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Originally Posted by wazoo
As a teenager, I know for a fact video games are a problem. My goodness, kids are up day and night, blowing off heads, stabbing, etc. I'm not saying video games are bad, but there are people who don't understand the term moderation. This addiction, and seeing blood and gore over and over is starting to make these kids immune to feeling remorse. Again, I am not saying all of kids, but honestly there are adolescents that people should be worried about.
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Most, if not all, of the people who commit these mass-killings, are not rational mean people, or people trying to replicate what they saw in a video game. They are mid-20's men having a psychotic break, which almost always manifests itself in extreme anger. Perhaps they picked up some techniques in the video games, but they were going to do something extreme, regardless. I'm in agreement with others that the media exposure and gun availability make the event much more serious than it might be otherwise, but it's happening regardless.
I think you are probably right that the video games affect the thinking and behavior of otherwise normal kids, and that it probably has some bad consequences, but we're not talking events like in Aurora, Arizona, Portland or Connecticut.