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Yea...sooner than you think, huh? Again, folks have been hearing that for a few thousand years.
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Originally Posted by freightshaker
Until people start reverting back to the morals, character and decency that were once taught, we will continue to see more and more tragedys such as this.. We have created this monster..
People have the same morals, character, and decency that they've always had. Things haven't really changed all that much. There was no magical time in American history when people were better than they are now. In fact, historically, Americans probably behaved much worse towards their fellow citizens.
Oh please. Fire will burn some children. Should we ban it? Some people will always be more affected by some things than others. Yes, my example is absurd but so is video games being blamed. Or the blame people used to put on pro-wrestling and then MMA.
There were mass murders in history long before the advent of video games or even television. Media is a convenient excuse for those that are desperate to explain the unexplainable. But then, what can I say, I'm a Gen Xer that grew up with video games and remembers when music was blamed for multiple tragedies involving children. I didn't drink the kool-aid then, I refuse to drink it now.
If someone's precious angel is screwed up enough to shoot someone in such a manner, they have far bigger issues and problems than video games and music.
Try and keep up. I stipulated that these games do not seem to breed spree killers. What I argued is that they help desensitize kids to violence, which causes a seismic shift in our culture. Are you prepared to argue that violent video games have no negative effects on kids? That it's just the "bad ones" who will be negatively altered?
Our founding fathers owned slaves. Appealing to their authority doesn't instantly validate your position, not when so many of the "norms" of their era are so completely out of step with today's society.
And if he had fertilizer and diesel how many people would he have killed.?
Another foolish, petulant attempt at rational argument.
If we had Western European gun laws, our murder rate would plummet, inspite of the fact that someone could/might/probably never make another OKC fertilizer bomb.
Oh wait, that's right! If only all the babysitters in the Murrow Building daycare center had their own uzi's! Then, they could have all ran outside and shot McVie first. Yep. That's always the problem. Just not enough guns handy.
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who needs enemies when you have the zod of the bible and the zod of the qu'ran.. more people die because of these two imaginary gods than everything else combined
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Yep. That's always the problem. Just not enough guns handy.
