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Violence and Children

Ok, so I was in the "Bully" (It's a new game coming out by Rockstar) Forum and there was a small debate about it being cancelled for the violence.  Now, I felt it was time to speak out about this stupid debate on violent videogames causing children re-enact what they see.  Read up.

"Ok, videogame violence doesn't effect those of us that use our brain.  You know, smart people.  The ones that get violent from it are usually morons.  They blame it on the game as a scape goat.  Smart people realise that hurting someone or something has a consiquence.  Then again there are those that have no remorse or consience, but those are born killers from the beginning, they would eventually hurt someone or something anyways.  Taking games away is others thinking that gamers are mindless idiots that get violent because the game they play is.  Any game with violence should then be considered a threat.  Violent is violence.  If you hit someone or something it is violence regardless if it starts bleeding or gets sliced in half.  You don't see people making a big deal about Mario jumping on living things and crushing their bodies.  Why?  No blood or gore.  So, if we were to add in blood splatter and bone crushing noises, would it get attention then?  Maybe.  In the end, I never felt like jumping on anyones head.

Postal 1 and mostly Postal 2 are considered two of the top most sick and contriversial games.  You can go on rampages that make GTA's violence look like a Barney marathon.  You can set people on fire, pee the fire out and watch them crawl around crying for help then tazer them till they lay in a pool of thier own urine and walk away.  You can slaughter animals.  Those are some of the very few things you can do in the game but you know what, I apploud Running With Scissors (The developers).  They said screw standereds and made the games anyways.  I don't want to do anything that I see in the game even though I could.  Why?  I understand what could happen and so I do it in a game.  People need to see that gamers can tell what is reality and what is fake.  Those brainless gamers that blame games for violence and the parents that allow their under age son or daughter to get the game are the reason most of us need to fight for games that don't follow the rules.  *Sigh* sadly though, we are stuck with such people forever."

Please tell me others actually know this is right.