[Iggy]

Originally Posted by Bridget

I think violent video games as well as film, music, writing, and so on do the opposite of what these social scientists think. They provide an outlet for aggression. Instead of running over prostitutes or bashing someone's face in with a crowbar in real life, I choose to do it in a video game.

People who blame video games for violent behavior are intellectually dishonest and lazy. It's much more convenient to blame ID Software than consider the possibility of our children being raised improperly by shitty parents and abusive families. What I don't know won't hurt me.

Negative emotion; It's all part of the human experience. It's inevitable. You can allow people harmless ways to vent this frustration (violent video games, movies, music, sports, etc) or you can suppress it until it builds up to the point of no return. That's why I think banning violent video games only fuels what was intended to be controlled.

QFT!