the boondock's take on video game violence campaign

[disciple]

word....

[Crixx_Creww]

lol lol lol how very true

i goin an forward dat to my mom and dad and maybe post it on 96 forum

since they always bathin down video game violence as a source of crime in trinidad lol lol

[Nephilim]

i read that yesterday, and i real laugh, i saying the same thing long time,

ps. that is one ah the baddest comic strips . <---period

[Saxito Pau]

yeah

chakura for dat, yes!

.. I think i'll send it to that attorney guy in the states who keeps bashing Rockstar games over GTA and Bully

[TriniXaeno]

it's funny but besides the point.

Society already takes a hard stance against the guys with trailer loads of AK 47s, especially around kids. Same for smoking pot, cocaine, heroine and other traditionally "backed by big guns" negative influences on youth.

Game developers haven't gotten nearly as much bad press.

They are only now coming in to focus as a contributor to violence. Understandably so because it has grown into a ridiculously large industry and is without a doubt a very pervasive if not addictive past time amongst kids. Some groups claims it has surpassed traditional sports in that regard (ESWC)

[Qloxx]

Yes but it is the same society that makes it easier to get guns by mass producing them and making it available to the masses. As for video game violence where i work i'v had many a idiot parent come in to buy Gta for their 10-14 year old child and i give them the rundown on the game and help them choose something else, but i know that they would walk down the street and buy it from someone else.

[TriniXaeno]

you think the same people that advocate mass production of guns also discourage violent video games?

You have to be on crack.

Don't lump the entire human race into one homogenous brain. We aren't the borg.

Either way, guns are hardly as available to kids as is GTA and Mortal Kombat. Nor does the gun of itself blatantly and flagrantly display grotesque acts of violence. You could quicker thank television, video games and movies for that.

come again, lol

[Qloxx]

Says you have wou ever seen a 5 year old with a Gloc 9mm i have and its just as scary as it sounds.
And i'm not saying that it's the same people i'm saying that society is so messed up that the gun manufacturers and the gaming industry get classed together because of idiot people who cant distinguish their a$$ from their elbows so to speak.

[Nephilim]

Yes but it is the same society that makes it easier to get guns by mass producing them and making it available to the masses. As for video game violence where i work i'v had many a idiot parent come in to buy Gta for their 10-14 year old child and i give them the rundown on the game and help them choose something else, but i know that they would walk down the street and buy it from someone else.

this is a very valid point, not many parents care what their kids playing, they just hear mummy/daddy buy this and they out to get it without doing any research, it have PLENTY people i know who ask for games like fable and gta, which are both games with refereces to alcohol, violence and sexuality (fable have homosexual references too) and when you tell them they eh even care. one or to might listen but that is it.

[Cross]

So then what? Ban guns and video games and and and and till we have to ban our mouths cause i sure someone here must've said at least once.........."if i had a gun i would shoot..so so so" Everything and everyone who has spoken, depicted or encouraged violence in one way or another is responsible......you think if no one had bought GTA 1 the franchise would have gotten this big? Or ppl refused to go see MI 1 Tom Cruise would be drinking his Benzo? See we dug ourselves in this hole and the thing is it so deep we've forgotten what the sun looks like.

So what should we do? Start watching shows like Committed and Queer eye for the straight guy? NO!!!!
I Like action and drama and stuff.....my suggestion do like Qloxx inform the ppl and let them decide if they want their children to be gun slingers

[Synchronomyst]

...must...not...post...in...topic...

*flees*

[TrinireturnofGamez]

since they always bathin down video game violence as a source of crime in trinidad lol lol

   Utter bullsh!t , how many of them laventille youths have any game console or pc? Not unless they steal it. Cause of crime has to do with the fact that a man can get rob down the road from the police station and nothing will be done about it, and the rampant drug trade that the people with power have some part in... All them blimp and they still have venezuelans bearing gifts?
   Violent people love violent video games , if killing virtual people could make you a murderer then everyone on gatt would be on the wanted list . 
    Video games should be the last thing to blame , how about the wutless parents that buy M rated games for underage children?  If anything , i'm sure if a non biased study was done , it would show that  video games help relieve stress and develop critical thinking skills . There was one showing that where nrop was widely available , the incidents of rape were below the US national average .
   I love boondocks too : D .
   

[TriniXaeno]

yeah but don't miss the point.

No one is saying that violent games are "guaranteed" to create violent people.

What they are saying is that there is a chance it can influence and encourage violent behaviour and as a result, young impressionable minds should not be exposed to it.

Same applies to all other forms of media, adult movies, music, etc... No arguments there.

We all know under age kids get into parties, watch adult movies and listen to explicit lyrics.

Despite the best intentions of industry watch dogs.

That fact does not make it ok to just drop the issue altogether. Let the people do their work and I for one encourage them because by their every action, more and more parents are becoming aware of the  issue. If that saves one young gamer from becoming desensitized to violence and going postal and killing 12 people, it would be worth it.

[Cross]

Um......fellas i have a confession.....

I'm guilty of killing ppl in Halo and Call of Duty.......and I LOVE IT!

[Spazosaurus]

You know, if y'all remember, we covered this topic in quite some detail in another thread, but anyhoo. I said it then and i'll say it again. Games are not to blame in and of themselves. Games in the hands of mis/unguided youths is the real danger. If parents do what they are supposed to and guide their children the right way, the most violent game would not cause a child to pick up a rocket launcher and blow up a police car! Anyone ever listened to the song by the late Ras Shorty I where he said "When the tree young and you bend it wrong, when it get old if will grow crooked and strong" (or something like that but you get the idea). The buck stops with the parents, full stop. Violent games (or any other source of violent content) + no guidance =a sociopathic  murderous maniac. A well adjusted child + violent games = one happy gamer!

[Qloxx]

The whole thing is  if my Mom didnt cut my a$$ or show any interest in what i did or who i did it with i might be on a different path, and that is what so much of the youth of today missing not the cut a$$ although they need that too but the caring and attention of their parents.

[Crixx_Creww]

it is as easy for a child to get a gun as it is to get a copy of  gta
in the states and other countries

infact
in countries in the middle east it would be EASIER for a child to get an ak 74 than a copy of gta


ive lived in baltimore
and places like that, its like they are almost begging you to buy a gun and then go next door and buy some liqour
its ridiculous!
and oddly enuff i couldnt find a damn eb games in bmore.

[TriniXaeno]

precisely

Look at the crime in those countries where you can buy AK74 in the market next to carrots and celery. Killings are off the hook.

And is more adults doing it than kids.

just goes to show.

Definitely do not want to place AK47s nor copies of GTA in the hands of adults, let alone youngsters.

[TinyGrasshopper]

we did talk about this in another thread. I think there is a link. That can't be denied. Modern day games are simulations, granted not a perfect one, but they are becoming more and more advanced. Regardless of this they're no more a link than any other societal influence, movies, music etc. There's so much to life that the claim that is made on video games whilst "true" isn't completely provable. To accurately prove it you'd have to simulate life, all of it. It clearly is a political target that's just been brought up for convenience.

[Cross]

Crix you live in the worst of places wassup with that?

Well where i live them fellas does be sweating Rival schools 2 i think in the corner shop right out..........but before that they used to be sweating football does that incite violence? Violence is part of human nature, call it the animal inside if you will, dating back to the ancient days when Rome was a mighty nation did Ceaser have AOE3 to play? No but that didn't stop him from being of of the meanest dudes in history, did Hitler have COD no....I think video games and movies are just a mothers way of blaming everyone but herself when her child robs a gas station