Do violent video games and movies create violent people?
I’m typically of the opinion that simulated violence creates as many violent people as simulated sex creates babies. Actual sex is required for babies; actual violence is required for violence. Statistically speaking today is far less violent time in which to live than nearly any era you could choose that did not have either video games or films. Or to put it another way, over there in Africa, they’re currently butchering the hell out of each other in a mad rush to genocide. How many of them have are going to be able to use Grand Theft Auto as an excuse? Yes, a wildly unstable person can be triggered by violence in games and movies. But then, a wildly unstable person can be triggered by a lot of things. It’s inherent in the phrase “wildly unstable.” You could also write about how science is nothing more than a hole-riddled fairy tale of how man aspires to become a god. I could, but I don’t think it’s true. I think aside from a few megalomaniacs, most scientists have no interest in bein
