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Story: Do video games make children violent?

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Posted by: Chris (Friday 25 March 2005, 11:44 PM)

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Video games are made for entertainment. People who play the games like doing what you have to do. I support video game violence because sometimes it's a great way to release anger into a virtual person rather than into a real person. What I don't like is that parents let their kids play game like Gran Theft Auto:: San Andreas. I hear all the time 9 year old kids talking about it. Seriously, a game like that isn't the greatest game for a 9 year old to play. I'm also disturbed on how parents are letting their kids play a game where the F-word is said repeatidly while running around in gangs shooting people. This is no problem for a mature gamer that knows it's just a game meant for entertainment and not meant to have little kids play it.

By the way: San Andreas is way overrated.

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Story: Do video games make children violent?

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  2. No !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have played... joe bacthelor
  3. I have a WAY WAY better place to put the game... Matt Vandermolen
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  5. violent games are the one thing that stops me... Philip
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  7. I think it should be 16. Matt Rowe
  8. i hate the grand theft auto games even tho i never... Anonymous
  9. This ban thing is bull crap. Mostly all that stuff... Brandon
  10. I dont think that it is the video games that... Anonymous
  11. Video games don't kill people. If kids kill t... Gerett Diamond
  12. You are right! in colombine the kids were dis... james eblin
  13. Q: Do video games make children violent? A: you be... samuel
  14. I think it is pathetic that you blame video games... Anonymous
  15. Drugs kill not video games Anonymous
  16. Violent video games make children for violent... Anonymous
  17. I could not agree more with those posts about bad... Anonymous
  18. NO!!!! Kids just say that to get themselves out of... Joey
  19. Absolute crap. Video games are used as an excuse f... NJ
  20. i am 13 yrs old and my parents wont let me bu... anonymous
  21. Games do NOT make children violent. Sure it causes... Kelsey
  22. Video games are made for entertainment. Peop... Chris
  23. jeebus.....some people are wack.....make that a lo... Hwarang
  24. Dear to all the idiots that believe that vide... Christie
  25. Video games don't make children violent. I have be... Ryan
  26. we are doin a debate. and we are on the side... Anonymous
  27. i think its bull shit lilt
  28. NO, VIDEO GAMES DON'T MAKE KIDS VIOLENT. All you p... Mike Jones
  29. Personally, idk wtf you guys are trying to ac... the plague
  30. ITS SILLY TO BLAM GTA because its the parnents fua... Anonymous
  31. NoOOOoOOo! iam 15 and i have been playing 18 rate... Carl
  32. i doing a debate and i need information plz mail m... the lil guy
  33. I think that some games are cool but if your under... TASHA
  34. no at lest not me I play violent video games but i... Anonymous
  35. If the stores that sell the video games just hand... Anonymous
  36. All these people who say they dont make children v... Anonymous
  37. YES!!!!! To the majority of responsible adults out... TO ALL GAMING IDIOTS
  38. MY NAME IS ADAM I THINK THAT SCREEN BASED MEDIA DO... Anonymous
  39. I agree with these comments. These 'lawmakers... Anonymous
  40. I think that playing any type of video games, watc... emily
  41. Video games do not promt kids to be violent.... THE T-MAN
  42. VIDEO GAMES DO NOT CAUSE PEOPLE TO ACT VIOLENT, IF... HOMER-2006
  43. I don't feel like these things need to be enforced... Sam Webb
  44. If it wasn't for violent games, I'd kill you all. Josh
  45. Video games bad? I don't think so! I've been playi... JM
  46. It is not video games that are bad. If you don't w... james eblin
  47. No, Video games don't make children violent. If th... James Waller
  48. in this whole article all the points against vgame... marshall shannon
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