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Thai Teen Nabbed in 'Grand Theft Auto' Copycat Killing
Ummon:
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on August 09, 2008, 09:21:19 am ---"Thats it, kids. Turn that computer off. No more Oregon Trail for you - you keep giving the natives dysentery!"
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Heh.
Atomsmasher, granted, there is more reporting of sensational things, things that have happened in dense urban centers for a long time that didn't get on national news, etc before the last decade or two. However, there are things that didn't happen before. School shootings is one of them.
The other thing is the very fact that people enjoy producing media with violence, let alone excessive violence in them, I think is an indication of it's personal security. Sure, there are some who might enjoy or/and use such things to get relief from their lives so that they don't actually go out and do such things. That isn't healthy either. In light of these, one doesn't even have to question the sources of these various studies into crime.
AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: Ummon on August 10, 2008, 10:18:25 pm ---However, there are things that didn't happen before. School shootings is one of them.
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Huh? School shootings (and school killings in general) have been occuring long before violent video games existed.
RayB:
Look, bottom line, "kids today" shouldn't be playing GTA, since it's just not appropriate. That's a parent's responsibility. But if the kids sneaks in a few rounds at a friend's house, it's still not going to turn them into murderers. They may act out in imitation. I have no doubt about that. But it's a big leap between imitating (just as I too played "cops n robbers" as a kid, complete with toy cap-guns), and inflicting pain on another.
What DOES promote and cause child violence is anger, hatred and ignorance. A child who is angry will lash out. A child who hates, will lash out. And without proper guidance from adults, the boundaries of right and wrong aren't so clear. Empathy of another is taught. You teach a kid to not squeeze the kitty like that, and you teach them why. You teach kids to "imagine themselves in other's shoes". Without that teaching, they just won't care. Where things break down and cross the line is when kids are so angry and/or brought up to just not care about another's pain and suffering. They may cross the line. They may even do so while imitating something they saw, but the movie, or game is not the CAUSE. Talk about "desensitizing to violence" all you want, it's not the motive for inflicting pain on another.
Raise a kid in an environment where he feels worthless, like he has nothing to lose, and a lot of bad things can happen.
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