Hi Ken, That is a very interesting observation you made, and one I tend to agree with. People who generally kill have other mental issues besides a violent game telling them to go and kill. Generally, killers are angry at the world for some reason, they may have a over all lack of compassion for his or her human companions, and in serious cases killing gives them enjoyment on a level most of us don't understand. I remember a case in Cleveland several years back when the NES was still going strong and popular. Bad Dudes had just came out, a game I also had, and apparently two kids my age got in a fight over the game. The one kid murdered the other kid, because the other kid refused to let him play the game. Naturally, the shrinks got on tv saying that the kids had been exposed to extremely violent content, and it may have influenced them to react to each other violently, and then it went to far and kid A killed kid B. Then and now I felt it was an excuse for bad behavior. Anger like anything else is a choice. You might not be able to control feeling angry, but you sure can choose how you are going to handle it. You might walk away, take a deep breath and calm down, or you can kill kid B just not for letting you play a turn on the game. Although, the kids involved were something like 11 or 12 years old so there sense of self-control may not have been well developed, but I am certain those kids knew the diference between right and wrong.
Ken the Crazy wrote: > there are > >> people who kill people because of the games they play >> > No, no. That's not right. There are people, already killers at some level, > who play these games for practice. The games don't make killers--but > killers may use some of these games as stepping-stones or tools. Can games > negatively influence us? Of course they can--but they don't make us kill. > How is it that we all know a man's psycho when he goes into a radio station > and blows it up because he thinks it controls his mind, but we argue when a > man says a game inspired him to kill? > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > > > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
