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I understand the reasons for the very impassioned defense of popular forms of entertainment. I don't think, however, that going as far as the research has required in admitting the way that violent media affects our population is the sort of position that reflects much interest in social responsibility.
Please everyone, continue to play the video games that are apparently so crucially an important part of our entertainment culture. However it is not terribly convincing to reflect positions that amount to the notion that it is an acceptible thing to enthusiastically promote and defend something which obviously is not a good thing for millions of young people who are far less capable of steeling themselves to its deleterious effects than proponents would like to believe. Admitting to the overwhelming message of research that violent media is a part of the problem of desensitization, alienation, and confusion experienced by youth and the weak people in our society - of which there are millions - is not a resounding endorsement, is it?
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