Quote Originally Posted by Dreddz View Post
Gamers are just as ignorant saying video games have no impact. I do think violent video games do influence people ( usually kids ) to do bad things. But so do most media. It depends on the situation, Jack Thompson does seem to always blame video games though, but he has got a point.
are you kidding? Most people I know who play games use it as an outlet to be less violent. Rather than punching a wall when they get mad, they blow up people in a game. Rather than causing a fight with someone, they wait and kill something in a game. Games are outlets for violence more so than an actual cause of violence. Humans are violent by nature, and saying a game makes someone violent is absurd. We've all had violent thoughts before, but some of us control ourselves and don't act on it. Blaming video games or movies to any extent is honestly absurd. There was plenty if not more violence before video games.

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