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- Omek, on 05/10/2008, -0/+139I played Mortal Kombat and Diablo a lot as a kid, and I turned out just fine... I think people over exaggerate how influential this stuff is. The real people who grow up to be criminals are the ones that had a bad mindset to begin with.
- inactive, on 05/10/2008, -4/+100You want violence on an epic scale? Read the Bible.
- chewbie, on 05/10/2008, -2/+87I know that I'm quoting the wrong person to quote in such situations but Eminem said: "If you just sit down and talk to your kids once in a while, things will be just fine"
- wonderchemist, on 05/10/2008, -0/+56What?! Parents do something like parenting!? Nonsense!
- inactive, on 05/10/2008, -1/+43Being a digger is more dangerous than playing video games.
- Surferess, on 05/10/2008, -2/+44Thank goodness! I thought for sure I was going to hell when I forked over that $60 for GTAIV last week for my 2 teenage boys without so much as a 2 second, token, anti-violence lecture.
- ispeakasian, on 05/10/2008, -0/+41I played Pac Man as a kid and now I'm in jail for eating everyone who looks like a ghost. Damn mushrooms.
- Heaiser, on 05/10/2008, -1/+38Can't wait for the article about Jack suing Harvard.
- rentmitchum, on 05/10/2008, -3/+37We're a violent species, I don't understand why people try to deny human nature. We're driven to violence, and expressing that in a video game is much better than in real life. It's healthy.
Hell monkeys will beat other monkeys to death from other troops if they're caught alone. They'll pound on them until they're as good as dead with their hands and feet. We've evolved but kept just about as much xenophobia and fear of the unknown as our ancestors. People need to understand that, then realize we can overcome it, but only if we're realistic about ourselves. - latova, on 05/10/2008, -0/+24Town Portal is the solution to all our transportation problems.
- Koush, on 05/10/2008, -0/+23"sometimes in excess of 15 hours a week."
pssh, i knock that down per day. - MattBD, on 05/10/2008, -0/+20I'm pretty sure more murderers have been inspired by the Bible than by playing Manhunt or listening to Marilyn Manson.
- estvir, on 05/10/2008, -2/+21No, they're just one of the many people to say it over the past few years and they're also a reputable source.
What I'm saying is, shut up donkeybat64. - SemajReffahs, on 05/10/2008, -0/+19pretty legit quote
- tcardone05, on 05/10/2008, -1/+20Can I be one of your kids?
- insllvn, on 05/10/2008, -0/+17Give them money? I mean once you know what a prostitute is...
- Typhoon2009, on 05/10/2008, -0/+16The Old Testament was pretty badass. It was basically, "Worship me or you'll be smitten!"
- ECas123, on 05/10/2008, -3/+19ABSURD! Are you honestly telling me that Jack Thompson is wrong?! buried as inaccurate!
- qxrt, on 05/10/2008, -1/+16This study is wrong; I have done my own research and found that playing video games for over five hours makes me want to stomp some goombas.
- Darksoul, on 05/10/2008, -0/+13And Harvard would mop the floor with Jack for it.
- LabiaMajora, on 05/10/2008, -0/+13You need to learn to play games better if you used a gemmed pike.
:D - PullingTeeth, on 05/10/2008, -2/+13It's good to see that Harvard can still confirm the obvious.
- SSXDRN, on 05/10/2008, -1/+10It was until the release of GTA that boys found out the once secret way of hiring a prostitute. Outrageous.
- CAPITALLETTERS, on 05/10/2008, -1/+10[citation needed]
- estvir, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9Exactly, I played all sorts of hyper-violent games as kid, even ones that were banned in Australia (Like the original Postal, Postal 2 onwards are an abomination, the first SoF which was way gorier than the new ones, some fighting game on the PSX, etc) and I also turned out fine. I also had good parents -- go figure.
- rentmitchum, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9Stabbing Baal in the face with my gemmed pike was the solution to my Baal problem :)
- myshl0ng, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9I just played Lemmings and feel like killing a bunch of people.
- iChuckles, on 05/10/2008, -1/+10I can't believe they still study this stuff. It is so simple. Everything, and I mean everything, in life has an influence. It is how we learn. It is how we think. It is how we solve problems. Everything has an influence, period.
That said, not everything has the same influence. Some things can have life changing influences. Some things have such little influence that it goes unnoticed. So it is a dead fact that violent video games have an influence. How much and if it is negative all depends upon the circumstances and the people involved.
There has never been an answer to anything that fits everyone. - suspid, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9How about Chali 2na from Jurassic 5
"That's why I'm always telling these many pals of mine
the most that you can spend on any child is time" - Tryptomine, on 05/10/2008, -1/+9So, who wants to buy a copy of the book and ship it to Jack Thompson?
- jontando, on 05/10/2008, -2/+10"I've been told the Quaran is worse."
Why don't you try reading it and find out for yourself? - newms32, on 05/10/2008, -0/+7This couldn't have anything to do with gun policy or culture, could it? No, never.
- suspid, on 05/10/2008, -0/+7Well, recent events indicate that teenagers are experts at hiring prostitues already.
- PullingTeeth, on 05/10/2008, -0/+7Still haven't learned, have you?
- Tyrghast, on 05/10/2008, -0/+7how old are you now, Mr. seasoned gamer, 14?
- Darksoul, on 05/10/2008, -0/+7Ain't that the truth.
- inactive, on 05/10/2008, -1/+8No need for a ***** storm, here are 885 quotes from the bible where God either threatens to kill people, or actually kills people:
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/long.htm ... - PullingTeeth, on 05/10/2008, -2/+9Having a conversation with yourself is something to be concerned about.
- inactive, on 05/10/2008, -2/+8I bet you will be back in a few days to claim a source from one of the major ivy league universities to claim your talking point.
Just sayin' - inactive, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6You best be trollin', foo'. The burden of proof rests with you to prove yourself correct.
I'm both European and a gamer. I'd say the fact you have more gun deaths is because, well, y'know, you allow people to own guns whereas most European countries have strict laws that disallow public ownership of guns for the most part. - madeingermany, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6Back in school, every kid I knew that had a computer (Amiga and DOS boxes at the time) had all the forbidden games - And not because those games were any good, ....
But not a single one of my former classmates became a violent criminal so far. - inactive, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6………………………………..__…………………………………………
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……................f`-,………`-,/…*-,___,,-~*….,-*……|…`-,……….……. - GlassAgate, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6He could visit their psychology wing
to get a second opinion about his
psychological health. - Jones82, on 05/10/2008, -0/+5How dare you guys care about something other than the most pressing issues!
- KyjL, on 05/10/2008, -2/+7"What happened to just plain CRAZY?"
-Chris Rock - Surferess, on 05/10/2008, -1/+6funny typos
- spawnfree, on 05/10/2008, -0/+5you had me at morons.
- sillyoldbear, on 05/10/2008, -0/+5Even with eight hours sleep, six hours of school and two hours of travel time these kids should be able to pump in eight hours a day and that's just on weekdays. E for effort.
- theaceoffire, on 05/10/2008, -0/+5Yeah, just like how all drunk drivers get caught.
And all potheads get caught.
And all _______ get caught.
Face it, the police can't catch all the fish in the ocean.
They focus on the easy to capture and the big ones. - Typhoon2009, on 05/10/2008, -1/+6*****' hell you're dumb. The US has a very... different gun culture than the EU or Japan. I'm not saying all guns are evil, I think we have a right to bear arms, but it's one of the reasons why we can't simply outlaw all guns. They're already here - they're in the US. If people want a gun, they'll get them. Whereas in the UK there aren't that many guns to begin with, so getting one isn't easy (legally or not).
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