Comments on: Video Game Violence http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/video-game-violence/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:07:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: criminal background check http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/video-game-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-286176 criminal background check Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:33:16 +0000 http://play-girlz.com/?p=228#comment-286176 great article. i completly agree with you. great article. i completly agree with you.

]]> By: Erin http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/video-game-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-286169 Erin Sat, 12 Nov 2005 05:06:46 +0000 http://play-girlz.com/?p=228#comment-286169 I think we had a similar discussion when I brought up Jack Thompson the first time. I think, like you, that games are a very convenient scapegoat thanks to their increasing visibility in society and are a natural target. Nevermind TV, movies, magazines, and music. No, it's the games. I think we had a similar discussion when I brought up Jack Thompson the first time. I think, like you, that games are a very convenient scapegoat thanks to their increasing visibility in society and are a natural target. Nevermind TV, movies, magazines, and music. No, it’s the games.

]]> By: Matt http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/video-game-violence/comment-page-1/#comment-286167 Matt Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:01:23 +0000 http://play-girlz.com/?p=228#comment-286167 Parenting. I blame parenting. We've gotten to a time in this age where parents are less strict with their children, less mindful, and they choose not to put as much effort into raising a child, letting games and the TV raise them. The 60s had the hippies and the free love, 70s were the baby boomers and whatnot, 80s were the rebels, 90s were uh..just kinda there. And now the 2000s have come up with the negligence. We're an ADD society with no time to install good morals and family values into our children, with modern culture telling us to obey raging hormones and act as we please. If something's not right, we subscribe pills and a therapist. As a nation we've "matured" we think we know better, and that people are intelligent enough to make their own decisions. And while to a degree we are, we also obviously, are not. People, being the way they are, refuse to look at themselves for the blame, so they look to what they do not understand and what can easily be used as a scapegoat. Games. Which, as we can all see, have gone through a huge culture boom and recognition. You now see more game advertisements on TV, more game related programs (G4 network, SpikeTV video game awards). Gaming is becoming a more accepted and recognized hobby, and as such, as with anything, it's going to get the negative feedback that comes with the territory. People are going to use it to blame whatever they can on it, and to get their point across. We have to start taking responsibility for our actions, for those people affected by our actions. There will always be people who only look out for themselves, but in the end, you reap what you sow. And that is exactly, what we as a nation, are doing at this moment. Parenting. I blame parenting. We’ve gotten to a time in this age where parents are less strict with their children, less mindful, and they choose not to put as much effort into raising a child, letting games and the TV raise them. The 60s had the hippies and the free love, 70s were the baby boomers and whatnot, 80s were the rebels, 90s were uh..just kinda there. And now the 2000s have come up with the negligence. We’re an ADD society with no time to install good morals and family values into our children, with modern culture telling us to obey raging hormones and act as we please. If something’s not right, we subscribe pills and a therapist. As a nation we’ve “matured” we think we know better, and that people are intelligent enough to make their own decisions. And while to a degree we are, we also obviously, are not. People, being the way they are, refuse to look at themselves for the blame, so they look to what they do not understand and what can easily be used as a scapegoat.

Games. Which, as we can all see, have gone through a huge culture boom and recognition. You now see more game advertisements on TV, more game related programs (G4 network, SpikeTV video game awards). Gaming is becoming a more accepted and recognized hobby, and as such, as with anything, it’s going to get the negative feedback that comes with the territory. People are going to use it to blame whatever they can on it, and to get their point across.

We have to start taking responsibility for our actions, for those people affected by our actions. There will always be people who only look out for themselves, but in the end, you reap what you sow. And that is exactly, what we as a nation, are doing at this moment.

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