Thailand halts 'Grand Theft Auto' sales after murder

Not the game's fault: Fact #1: Violent games (and violent shows) do model behavior for people. Watching and playing violent games increases the tolerance of people for violence. If you have someone on the esge

Fact #2: Younger children are more easily influenced to mimic behaviors they see. They can, and will, in many cases, attempt to do the things they see.

Observation: There are an awful lot of teenagers and young adults who have a tenuous idea of what is and isn't real. Their judgement about what is acceptable behavior is totally lacking. If the parents aren't engaged and firm enough from the very beginning about what is acceptable and discipline their children when they err, then you're going to have kids that think the actions in GTA, WoW, CNN, et. al. are the proper ways to behave.; Posted by: Dr_Zinj 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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