Thailand halts 'Grand Theft Auto' sales after murder

cartoons vs. reality gaming: I dunno, I think you have to get some sort of Darwin award for thinking you can blow your brother's nose around to the back of his head and it's going to work. On the other hand it's pathetically easy to go out and actually kill somebody if you've been conditioned to do so. The military does this all the time. Why should we expect gamers to be any different?
So yeah, blame the criminal but remember that there are a lot of studies that show that people do become conditioned to accept what they are exposed to. There are unacceptable behaviors. Trivializing them in a game is very likely a bad call by society.; Posted by: ca1ic0cat Posted on: 08/05/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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..... Linux User 147560 | 08/04/08

Blaming the parents ..... ShadeTree | 08/04/08

..... Linux User 147560 | 08/04/08

How about blaming ... ShadeTree | 08/04/08

Parental Units.... Wolfie2K3 | 08/05/08

And another thing... nicodoggie | 08/04/08

I see your point... fuguein_d@... | 08/05/08

Same old story as always tikigawd | 08/05/08

Not the game's fault Dr_Zinj | 08/05/08

It's not a fact... SpiderTech | 08/06/08

One more thing SpiderTech | 08/06/08

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