Sorry, but you are an idiot..

[Javaman]

68. maybe it's my age or perhaps I have empathy...

But I play "violent" video games yet I still get disturbed by the violence in todays society.

Like anything, I think it comes down to parenting. If you don't teach your kids that video games aren't real and that the awful things that happen in todays society are very real, then they won't have a concept of how it effects people until, sadly, it happens to them.

I think as we become more disassociated with society and allow ourselves the only avenue of connecting to people is by electronic means, then the concept of empathy becomes degraded or lost all together.

I know people who their only means of contact during an argument is via texting. How screwed up is that?

On that trend it's only logical to assume that the concept of nuance and emphasis is lost.

It's that disconnection from interpersonal contact, to me, is what is causing the slow and deliberate erosion of society and the cause of the violent attacks.

We as humans are social creatures and when a wall is put up, either consciously or unconsciously, we will react.

And I think we are seeing this reaction creeping in on a subconscious level and acting out on a very conscious level.