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Do video games cause real world violence?

Do you video games cause real world violence?


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Well, with Liberal logic with that, The millions of people who bought GTA 5 should be prostitute killing, gang banging, murders. . .

Give it time, the game just came out.

So even though the suspect said he did what he did because he was playing the game, you think it really had nothing to do with it?
 
I hate these yes or no polls because there is never a definite answer. While generally speaking I do not believe violence in a video game cause real life violence, I do believe that those with metal disabilities and social disorders, it could push them over the edge to committing a violent crime. Though for the general population I don't think video games play much of a role in violence.
 
Do video games cause real world violence?

If they did I'd be a serial killer by now.

When I was a kid, I heard the same kind of pap about playing "war", "cowboys and Indians", "cops and robbers"... and of course, rock and roll music. Meh. Video games are nothing more than entertainment, just like television, movies, and fiction novels, all of which contain graphic violence and all of which have been around for decades, without turning the older generations into mindless murdering killbots.

Get over it, people. Quit trying to find something to blame in order to explain why kids today don't do the same things that you did when you were kids, because you were not blessed with the internet, and technology that allows you to destroy pixelated monsters with BFG's for mega-points and bragging rights. Deal with the jealousy! :lol:
 
No, no more than what you see on the news/newspaper or what people talk about everyday.

Give it time, the game just came out.

So even though the suspect said he did what he did because he was playing the game, you think it really had nothing to do with it?
 
That is nonsense. All people do not react the same way to the same stimulus. That reality in no way shape or form exonerates a particular stimulus for having an impact on some individuals and not upon others.

Your statement is ridiculous on its face. So if some people can look at the sun and it triggers a sneezing response while others do not have the same response then by your statement its not the sun that made them sneeze. its just stupid and nonsensical.

The fact is that the culture indeed plays a role. And that culture may help determine the role the stimulus plays in the response.

Are you on autopilot?

If you apply one stimulus to one group of people and then you apply THE SAME stimulus to another group of people... and one turns violent and the other remains benign... you deduce from this that the fault lies with the stimulus.

Don't you think there is some fault with the people who turn violent... I mean it's just common sense to me. logic you know...
 
It is one risk factor but not a determining one. If the player is also: poor, grows in a violent neighborhood, has a violent family, has violent friends, and has done some violence before, then playing violent games also may be an influence. On their own video games were not found to be direct influence to violence.

Movies instead were found to be more prone to influence violence. But this was under controlled experimental conditions. It hints that movies may influence more violence but there may be other not considered in the experiment variables that might exist in real life while one watches violent movies.
 
Are you on autopilot?

If you apply one stimulus to one group of people and then you apply THE SAME stimulus to another group of people... and one turns violent and the other remains benign... you deduce from this that the fault lies with the stimulus.

Don't you think there is some fault with the people who turn violent... I mean it's just common sense to me. logic you know...

Maybe the question should have been if violent video games cause real world violence in the US.

I do know that my son will start to see a psychologist on Wednesday for this very problem. He is acting out because his godfather lets him play these games even though they were prohibited by his mother and I. He is 8 and his godfather doesn't understand the damage these games do to such a young mind.
 
Maybe the question should have been if violent video games cause real world violence in the US.

I do know that my son will start to see a psychologist on Wednesday for this very problem. He is acting out because his godfather lets him play these games even though they were prohibited by his mother and I. He is 8 and his godfather doesn't understand the damage these games do to such a young mind.

after he sees the doctor you are going to learn he is mentally broken/deficient in some way and video games did cause it one bit. Hopefully he can be fixed through therapy and or medication. I wish you and him luck.
 
This is a public poll.

In an adult, I don't think so. In children? Yes, I do.

From the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry:

Studies of children exposed to violence have shown that they can become: “immune” or numb to the horror of violence, imitate the violence they see, and show more aggressive behavior with greater exposure to violence. Some children accept violence as a way to handle problems. Studies have also shown that the more realistic and repeated the exposure to violence, the greater the impact on children. In addition, children with emotional, behavioral and learning problems may be more influenced by violent images.

Children and Video Games: Playing with Violence

Other researchers have found similar results. My colleagues and I conducted a comprehensive review of 136 articles reporting 381 effects involving over 130,000 participants around the world. These studies show that violent video games increase aggressive thoughts, angry feelings, physiological arousal (e.g., heart rate, blood pressure), and aggressive behavior. Violent games also decrease helping behavior and feelings of empathy for others. The effects occurred for males and females of all ages, regardless of what country they lived in.

^^Citation (link provided) tells us that the Navy Yard shooter was known to be an avid player of violent video games -- playing 16 hours a day enough times that his friends were aware of it. *shrug* (BTW, I'm so delighted I don't know the guy's name.) Opinion: Do violent video games play a role in shootings? - CNN.com
 
I think violent video games are an outlet for people who have violent tendencies. The video games get blamed, but I think because of the violent video games, the violent urges are able to be suppressed longer. Also, there are people who do not have violent tendencies that play violent video games, and they are fine.

Again, by using the same logic of the gun control debate, we should analyze why people are prone to violence while others are not. There is already good information out there, and if we were to make the information more mainstream there would be less uncertainty on this topic.
 
Are you on autopilot?

If you apply one stimulus to one group of people and then you apply THE SAME stimulus to another group of people... and one turns violent and the other remains benign... you deduce from this that the fault lies with the stimulus.

Don't you think there is some fault with the people who turn violent... I mean it's just common sense to me. logic you know...

Why are you insistent on pretending that all people must react the same to the same stimulus?

Just look at the study MaggieD just cited in post #62 which shows you are clearly wrong.

Studies of children exposed to violence have shown that they can become: “immune” or numb to the horror of violence, imitate the violence they see, and show more aggressive behavior with greater exposure to violence. Some children accept violence as a way to handle problems. Studies have also shown that the more realistic and repeated the exposure to violence, the greater the impact on children. In addition, children with emotional, behavioral and learning problems may be more influenced by violent images.

Why are you trying to deny simple reality?

Do you have some political goal in this?

What is it you are trying to protect by playing ostrich and hiding your head in the sand?
 
after he sees the doctor you are going to learn he is mentally broken/deficient in some way and video games did cause it one bit. Hopefully he can be fixed through therapy and or medication. I wish you and him luck.

Thank you I appreciate that.
 
you're welcome, and my post should have said did NOT cause it one bit.

I have a nephew getting help for aggressiveness, the harsh truth is he is broken and no movies, video games, sports, music or anything like that caused it. He is simply mis-wired to put it in laymen terms.
Luckily for him meds and therapy work.
 
The only thing video games cause is sociopathic behavior for kids whose parents use it as a babysitter.

In my day, we paid our prostitutes...we didn't beat them up and rob them.
 
The only thing video games cause is sociopathic behavior for kids whose parents use it as a babysitter.

In my day, we paid our prostitutes...we didn't beat them up and rob them.

Then why were pimps a necessary evil? :doh
 
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