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In reply to the discussion: We have elevated gun lust to a religion in this country. [View all]harmonicon
(12,008 posts)46. Ok, so tell me who is peddling "violent" video games to young children.
Video games have ratings. Besides, describing fictional depictions of violence as violence probably isn't effective - that is, the fiction never influences reality. For all of the Looney Toons I watched as a child, I never once dropped a safe on someone, shot them with a blunderbuss. When I was a little older, I played a lot of Super Mario Bros. Never have I thrown fireballs at turtles.
Simply put, there is zero evidence that fictional violence has any impact on actual violence. It's not just opinion. Studies demonstrate it as well.
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Harris and Klebold killed their victims with guns (or bullets, if you want to be
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#33
Did you read the OP, or do you just have some of these lined up any time "gun" is in a subject line?
harmonicon
Dec 2012
#22
The US wants the oil in the middle east so, they butcher thousands of Iraqis to get at it.
tjwash
Dec 2012
#26
According to various theories of criminality, when you associate disturbed "impulse"
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#27