Do Video Games Cause Violence?

[SethAFitzgerald]

FULL ARTICLE: http://tgbuzz.com/video-games-cause-violence-152/

 

 

It seems to be a persistent question nowadays “Do video games cause violence?” and the debate regarding violent video games and their psychological effect on people continues to pop up after every mass shooting. For some reason, the media flocks towards the friends and family of shooters the second that they bring up the shooter’s love of Grand Theft Auto or Call of Duty.

 

Despite the media’s interest, the question still remains as we try to figure out if video games cause or deter violence (or maybe have no effect at all.)

 

[Maskot]

Not if they're given to the proper age group for which they are rated.

[Bluejay0]

This kind of topic has been posted many times. PLEASE STOP!@

[Youbetternot]

I think it was already posted

[Excon]

I definatly don't think so but some people do take it a lot more serious. I wish these topics would top popping up though.

[helping]

How refreshing. A neutral and objective article that doesn't curtail evidence to support violence and video games.

 

 

However, this is complete rubbish and should be removed. Complete red herring.

 

 

However, that is not the case.

In 1960–before Grand Theft Auto was even an idea–there were 3.3 million violent crimes in the US. As time went on, violence became more prevalent and in 1991, violence hit a high-point with 14.8 million violent crimes. Guess what, in 1997 (when GTA first came out) there were nearly 1 million less violent crimes in the US despite a population increase.

Since 1997, violence in America has continued to decrease in a very significant way. Therefore, the only “logical” conclusion to draw from the data is that Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty make people less violent.

Not to mention the fact that there have been less violent crimes since GTA was released, even with the population increasing by more than 50 million.

With that said, I might as well make the correct claim that pornography causes global warming

 

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[LancerBG]

shitty parents have shitty kids in general the end. 

[Bluejay0]

shitty parents have shitty kids in general the end. 

Like always

[AlexGoesHigh]

this crappy reports are as common as freaking sports resumes .-.

[SethAFitzgerald]

How refreshing. A neutral and objective article that doesn't curtail evidence to support violence and video games.

 

 

However, this is complete rubbish and should be removed. Complete red herring.

 

With that said, I might as well make the correct claim that pornography causes global warming

You must have some trouble reading. Did you see the paragraphs after that, or even the HEADING where it talks about how  my assertion is ridiculous. It's making a point, if you read that you would know. 

[Guest]

Violent people might be drawn to violent games, but I highly doubt the rest of us are going to go on killing sprees after playing GTAV or similar. :rolleyes:

[helping]

You must have some trouble reading. Did you see the paragraphs after that, or even the HEADING where it talks about how  my assertion is ridiculous. It's making a point, if you read that you would know. 

You're right, my mistake. I stopped reading after looking at that.

That's not really something I would expect from an actual piece of journalism and is more appropriate in literature or rhetoric to make a point.

 

do note that promoting your material is somewhat frowned upon here

[SethAFitzgerald]

You're right, my mistake. I stopped reading after looking at that.

That's not really something I would expect from an actual piece of journalism and is more appropriate in literature or rhetoric to make a point.

 

do note that promoting your material is somewhat frowned upon here

Not really promoting my material, less than half of what I post on here has any link to something I've done. 

[Nicktrance]

I'd agree young children could be easily impressed by violence, but it's only the parents that are to blame for giving that game in the first place. And for that matter I'm pretty sure movies can a much greater effect.

You're right, my mistake. I stopped reading after looking at that.

That's not really something I would expect from an actual piece of journalism and is more appropriate in literature or rhetoric to make a point.

 

do note that promoting your material is somewhat frowned upon here

I don't think people mind as long as he puts effort into it. It's copying other people's material or simply linking to it with no explanation or decent presentation that is frowned upon.