gr.bolt.com — There is no epidemic of youth violence in America.The whole concept is a lie manufactured, distributed and perpetuated by the media. Kids are not killing each other more frequently than they used to. In fact, it turns out the opposite is true.
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das7282Jul 25, 2005
I can't see gamers being more violent than non-gamers because how can they go out and kill anyone when they are constantly playing games. I mean you actually have to leave the house (usually) to kill someone.
lumirasJul 25, 2005
wow......maybe somebody should forward this to Jack Thompson's desk
shadyspaceJul 25, 2005
Anybody follow the link to the story of a group of 12 year olds being strip-searched with their parents consent by their school over a whole ten dollars? The principal's (who had teachers and herself search the kids themselves) response to parental outrage was basically "I've done it before, I'll do it again, I don't care". f**king people think they're above the law, kids need to learn to stand up for themselves and be aware of their rights, I'd never f**king let a teacher do that to me in a class room without my parents consenting or even a f**king police officer present, that's sexual harrasement. Video games don't make kids violent, mother-f**kers like these do.
thetonioJul 26, 2005
Liked the article. I'm glad they had LOTS of citing and links. A noteworthy case.As for the social argument going on here: I agree with the fact that Xbox Live and LAN parties (never been to a LAN, but have played LIVE at a friend's) aren't much of a social haven, as being on Live, most comments are socializing... saying "He has the flag!" or "Kill all nubs" and what have you is NOT socialization... and I've played enough LIVE to realize that's all that goes on. Socializing is "Hey, how's your day going? It's sunny here in California" "Good, still raining here, sucks ass" "Yeah, well, hey, at least your interview went well yesterday" etc., etc.However, to throw a ginormous (sp? ;-)) blanket over all gamers being anti-social and failures is wrong. For me and my friends, some of them do play games a lot, but the times we really enjoy them is when we get together and kill a few hours. And during that time, it's hella social. We go out for food, or just pig ourselves out on whatever's in stock at the house, all the while a conversation/banter going on. I'm sure there are a lot of other guys that play games that do the exact same thing.In this age, when football is only on during the fall, there are not that many other leisurely, fun activities that are as accessible and (relatively) cheap like video games.
dm05Jul 26, 2005
Everyone clap for OMGLINUXWOAH, hes a perfect example of how our educational system in America is failing. How about instead of spewing hate rhetoric, you respond to what I actually said?
dbrodbeckJul 28, 2005
there was a grade 13 in Ontario, Canada up until recently...I hate all people that generalize....
Closed AccountFeb 13, 2008
maybe we should just ban games, movies and books. Maybe we can burn books like they did in the pastrelated<a class="user" href="http://www.viosparks.com">http://www.viosparks.com</a>