violence in video games(bad gramer)

[solid-snake]

so in my school my LD teacher is one of these video game nazi who think games cause all the problems in the world and thinks they should be banned. she is also a big religious person(prodostent). so for my in class essay i made her a good long paper about why she is wrong. im just going to hit my high points here or else id be here all day.

first off i stated that video games are entertainment just like music movies tv art and other thing off the such were never intended to teach people unless othwise programed to, witch are far and few and are usualy bad games in themselve so they barly make it to consumers. i then go on to explain fox and jack tompson why grand theft auto is not a murder simulator then i come to the numbers.

(sorry at the moment my teacher has my paper and i cant remember where i got my numbers) in canada i was able to find 6 insidents of school shooting within those 6 shooting 2 of them were blamed on games. now lets say for a miniut that gamed to teach kids to kill and that these kid were told to get a gun and shoot up there school. the persent of "infected" kids is %0.000000001 of the entire canadain school bord, out of canada the number goes on to be %0.0x10to the power of-50 ot of all the school shoting in canada it cant evan be rounded up to %1 of the canada student population and people like my teacher have the ordasity to blame games for kids killing. not only that but i said while maby 20 to 30 people die each year to shooting millions of people have died in the name of god. dose that not say how pitiful her argumets are?

i then go on to give examples on kids blaming games for teaching them to kill/die and how with simple thinking i can prove there statments false and then about proper parenting and why its their responibility as the parent to make shure your kids play proper entertainment for their age. i closed off by saying that games are fun and desined upfront not to teach you how to do wats depicted in the game.

[Skeln]

Ok, when it comes to killing I find that games have little to do with it. Maybe a few cases, but that's minimal. However, EXTENDED playing of video games can cause attention problems, eye problems, and a decreasement in intelligence seeing as how you are not studying and instead are craming your head with controls and all that good stuff. (Consequently, you loose what you had just finished studying, if any studying was done at all).

Minimal and controlled playing of games I find to be alright, and maybe even benificial seeing as how gametime can be earned by doing well in school. The problem is that kids either find a way to play for extended periods of time or parents allow their children to play for way too long.

[Insanity Fair]

Ok, when it comes to killing I find that games have little to do with it. Maybe a few cases, but that's minimal. However, EXTENDED playing of video games can cause attention problems, eye problems, and a decreasement in intelligence seeing as how you are not studying and instead are craming your head with controls and all that good stuff. (Consequently, you loose what you had just finished studying, if any studying was done at all).

Minimal and controlled playing of games I find to be alright, and maybe even benificial seeing as how gametime can be earned by doing well in school. The problem is that kids either find a way to play for extended periods of time or parents allow their children to play for way too long.

But who wants to enjoy things in moderation?

[solid-snake]

im just going to say it now but i do copy games in my life but its been benifical.
im sorry if you dont understand my examples.
iv copied metal gear solid 4 by the way i move my hands and my deap breathing techneuiqs.
and iv alsocopied red dead redemption by walking with john marstons posture and frankly both of these examples have realy helped me in my life.
i know i sound crazy by saying that but its true

[Nathaniel]

There are always going to be people that take things literally, and think that GTA is telling them to throw Maltov cocktails at hookers in the street. The majority of sane people though, will recognize that it is just a video game and not take its message to heart.

Also, we can't complain that children are being affected by these violent games, because the majority of them are rated M (17+) in the US, and 16+ in Europe.

[Insanity Fair]

There are always going to be people that take things literally, and think that GTA is telling them to throw Maltov cocktails at hookers in the street. The majority of sane people though, will recognize that it is just a video game and not take its message to heart.
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And then the people who are crazy to do that can't get a hold of it.

[Awesome]

Video Games.... The threat today is drugs and alcohol. Thats what makes people want to kill others. Drugs in involved in so many murders and alcohol is more involved with DWI.

[Continuum]

Video games don't kill people, some of them provide a glimpse of live outside reality, beyond social bounds. They just let people take their anger someplace else, what's wrong with that. It isn't a crime until somebody brave enough is going to act like CJ and throw molotovs at vehicles.

I bet Jack Thompson is looking at this thread everyday :P

[solid-snake]

I bet Jack Thompson is looking at this thread everyday :P

lol i bet he is

[Magus]

Also, we can't complain that children are being affected by these violent games, because the majority of them are rated M (17+) in the US, and 16+ in Europe.

Well, unfortunately there is no such limitations around here. Video games as imports, they do have that "Rated M; +17" stuff on the box, but there is no constriction on who buys what. Meaning: You can buy whatever you want, whether rated R or Rated E.

[Perseus]

Ok, when it comes to killing I find that games have little to do with it. Maybe a few cases, but that's minimal. However, EXTENDED playing of video games can cause attention problems, eye problems, and a decreasement in intelligence seeing as how you are not studying and instead are craming your head with controls and all that good stuff. (Consequently, you loose what you had just finished studying, if any studying was done at all).

Minimal and controlled playing of games I find to be alright, and maybe even benificial seeing as how gametime can be earned by doing well in school. The problem is that kids either find a way to play for extended periods of time or parents allow their children to play for way too long.

For the eye thing, I would like you to see this article (http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/06/28/Daily-DS-Play-Saves-Boys-Eyesight.aspx). And the attention thing is different for most people. I think it has helped me concentrate, as well as many people think that, but for the intelligence thing, I will semi agree with you. I've forgotten how to spell a lot of words and after becoming more a gamer from when I was twelve and eleven.

[Joey15]

if you cant tell the difrence between real life and a video game you shouldnt be allowed to play. But it should be the parents time to decide not anyone else

[Nathaniel]

Well, unfortunately there is no such limitations around here. Video games as imports, they do have that "Rated M; +17" stuff on the box, but there is no constriction on who buys what. Meaning: You can buy whatever you want, whether rated R or Rated E.

Do you mind telling me where you are from? I know your location says that you are from "desert storm," but I am not quite sure what you are saying. Are you from the middle east?


And then the people who are crazy to do that can't get a hold of it.

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