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In reply to the discussion: Video games with guns are a problem, [View all]KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)10. I suspect you're missing my context.
I speaking to the overall lust for violence and social controversy in all forms of entertainment, and this has worsened in my lifetime of 70 years.
My broad contention is that this has created a complacent mentality toward doing harm to others, whether by gun or by work of mouth.
This, coupled with the right-wing philosophy of every man for himself has been very destructive to our society, IMO.
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Japan has all those same video games, plus have had a far longer history of violent porn
mythology
Mar 2018
#21
And South Korea has some incredibly violent films that get heavily cut for here
Blue_Adept
Mar 2018
#24
lol, you should keep a Desert Eagle around and let them break their wrist with it..
EX500rider
Mar 2018
#46