Office applications Toolkit
Story: Do video games make children violent?
Posted by: Kelsey (Thursday 10 March 2005, 9:11 PM)
Games do NOT make children violent. Sure it causes a rush, but nothing more. If you are unable to determine what's real and what isn't, then you probably shouldn't be playing the game. Companies have free speech, just like anyone else. They can make these games, it's up to parents to regulate what their children play. I play tons of video games and never once have I been inspired to go out and do some violent act just because of the fact that I saw it in a game I played. Yes, I've played my fair share of violent games, and I think that the rating they earn on their cover does suit them. They get mature ratings for a reason, because they are created for a mature audience. It's not the companies fault that the ratings are being enforced. You can't go and sue a gaming company because you were too stupid to pay attention to what your kid is playing. YOU have to be the adult, YOU have to tell your kid what they can and can't play. The clerk doesn't know your child like you do. YOU have to be responsible for it.
This doesn't mean that kids are made violent by a game, but if you don't want them playing it, then get rid of it or don't let them have it in the first place. If you don't agree with something on TV you don't just sit there and watch it, you turn it off or you don't watch it to begin with. Don't punish responsible gamers and the companies for your own mistakes.
Full Talkback thread
Story: Do video games make children violent?
-
No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... lewis schofile -
No !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have played... joe bacthelor -
I have a WAY WAY better place to put the game... Matt Vandermolen
-
Turkey GObbles Taco & Burrito
-
violent games are the one thing that stops me... Philip
-
DON'T DO DRUGS!! THEY KILL NOT SUICIDAL
-
I think it should be 16. Matt Rowe
-
i hate the grand theft auto games even tho i never... Anonymous
-
This ban thing is bull crap. Mostly all that stuff... Brandon
-
I dont think that it is the video games that... Anonymous
-
Video games don't kill people. If kids kill t... Gerett Diamond
-
You are right! in colombine the kids were dis... james eblin
-
Q: Do video games make children violent?
A: you be... samuel
-
I think it is pathetic that you blame video games... Anonymous
-
Drugs kill not video games Anonymous
-
Violent video games make children for violent... Anonymous
-
I could not agree more with those posts about bad... Anonymous
-
NO!!!! Kids just say that to get themselves out of... Joey
-
Absolute crap. Video games are used as an excuse f... NJ
-
i am 13 yrs old and my parents wont let me bu... anonymous
-
Games do NOT make children violent. Sure it causes... Kelsey -
Video games are made for entertainment. Peop... Chris
-
jeebus.....some people are wack.....make that a lo... Hwarang
-
Dear to all the idiots that believe that vide... Christie
-
Video games don't make children violent. I have be... Ryan
-
we are doin a debate. and we are on the side... Anonymous
-
i think its bull shit lilt
-
NO, VIDEO GAMES DON'T MAKE KIDS VIOLENT. All you p... Mike Jones
-
Personally, idk wtf you guys are trying to ac... the plague
-
ITS SILLY TO BLAM GTA because its the parnents fua... Anonymous
-
NoOOOoOOo! iam 15 and i have been playing 18 rate... Carl
-
i doing a debate and i need information plz mail m... the lil guy
-
I think that some games are cool but if your under... TASHA
-
no at lest not me I play violent video games but i... Anonymous
-
If the stores that sell the video games just hand... Anonymous
-
All these people who say they dont make children v... Anonymous
-
YES!!!!! To the majority of responsible adults out... TO ALL GAMING IDIOTS
-
MY NAME IS ADAM I THINK THAT SCREEN BASED MEDIA DO... Anonymous
-
I agree with these comments. These 'lawmakers... Anonymous
-
I think that playing any type of video games, watc... emily
-
Video games do not promt kids to be violent.... THE T-MAN
-
VIDEO GAMES DO NOT CAUSE PEOPLE TO ACT VIOLENT, IF... HOMER-2006
-
I don't feel like these things need to be enforced... Sam Webb
-
If it wasn't for violent games, I'd kill you all. Josh
-
Video games bad? I don't think so! I've been playi... JM
-
It is not video games that are bad. If you don't w... james eblin
-
No, Video games don't make children violent. If th... James Waller
-
in this whole article all the points against vgame... marshall shannon
-
Rick James agrees with you Mike Jones RickJames
