jahcs,Mar 28 2005, 04:24 PM Wrote:Bit of a Devil's Advocate reply, Minionman? ;)
Researchers (and I use that term loosely) will draw any parallel they can to reinforce their viewpoint, especially on matters involving the human psyche where hard data is not possible. To rebut most of this video game/movie/television/comic book tripe how about looking at 3rd world areas where they do not have access to anywhere near the amount of media we do in the "civilized" world and check the crime rates there. I could do some selective reasearch and selective reporting of data, and come up with proof that violent video games actually reduce crime rates. (It would be hogwash but I'm sure I could come up with a nice Powerpoint with a few spiffy looking graphs to back it up.)
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Actually, the third world case makes the argument that real world fighting has a larger effect than any video game could. With video games, it isn't real, and people understand that. In real life fighting, it is real, so peoplw see it as part of life and are more accepting of it and less likely to look for ways to slow it down or stop it. Plus, with the violence all around, there's less non-fighting for people to pick up.
And technically, you would have foiund that more of these games goes with a lower crime rate, but not what the causes are.
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