Should violent video games be banned?

Should violent video games be banned?

Yes	3.2%	[ 3 ]
No	96.8%	[ 91 ]
Total Votes:			[ 94 ]

[gothicgummybear]

Sparkyperson

Di3S3L

Blame the media, once people who don't know anything about games see that they can be as violent as crimes committed on the news, the shock often sends them pointing fingers at the wrong people before they learn anything about anything. And for that I also partially blame the ignorant masses. Someone has taken the value of education and labeled it as just another prerequisite to get a job and pay for things.

Nah, i blame it on the secret organization, whether it be media or government that try to link any violent acts, especially those done by students, to violent video games.

As soon as they do that, they know they've hit two birds with one stone.

1. They've hit Video games for more damge, making their "Playing outside and studying is better" argument stronger to the overprotective parents

2. They take the lazy way out blaming it on Violent games, instead of admiting that the whole thing could of probably been avoided if people stopped treating the soon-to-be-killer (or in this case, the now-a-killer) like s**t and got him the much needed mental help he needed.

I'm not happy about the way the whole Virginia Tech thing panned out either. That kid was seriously screwed up, and his family knew it from the start. It wasn't even an issue (much) of the stereotypical "all the kids pick on me so I'm gonna take a gun and make them pay!" thing. People should never place the blame for school shootings on anyone but the people who were in direct contact with the person and still did nothing to prevent it (i.e. counseling)

On a side note, what do you play? I think it may give insight to your perspective.

[Ansel Pendragon]

Sparkyperson

Di3S3L

Blame the media, once people who don't know anything about games see that they can be as violent as crimes committed on the news, the shock often sends them pointing fingers at the wrong people before they learn anything about anything. And for that I also partially blame the ignorant masses. Someone has taken the value of education and labeled it as just another prerequisite to get a job and pay for things.

Nah, i blame it on the secret organization, whether it be media or government that try to link any violent acts, especially those done by students, to violent video games.

As soon as they do that, they know they've hit two birds with one stone.

1. They've hit Video games for more damge, making their "Playing outside and studying is better" argument stronger to the overprotective parents

2. They take the lazy way out blaming it on Violent games, instead of admiting that the whole thing could of probably been avoided if people stopped treating the soon-to-be-killer (or in this case, the now-a-killer) like s**t and got him the much needed mental help he needed.

Sigh, now I am coming to your side for a little. I mostly agree with your statement. Except for the part about keeping now- or soon-to-be-killers in lockers. Well... maybe the now. But the soon to be killers were treated like s**t, their for they were taunted and bullied until the last thread of sanity snapped and they wanted revenge for their pain. Then the victim becomes the suspect and kills those people who, basically, killed them selfs by pissing off the wrong person for to long. The bullied was at one point innocent, but the bullies never got in trouble nor learned their lesson.

[Crawfish Prime]

cyborgmanx

Banning video game violence is never the solution. You can't stick your head in the ground like an ostrich. Parents should be responsible for the games their children play sometimes. If the game has fantasy violence, then there should be no problem. If the violence is realistic, then the parents should be weary.

As for the virginia tech thing... those people died because someone wimped out and pulled the trigger. It wasn't the video game company's fault, it was the people who pulled the trigger. I think parents should be accustomed to the game consoles their children play on, and be familiar with the games they play. That way, they can do their job better as parents.

People only commit school shootings for one reason... their wimps, it's as plain as day. They belong spending their days in lockers. I know it sounds stupid, but I'm getting tired of people blaming their crimes on others... And to me, that kind of thinking only proves your weak...

That bullshit treatment is probably what turned them homicidal.

[Honest_James]

x_Lunar Eclipse_x

Should violent videogames be banned?

Explain your reasoning if possible.

Thanks, this is for my homework research paper. XD

No, because I enjoy them & it stops me more from doing it in real life. If you want to ban violent games then you might as well ban violent movies which are worse, or even school which has plenty of violence. Hell, you might as well ban outside too in case the little kiddies see someone get shot in the face stare

[Crawfish Prime]

Ansel Pendragon

Sparkyperson

Di3S3L

Blame the media, once people who don't know anything about games see that they can be as violent as crimes committed on the news, the shock often sends them pointing fingers at the wrong people before they learn anything about anything. And for that I also partially blame the ignorant masses. Someone has taken the value of education and labeled it as just another prerequisite to get a job and pay for things.

Nah, i blame it on the secret organization, whether it be media or government that try to link any violent acts, especially those done by students, to violent video games.

As soon as they do that, they know they've hit two birds with one stone.

1. They've hit Video games for more damge, making their "Playing outside and studying is better" argument stronger to the overprotective parents

2. They take the lazy way out blaming it on Violent games, instead of admiting that the whole thing could of probably been avoided if people stopped treating the soon-to-be-killer (or in this case, the now-a-killer) like s**t and got him the much needed mental help he needed.

Sigh, now I am coming to your side for a little. I mostly agree with your statement. Except for the part about keeping now- or soon-to-be-killers in lockers. Well... maybe the now. But the soon to be killers were treated like s**t, their for they were taunted and bullied until the last thread of sanity snapped and they wanted revenge for their pain. Then the victim becomes the suspect and kills those people who, basically, killed them selfs by pissing off the wrong person for to long. The bullied was at one point innocent, but the bullies never got in trouble nor learned their lesson.

Lockers? Where did i say lockers? I was hinting at large amounts of counselling, but can't remember how to spell psychiatric....

[Ansel Pendragon]

Sparkyperson

Ansel Pendragon

Sparkyperson

Di3S3L

Blame the media, once people who don't know anything about games see that they can be as violent as crimes committed on the news, the shock often sends them pointing fingers at the wrong people before they learn anything about anything. And for that I also partially blame the ignorant masses. Someone has taken the value of education and labeled it as just another prerequisite to get a job and pay for things.

Nah, i blame it on the secret organization, whether it be media or government that try to link any violent acts, especially those done by students, to violent video games.

As soon as they do that, they know they've hit two birds with one stone.

1. They've hit Video games for more damge, making their "Playing outside and studying is better" argument stronger to the overprotective parents

2. They take the lazy way out blaming it on Violent games, instead of admiting that the whole thing could of probably been avoided if people stopped treating the soon-to-be-killer (or in this case, the now-a-killer) like s**t and got him the much needed mental help he needed.

Sigh, now I am coming to your side for a little. I mostly agree with your statement. Except for the part about keeping now- or soon-to-be-killers in lockers. Well... maybe the now. But the soon to be killers were treated like s**t, their for they were taunted and bullied until the last thread of sanity snapped and they wanted revenge for their pain. Then the victim becomes the suspect and kills those people who, basically, killed them selfs by pissing off the wrong person for to long. The bullied was at one point innocent, but the bullies never got in trouble nor learned their lesson.

Lockers? Where did i say lockers? I was hinting at large amounts of counselling, but can't remember how to spell psychiatric....

Ok, there you were right. My eyes must have been jumping around. Forgive me for that. I need a short break. I'll brb

[Crawfish Prime]

gothicgummybear

Sparkyperson

Di3S3L

Blame the media, once people who don't know anything about games see that they can be as violent as crimes committed on the news, the shock often sends them pointing fingers at the wrong people before they learn anything about anything. And for that I also partially blame the ignorant masses. Someone has taken the value of education and labeled it as just another prerequisite to get a job and pay for things.

Nah, i blame it on the secret organization, whether it be media or government that try to link any violent acts, especially those done by students, to violent video games.

As soon as they do that, they know they've hit two birds with one stone.

1. They've hit Video games for more damge, making their "Playing outside and studying is better" argument stronger to the overprotective parents

2. They take the lazy way out blaming it on Violent games, instead of admiting that the whole thing could of probably been avoided if people stopped treating the soon-to-be-killer (or in this case, the now-a-killer) like s**t and got him the much needed mental help he needed.

I'm not happy about the way the whole Virginia Tech thing panned out either. That kid was seriously screwed up, and his family knew it from the start. It wasn't even an issue (much) of the stereotypical "all the kids pick on me so I'm gonna take a gun and make them pay!" thing. People should never place the blame for school shootings on anyone but the people who were in direct contact with the person and still did nothing to prevent it (i.e. counseling)

On a side note, what do you play? I think it may give insight to your perspective.

Hmmm....your right.

Uh lol.....nothing insanely violent.....or really all that violent at all. I have a Wii, so most of my games are non-violent. Though i'm looking at getting No More Heroes when its released here.....is that violent enough for this thread or do i have to leave?

[z5555s5s5s5]

Sparkyperson

cyborgmanx

Banning video game violence is never the solution. You can't stick your head in the ground like an ostrich. Parents should be responsible for the games their children play sometimes. If the game has fantasy violence, then there should be no problem. If the violence is realistic, then the parents should be weary.

As for the virginia tech thing... those people died because someone wimped out and pulled the trigger. It wasn't the video game company's fault, it was the people who pulled the trigger. I think parents should be accustomed to the game consoles their children play on, and be familiar with the games they play. That way, they can do their job better as parents.

People only commit school shootings for one reason... their wimps, it's as plain as day. They belong spending their days in lockers. I know it sounds stupid, but I'm getting tired of people blaming their crimes on others... And to me, that kind of thinking only proves your weak...

That bullshit treatment is probably what turned them homicidal.

They turned homicidal because their weak minded. The weak minded never call for help, they suck it in and don't express how they feel until its too late. Atleast if someone was bothering me, I ALWAYS let someone know about it when I was in school. People picked on me, and I didn't kill anyone. I don't have much respect for anyone weak minded...

Afterall, stupidity is no excuse for murder... and they were stupid when they did it... how stupid I cannot say, because frankly there isn't a level of stupidity anyone can rank it at...

[Crawfish Prime]

cyborgmanx

Sparkyperson

cyborgmanx

Banning video game violence is never the solution. You can't stick your head in the ground like an ostrich. Parents should be responsible for the games their children play sometimes. If the game has fantasy violence, then there should be no problem. If the violence is realistic, then the parents should be weary.

As for the virginia tech thing... those people died because someone wimped out and pulled the trigger. It wasn't the video game company's fault, it was the people who pulled the trigger. I think parents should be accustomed to the game consoles their children play on, and be familiar with the games they play. That way, they can do their job better as parents.

People only commit school shootings for one reason... their wimps, it's as plain as day. They belong spending their days in lockers. I know it sounds stupid, but I'm getting tired of people blaming their crimes on others... And to me, that kind of thinking only proves your weak...

That bullshit treatment is probably what turned them homicidal.

They turned homicidal because their weak minded. The weak minded never call for help, they suck it in and don't express how they feel until its too late. Atleast if someone was bothering me, I ALWAYS let someone know about it when I was in school. People picked on me, and I didn't kill anyone. I don't have much respect for anyone weak minded...

Afterall, stupidity is no excuse for murder... and they were stupid when they did it... how stupid I cannot say, because frankly there isn't a level of stupidity anyone can rank it at...

I still don't fell your understand the situation, if you have the mindset that everyong thinks your a worthless piece of crap, i dont think you'd try talking to anyone.

But meh, whatever, your right

[Ansel Pendragon]

Sparkyperson

gothicgummybear

Sparkyperson

Di3S3L

Blame the media, once people who don't know anything about games see that they can be as violent as crimes committed on the news, the shock often sends them pointing fingers at the wrong people before they learn anything about anything. And for that I also partially blame the ignorant masses. Someone has taken the value of education and labeled it as just another prerequisite to get a job and pay for things.

Nah, i blame it on the secret organization, whether it be media or government that try to link any violent acts, especially those done by students, to violent video games.

As soon as they do that, they know they've hit two birds with one stone.

1. They've hit Video games for more damge, making their "Playing outside and studying is better" argument stronger to the overprotective parents

2. They take the lazy way out blaming it on Violent games, instead of admiting that the whole thing could of probably been avoided if people stopped treating the soon-to-be-killer (or in this case, the now-a-killer) like s**t and got him the much needed mental help he needed.

I'm not happy about the way the whole Virginia Tech thing panned out either. That kid was seriously screwed up, and his family knew it from the start. It wasn't even an issue (much) of the stereotypical "all the kids pick on me so I'm gonna take a gun and make them pay!" thing. People should never place the blame for school shootings on anyone but the people who were in direct contact with the person and still did nothing to prevent it (i.e. counseling)

On a side note, what do you play? I think it may give insight to your perspective.

Hmmm....your right.

Uh lol.....nothing insanely violent.....or really all that violent at all. I have a Wii, so most of my games are non-violent. Though i'm looking at getting No More Heroes when its released here.....is that violent enough for this thread or do i have to leave?

Personally I dont like the Wii, no offence to you, its only because the controllers are... well.. weird. And their recent games that I've seen on TV kinda suck. It seems they got more child friendly and left our all the good nintendo games. I hate X-Box for the same reason. X-box is focused all on adults and no one else. But I would still choose the Wii between the two.... ok, now brb.

[Crawfish Prime]

Ansel Pendragon

Sparkyperson

gothicgummybear

Sparkyperson

Di3S3L

Blame the media, once people who don't know anything about games see that they can be as violent as crimes committed on the news, the shock often sends them pointing fingers at the wrong people before they learn anything about anything. And for that I also partially blame the ignorant masses. Someone has taken the value of education and labeled it as just another prerequisite to get a job and pay for things.

Nah, i blame it on the secret organization, whether it be media or government that try to link any violent acts, especially those done by students, to violent video games.

As soon as they do that, they know they've hit two birds with one stone.

1. They've hit Video games for more damge, making their "Playing outside and studying is better" argument stronger to the overprotective parents

2. They take the lazy way out blaming it on Violent games, instead of admiting that the whole thing could of probably been avoided if people stopped treating the soon-to-be-killer (or in this case, the now-a-killer) like s**t and got him the much needed mental help he needed.

I'm not happy about the way the whole Virginia Tech thing panned out either. That kid was seriously screwed up, and his family knew it from the start. It wasn't even an issue (much) of the stereotypical "all the kids pick on me so I'm gonna take a gun and make them pay!" thing. People should never place the blame for school shootings on anyone but the people who were in direct contact with the person and still did nothing to prevent it (i.e. counseling)

On a side note, what do you play? I think it may give insight to your perspective.

Hmmm....your right.

Uh lol.....nothing insanely violent.....or really all that violent at all. I have a Wii, so most of my games are non-violent. Though i'm looking at getting No More Heroes when its released here.....is that violent enough for this thread or do i have to leave?

Personally I dont like the Wii, no offence to you, its only because the controllers are... well.. weird. And their recent games that I've seen on TV kinda suck. It seems they got more child friendly and left our all the good nintendo games. I hate X-Box for the same reason. X-box is focused all on adults and no one else. But I would still choose the Wii over all the new systems.... ok, now brb.

Yeah, i hate the PS3, because i think it looks like a giant mutant sandwich maker.....and its Sony. And the thing keeping me away from the 360 is all the "Ring of death" and "Had it a month and it destroyed an $100 game and broke. They fixed the Xbox, but never refunded for the game" stories i hear from previous Xbox owners.

[z5555s5s5s5]

Sparkyperson

cyborgmanx

Sparkyperson

cyborgmanx

Banning video game violence is never the solution. You can't stick your head in the ground like an ostrich. Parents should be responsible for the games their children play sometimes. If the game has fantasy violence, then there should be no problem. If the violence is realistic, then the parents should be weary.

As for the virginia tech thing... those people died because someone wimped out and pulled the trigger. It wasn't the video game company's fault, it was the people who pulled the trigger. I think parents should be accustomed to the game consoles their children play on, and be familiar with the games they play. That way, they can do their job better as parents.

People only commit school shootings for one reason... their wimps, it's as plain as day. They belong spending their days in lockers. I know it sounds stupid, but I'm getting tired of people blaming their crimes on others... And to me, that kind of thinking only proves your weak...

That bullshit treatment is probably what turned them homicidal.

They turned homicidal because their weak minded. The weak minded never call for help, they suck it in and don't express how they feel until its too late. Atleast if someone was bothering me, I ALWAYS let someone know about it when I was in school. People picked on me, and I didn't kill anyone. I don't have much respect for anyone weak minded...

Afterall, stupidity is no excuse for murder... and they were stupid when they did it... how stupid I cannot say, because frankly there isn't a level of stupidity anyone can rank it at...

I still don't fell your understand the situation, if you have the mindset that everyong thinks your a worthless piece of crap, i dont think you'd try talking to anyone.

But meh, whatever, your right

Which is my point about the school should express communication and force their students to read books that can help them. Perhaps alternating between varioius kinds of helpfull books every year... ya know?

[Crawfish Prime]

cyborgmanx

Sparkyperson

cyborgmanx

Sparkyperson

cyborgmanx

Banning video game violence is never the solution. You can't stick your head in the ground like an ostrich. Parents should be responsible for the games their children play sometimes. If the game has fantasy violence, then there should be no problem. If the violence is realistic, then the parents should be weary.

As for the virginia tech thing... those people died because someone wimped out and pulled the trigger. It wasn't the video game company's fault, it was the people who pulled the trigger. I think parents should be accustomed to the game consoles their children play on, and be familiar with the games they play. That way, they can do their job better as parents.

People only commit school shootings for one reason... their wimps, it's as plain as day. They belong spending their days in lockers. I know it sounds stupid, but I'm getting tired of people blaming their crimes on others... And to me, that kind of thinking only proves your weak...

That bullshit treatment is probably what turned them homicidal.

They turned homicidal because their weak minded. The weak minded never call for help, they suck it in and don't express how they feel until its too late. Atleast if someone was bothering me, I ALWAYS let someone know about it when I was in school. People picked on me, and I didn't kill anyone. I don't have much respect for anyone weak minded...

Afterall, stupidity is no excuse for murder... and they were stupid when they did it... how stupid I cannot say, because frankly there isn't a level of stupidity anyone can rank it at...

I still don't fell your understand the situation, if you have the mindset that everyong thinks your a worthless piece of crap, i dont think you'd try talking to anyone.

But meh, whatever, your right

Which is my point about the school should express communication and force their students to read books that can help them. Perhaps alternating between varioius kinds of helpfull books every year... ya know?

I'm confused how self help books would help you in that situation....but okay.

[z5555s5s5s5]

Because, they actually help people. Maybe if people learned that their lives didn't suck and their not the wimps that everyone thought they were, they would be better off...

[Di3S3L]

So in the end, if people treat people better, we could possibly avoid disasters like school shootings. Problem is, how to reform society without anything going into mass hysteria and everything going down in flames?