Small note:
Jack Thompson seems n some sort of crusade. He also blamed the videogame "manhunt" for a crime in the UK. Problem is, the game was found at the victim (
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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
I do note a high degree of adamant refusal to even discuss the question I posed above. Is there any point at which a culture may become so awash with powerful anti-social messages that it becomes destructive to the continued well being of its population?
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I don't see much of an influence, sure those games are not really "rolemodels" they do not show you how to behave properly. But they offer a bit of relief, perhaps a way to deal with frustrations of your daily life. To most people I know it is quite clear that those are games show a virtual world. I can differ between real and virtual behaviour. Of course this requires some sort of maturity, but thats why those game are rated "M"
I not influenced by those some-thousends of murders I have committed virtually, I still oppose any form of violence in real life.
I see more danger in real "anti-social messages", be it goverment propaganda or bad in influential press coverage. Like the press coverage about the "manhunt" case, the press failed completey to pay attention to the drugs involved and focused only on the game.