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freedomdwarf1 -> RE: From the other side of the world (12/15/2012 4:22:35 AM)
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Is there some biblical text that says something like "Violence begets violence"??
According to this recent study, it does state that violent video games do contribute significantly to violent behaviour.
"In summary, although they are not the only factor that increases aggression, violent video games do have a significant effect on aggression."
Link: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/get-psyched/201201/do-violent-video-games-increase-aggression
Published on January 27, 2012 by Brad J. Bushman, Ph.D.
Also backed up by http://www.pamf.org/preteen/parents/videogames.html By Andrea Norcia, college student writer.
And again by http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/children_and_video_games_playing_with_violence
Copyright © 2012 by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
So it would appear that various studies of violent video games could be responsible for a number of young people going off the rails and doing something quite horrific - as we have seen very recently.
Add that to the prolific availability of guns to the general populace... and there you have a cause, a motive, an explanation, a trigger and the means with which to do such things.
I know that article 2 is fiercely defended by the NRA and those that won't give up guns.
But also, there are those that advocate that article 2 should be abolished altogether for safety reasons.
The subject is highly emotive and both sides are vociferous in their arguments.
But I live in a country where guns are not commonplace - for which I am thankful.
If we take the most recent tragedy, if Adam Lanz's mother didn't have the guns in her car for him to use (which she legally purchased), could he have wreaked so much death and havoc?
What aboout Columbine in 1999?? Could those kids have caused so much death if the guns weren't so readily available?
Then there are countless murders or serious injury caused by shootings in US streets and malls.
Supporters of article 2 have already voiced their opinion that the teachers should be armed to protect the kids at school.
A good point.
But the anti-gun lobby says if the guns weren't so easily available, Adam probably wouldn't have the guns to be able to shoot them in the first place.
The whole pro/anti argument seems very reminiscent of the cold war in the height of the arms race.
Surely, it's better in the long run, to drastically reduce the number of weapons available to Joe Public?
President Obama himself said in his speech last night that far too many of these incidents have happened in recent years.
Whether he will do anything is something to be seen but he will have a huge battle with the NRA and its supporters.
Just my [sm=2cents.gif]
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