WOW! Swedish Dad fed up with his sons' obsessions with violent Call of Duty computer game

[johnlucas]

121. Guy did the right thing. From now on, they will understand reality from fantasy

I don't think Call of Duty makes people violent.
But it IS good that people who play these games understand the consequences of gun lust.
So that when they play in the future, they understand that the videogame is just fantasy land & they will have respect for the costs of war in real life.

I played the violent Mortal Kombat games as a teenager but the whole time I understood that this was gory fantasy.
I understood that you don't solve your problems with decapitation.
Violent games can be cathartic dump for the violent impulses we ALL have.
I would rather someone shoot & decapitate an image of light than to shoot & decapitate a real human being.
Those who run over innocent citizens in Grand Theft Auto may get all that ugliness out of his/her system & not want to run over someone in real life in a fit of road rage.

Anyone who is hand-wringing over violent games better take note of those old John Wayne movies.
Got a lot of wannabe Clint Eastwoods & Charles Bronsons out here confusing movie fantasy with real life.
Thinking they can solve all of their problems with a gun.

I played DOOM, Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, Timesplitters with all its guns & bombs.
In real life I CAN'T STAND guns & don't want 'em anywhere NEAR me.

The father did the right thing by making sure they don't mistake fantasy with reality.
When they play Call of Duty & games like that in the future, they will be in the right mindset.
The American Public got confused & saw the 2003 Iraq War as a videogame (Shock & Awe) because they haven't dealt with war on their soil in 150 years.
It's just images of light on the screen with Da Good Guys & Da Bad Guys. Who's gonna win?
I think more Americans in general need to see what war really is.
Maybe that'll stop all that rah-rah & zest to start another one.

John Lucas