinton wins, and orders a domestic eavesdropping program. The horror!

The new Speed Racer... not even the Matrix guys could save it.

Unless Neo starts gun-fighting across the road and Smith takes over all the racers.

Who's Neo?

Actually current studies show that seeing and acting out violance increases the chance of experiencing agressive feelings. Not to mention that with games becoming more and more realistic they are becoming training engines for anyone who ever wishes to know how to kill someone. Another fact is that playing violent video games is corelated with later violent behavior and delinquency.

Although games will probably not be banned here in the US, seeing as it will violate several parts of the constitutio, games and gaming companies will start to experience a lot more stringent rules as to the design of their games.

How's that rock you've been hiding under?

Perhaps for some weaker minds. Frankly, blowing people's heads off and stealing their car is indeed quite fun...on the TV screen. I honestly couldn't will myself to do it in the real world. I find slaughtering things in a virtual world quite calming, actually. Let's out all that aggression you build up from dealing with stupid people.

Crazy, violent people exist no matter what.

~Zoo

Thats true, its just that politicians dont understand that. Its because they are all rich and tucked away in mansions, tucked away from real life. Thats why they are so ignorant.

I very much agree.

~Zoo

Down with politicians! Put me in instead?

What would you do?

Politicians make their money and position from those who take what they say at face value, and actually think they mean what they say

It is exceeding rare that any political statement can be judged by its up front content, thats the last thing thats behind its purpose.

In business the phrase "well thats a nice experience, but show me the money Harry ...."

In Politics its "well thats a great statement and innovative policy your expounding, now where are the votes in this ...." It sure as hell is not what was said up front, just ignore that nonsense.

Regards
Zy

I'd like to see the studies, its been my experience most such studies are looking for a particular answer and aren't designed too well, and never look beyond the answer they are trying to find. I'll take real world large scale and historical examples over some poorly designed study of a 1000 people any day. Not saying they're wrong, but history seems to fly in the face of what they are saying and they make no attempt to take it into account or explain it away.





first off, correlation does not equate to cause and effect. And its spelled with 2 r's.

Secondly, I seriously disbelieve this statement. I'm willing to gamble that the number of players of violent video games that are non-violent exponentially outnumber those that are. Violent behavior also correlates to breathing air. I'm sure, in just eh same way, the number of non violent people who breathe air exponentially outnumber the amount of violent people who breathe air. *Probably by the same percentage!*

Of course those who do commit violence in the U.S. comprise of a surprisingly large percentage of gamers. I don't doubt this. And that percentage is probably growing rapidly. But you know what else is growing just as rapidly? The number of gamers amongst non-violent people. As the number of people in general who play video games increases, you'd expect both these other numbers to increase correspondingly.

I'm also willing to gamble that all sorts of things have *stronger* correlations to violence than video games, much stronger. Abusive parents. Restrictive religions. Alcoholism. Being poor. Living in neighborhoods and going to schools that already have a lot of crime. But when we're trying to ban video games, we do a study on video games, then stop conducting any further studies on anything else, because the last thing we want when we announce our findings is a comparison of how much more other things correlate to violent behavior.

1 study, conducted in a vacuum, out of context of all the other variables that affect the people involved, is of no worth. It might still be right, by coincidence, but it isn't real science. No effort is made to identify, rule out, and compare to the other variables.



You're probably right, unfortunately. I'm an adult, however, and I should retain the right to decide for myself what I want to play, even if it does correlate w/violent behavior. I retain the right to become a religious extremist, I retain the right to be poor, to move to a crime-ridden neigborhood, to go to crime ridden schools, to do drugs, to become an alcoholic, but if we ban doom 3 then despite all that, I'll be mr. happy. Ridiculous.

I'd not ban video games if you elected me as President. Plus, I'd fix the tax system.

Good. Get rid of the IRS while you're at it, too. Those damn big wigs take too much of your hard-earned cash, and jail you if you complain. Bitches...