when discussing our culture of violence, video games and violent movies take much of the blame. I feel that this view tends to limit the scope of the discussion to how young people imitate what they see on the screen…

gamepolitics.com/2007/04/1...-massacre/

this hinders the discussion by taking attention from older criminals committing equally vicious crimes…


“A convicted sex offender says he was proud of an underground bunker he built beneath his home, where prosecutors said he bound two teen girls with duct tape, raped them and left them to die.
Authorities have said the girls managed to escape in March 2006 and tell police about their ordeal in the room that was just 4 1/2 feet deep and roughly the length and width of a midsize car.”

abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory

what movie or video game inspired something like that? Sure, some movies are more violent than others. The same goes with video games. I feel that we have a larger issue at hand and going for the easy answer won’t prevent the next Jonestown, David Koresh, or unibomber. That guy Hinson is 48 years old. If violent movies and games inspire the youth of today to kill and plunder, what gave him his ideas? Where is the marilyn manson of 30-40 years past? The grand theft auto back then was a little more than bits and pixels. That’s how I see it and would love to chat with anyone on the subject…