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If Games are even partly to blame then,
Why has Violent Crime gone down in youth ever sense the introduction of the first commercial First Person Shooter?

Check with the Department of Statistics on this information. Since 1992, violent crime amongst youth has gone down. This is probably because rather than beating on some kid, violent youths are probably shooting up Nazis in WWII Germany on Call of Duty 2.

Games if anything deter violence and usually create lazy youth. Much like a pot seems to do. Apparently you should look at actual gamers rather than the content of the game.
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While the games are not soley to blame  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 11/21/06
Symptom or cause  voska | 11/21/06
One sentence...  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 11/21/06
I totally disagree..  BroGnorik | 11/21/06
So you agree with us in that  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 11/21/06
Standing on my feet  Lord Talon | 11/22/06
No it is not a one to one  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 11/23/06
Some folks cannot cope to well.  osreinstall | 11/21/06
Scapegoats for bad things  CKayote | 11/22/06
Usually symptom  Cayble | 11/23/06
i am not desensitized...  willyu | 11/21/06
Ever talk to a vetran of a war  voska | 11/22/06
If Games are even partly to blame then,  nucrash | 11/22/06
Ah, how to put this nicely...hogwash  maldain | 11/22/06
Could be the reverse  rapson | 11/21/06
Humbug!  techboy_z | 11/21/06
Humbug yourself  rpmyers1 | 11/21/06
influence. Yah.. so what?  patibulo | 11/22/06
I would say yes...  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 11/22/06
Ah how about since the first man....  maldain | 11/22/06
Actually the inherent nature of man  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 11/21/06
I think that it's the opposite  voska | 11/21/06
I have one daughter...  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 11/21/06
Sorry but you're not quite correct.  maldain | 11/22/06
A fine line but valid point!  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 11/23/06
war games good training for future troops/cop  go67b@... | 11/21/06
You ban the games, Emule will fill the demand instead of the stores  GreatInca | 11/21/06
Get Real!  Mectron | 11/21/06
A bullet for every Lamer will do the trick  BeGoneFool | 11/21/06
A better solution would be to start in the  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 11/21/06
So all women should stay home with their kids?  nucrash | 11/22/06
Really...  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 11/22/06
.............  Shelendrea | 11/21/06
Very well put  the_seb | 11/22/06
It must be the games!  Sxooter_z | 11/21/06
Bread is dangerous! Many people eat bread and do bad things!  addraek | 11/21/06
Violence didn't happen before  TonyMcS | 11/21/06
And of course we could always ban guns NT  TonyMcS | 11/21/06
what a cheap excuse  patibulo | 11/22/06
Games != violence  the_seb | 11/22/06
Chicken or Egg?  ebrke | 11/22/06
Games are only a PART of problem  Boot_Agnostic | 11/22/06
The human mind is dangerous  ejhonda | 11/22/06
Sounds good except,  nucrash | 11/22/06
Great idea  the_seb | 11/22/06
Read any books lately Mr. Goebbels?  osreinstall | 11/22/06
German school attack  diabeticoverlord | 11/22/06
It was not...  cesaradf@... | 11/22/06
Misfits  kcdaiker | 11/22/06
Outlaw violent stupidity not violent games  cmatrix | 11/22/06
Dungeons and Dragons  Reindeer911 | 11/22/06
Not Again!?  nightbreedjtm@... | 11/22/06
Agreed  Boot_Agnostic | 11/23/06
Ban the guns not the games  rboyd@... | 11/23/06
Banning of guns is not the answer  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 11/23/06
Banning guns is a start  cornz | 11/24/06
And you still have a monarchy.  osreinstall | 11/24/06
Typo  osreinstall | 11/24/06
Actaully all gun related deaths  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 11/24/06
Amen, so be careful on the highway  ajole | 11/27/06
So did Hitler when he banned guns...  ajole | 11/27/06
Just remember, Germany has some other hare-brained ideas  ajole | 11/27/06

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