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"Not this again!" huh?
Are there video games sold to kids?
Are there politicians that can be re-elected?
Is there any crime in the U.S.?
Then it won't go away.

Like the article noted: Good thing no one's done a study like this before.
This has been addressed. Worthless studies, half-a**ed studies, scientific studies. So far they've come up with 'ice cream and crime' correlations.

Although the ban of selling AO (Adult Only) is equivalent to the movie industry's XXX rating. Mature is like an R rating (or NC-17?), and I can take my kids to see an R, but not a XXX.
Remember that there are laws for child welfare endangerment, moral corruption, etc. - which is why it's illegal for minors to see certain rated movies. Video games could fall into this category.

NOTE 1: The following is NOT my belief, I'm just making a loose point.
1) Tens of millions of kids play "violent" video games. A very rare few of them have committed atrocious crimes (one example: Columbine) killing in total maybe hundreds of people.
Must be the games. They are the cause. They are the problem.
2) Hundreds of millions of adults are Muslim. A very rare few of them have committed atrocious crimes (one example: 9/11/01) killing in total thousands of people.
To blame a religion is wrong. We cannot do that. It is not the cause.
(And yeah, it would be stupid. But as stupid blaming video games???)

NOTE 2: My personal belief is that ALL religions cause death and destruction. Not just "a religion".

Posted by: SC-man   Posted on: 03/10/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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