So now we've gone from porn to violence to media brainwashing. Oh, how all those Saturday mornings with
Tom & Jerry have ruined our society.
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Originally Posted by cadre
Newsflash, people cannot tell the difference between fantasy and reality.
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Haha, "newsflash." Yes, your Kung Fu must be stronger than mine. So, do you care to actually back this up with something tangible? A delicious anecdote perhaps? All this Weitzer & Kubrin (2004) and Reber & Chang (2000) paper-I-wrote-in-college stuff isn't very filling. I read those studies, too.
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Originally Posted by Shadowex3
The first gulf war ended in 1991, and most of the veterans would've probably been back by around 1993. The crime rate going up a little bit until then makes sense, but why would it take an immediate and almost violent 8 year nosedive starting in 1995-1996?
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Hilarious. You do realize the scope of the "Gulf War" in 1991, right? I've seen History Channel documentaries that lasted longer than the ground actions.
It is not particularly useful at proving something one way or the other. That and your argument seems to be way by-gamers-for-gamers.
I mean, I played a few games of Counterstrike in Iraq and Battlefield 2 in A-stan and I didn't come home and beat / sodomize my wife or rob a 7-11.
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Originally Posted by Thrombatic Pyle
Naomi Wolfe on the surface is my kinda gal, attractive, kinda plump but she's come off as extraordinarily uptight and almost intolerant on the few TV shows I've seen her on. She's probably not a lot of fun. Still, great article.
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I don't know if this was supposed to be funny, but I find it amusing given the context of the thread.