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I didn't mention that you were in Minority I said that the minors you mentioned that steal, download etc from the net are a minority.

I understand where you are coming from about the movies being a Crutch, and to some extent I'd agree for the exact reasons you stated 'eg you control the activities of the star in games'.

Now to go back to the original point of 'Banning the games' thats is to me an easy option, Yet will upset more people than it is worth upsetting over something that will have little effect on the related crime figures, as I said in my previous post.

'.......it would happen if games were here or not, they would find another avenue to fuel this'

I understand your views on such things like Porn, X-movies etc will be effecting your views on games of a similar nature.

Offtopic but, Dam these Forums are more entertaining than I first thought, You can Chat about virtually anything...I'm loving the fact you have a Board for just about everything I have an opinion on.

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I did not say that you did, I am just showing that I am not the only one defending my position. I am also glad you see that there should not be a comparison to movies and other material as in games you are the first person.

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Interesting arguments, but we are failing to remember that the mind is a very powerful thing and is very sensitive towards all kind of images (just like porn and so on, what do you think people get so hooked into porn? because the images cannot be easilyremoved and they are stored in their brain until needs to be fed again and so on). This is what I am trying to say, we do not know how powerful our little brains are and how delicate they really are, that's why I believe violence and sex in games can become a very dangerous thing to be playing with now. People in general (like some of you) think that just because they are playing the game and they do not see an immediate negative effect upon them, then it is not affecting them. This is very unwise since we do not know what possible effects may have in our choices and behavior in a certain period of time.

The problem is not solved if the person playing those kind of games is the same person who will hurt my family who I was trying to protect from those kind of violent games. You see, you do not live alone in this society...you are part of it and such you have a responsibility not only towards your own person but towards others.

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I see what your saying but a person in the street isn't just going to attack you because of a computer game. If they do its extreamly rare. Its all been blown out of proportion. Don't blame the game blame the people who are committing the crime.

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I actually agree with what you are saying. My point is that there are lots of people out there with serious psychological issues that if they are fed with computer games that promote violence it may have such effect upon the individual that may end up hurting others. All these kids you see in the news entering their schools and shooting everyone, most of them were playing these types of games...now, I am not saying the games are the ones to blame but definitely is the person have issues already and play these kind of games it increases the chances that they are going to end up hurting someone. So it is not a matter of "If you do not like the game, don't play it" because people who are not involved in it end up becoming the victims of someone's else vice.

Offtopic but, Look at child predators, phedophiles and rapists...do you know what they have in common? MOST of them were/are heavily involved in pornography, so obviously the images stored in our minds have effect upon our behavior

Edited: LDS_forever on 27th Feb, 2006 - 2:54pm

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I sense, but may be wrong, that you are jumping on a bandwagon, as are you so avid a follower of banning alcohol or motor vechicles, or both, as there are more deaths from drunk drivers than video game rage.

the above comment is not aimed at you persoanlly LDS_Forever but more to every poster who wants these games banned.

Yet you are trying to force your views, by banning something I enjoy, because of a minority problem.

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I am surprised by your lack of concern over the effect of violence in games, you even try to put it like it is a "minority" when MOST of the school shootings in the US were proven to be linked to violent video-games, five homicides in the US, beatings to death in Ohio and several cases in Germany and Japan. It is not only my opinion but medical research suggests it that violent games produces violent behaviors:

"The present research demonstrated that in both a correlational investigation using self-reports of real-world aggressive behaviors and an experimental investigation using a standard, objective laboratory measure of aggression, violent video game play was positively related to increases in aggressive behavior. In the laboratory, college students who played a violent video game behaved more aggressively toward an opponent than did students who had played a nonviolent video game. Outside the laboratory, students who reported playing more violent video games over a period of years also engaged in more aggressive behavior in their own lives. Both types of studies-correlational-real delinquent behaviors and experimental-laboratory aggressive behaviors have their strengths and weaknesses. The convergence of findings across such disparate methods lends considerable strength to the main hypothesis that exposure to violent video games can increase aggressive behavior. (Anderson & Dill, 2000)

https://mentalhealth.about.com/cs/familyres...ameviolence.htm

Now why does not the argument of violent films does not prevail? Simply because to act out the violent parts in a video game are more damaging than just viewing it on a movie. In the video games, you become the protagonist. You are the character.
There is a case in California in which older gang members used GTA 3 to train teens to do carjackings and murders. Even the Army is said to use violent games to break down the inhibition to kill of new recruits.

Another link related to a crime and video games:

https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/17/...ain702599.shtml

Based on all these facts, can violence on games affect behavior and lead to crime? YOU BET!

Edited: LDS_forever on 27th Feb, 2006 - 4:56pm

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Thats the only part of your post that I'll quote, but realistically, I agree with 99% of it.

I have never said that the violent Games could not have this affect, just that banning them is not the right way to go about it.

Realistically these games would then head under the counter and would then have no certificate on them or censorship. and still be available to download freely from the net.

Is that where you want to push them, or would you prefer that the root of the problem, 'eg impressionable minds being subjected to this' was focused on, and new measures put in place so that distributers & Retail outlets took it onto their shoulders to take some responsibility for where these games end up?

Offtopic but, Wow not a single spelling mistake, a first for me