I think Videogames are a credible medium to teach, to entertain and excite someone. These three things are what I strive to find in my entertainment. I would also say that entertainment is not something that I find silly in my life. It is not silly to be passionate about what you enjoy. It is a quality I admire in people. I have a passion for many things including music, autoracing, design and videogames to name a few. Although videogames are not an important aspect of my lifestyle I enjoy it enough to justify feeling strongly about it.
We have gotten away from the origonal disscussion though. I think this censorship stems from accountable blame. I was raised in a fashion to take responsibility for my actions. When I make a bad decision I take responsiblity for my actions and don't run from blame or discredit my own actions as being influenced elsewhere. These people protesting violent video games are protesting that they be removed completely because they feel the exposure to them has caused their attackers to due wrong to them. They can't accept that their attackers wronged them due to their own decisions and huamn behavoir so now, instead of responsiblity laying on the criminals and their decisions, it is now the fault of aggresive and violent video games for forcing them to go out and hurt these people emtionaly or physicaly. It is hard to completely vilify a person but easy to do to a videogame. They have shifted the blame to a object that is easier to manifest as evil. I think these people are using videogames as a scapegoat so they don't have to deal with the problems in society that really are causing people to harm others.
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