Jack Thompson brought so many frivolous videogame lawsuits to court that it was seen as 1) A waste of the court's time. 2) Harrasment.
He was eventually disbarred for his shenanigans.
And no guest, you're wrong. Video games AND TV are not to blame. At all. Trying to even insinuate a tentative link is a lazy cop-out. There are people in war torn areas of Africa who have never seen a TV, much less watch it or play video games. They seem to be able to kill each other just fine without TV's influence.
Blame people. People just suck. For at least 95% of the bullshit we are facing, legislation isn't going to fix it. Only significant, sweeping social change at the tip tier level. The sort of change of mindset that might only come with an evolutionary step.
Video games don't cause violence, people do, it's not the video game's responsibility to ensure that the players know the boundary between games and real life.
i feel that violence as a whole can't be avoided, since life is all about ripping shit to shreds. but we should work to not pin the blame on something else just because
Violent video games are more of a influence then a cause. It depends on the age you played them at, how long you played them and violent they are. As long as you're a responsible human you'd know not to interlink video games with real life.
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If the person is mentally unstable sure video games and other things involving violence like parental abuse will influence but not cause
He was eventually disbarred for his shenanigans.
And no guest, you're wrong. Video games AND TV are not to blame. At all. Trying to even insinuate a tentative link is a lazy cop-out. There are people in war torn areas of Africa who have never seen a TV, much less watch it or play video games. They seem to be able to kill each other just fine without TV's influence.
Blame people. People just suck. For at least 95% of the bullshit we are facing, legislation isn't going to fix it. Only significant, sweeping social change at the tip tier level. The sort of change of mindset that might only come with an evolutionary step.
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The church did not start it they simply adapted it.