I think fake violence is more dangerous to kids than realistic violence.
When I was a kid I tried to build a pit trap in the woods behind my house with wooden spikes in it. How was I to know someone might be killed when all the cartoons and such were censored so that whenever someone fell in a trap like that they survived and there was no blood?
Grand Theft Auto doesn't teach kids to be violent. It teaches them that even if they've got a tank and a rocket launcher, they're still gonna be killed by the police after they go on a rampage. And that if they shoot hookers they drop money.
Btw, studies show that the crime rate has actually dropped significantly since Doom first appeared on the scene. So I say viollent games are actually teaching kids not to be violent, and/or giving them a safe outlet for their frustrations.
When I was a kid I tried to build a pit trap in the woods behind my house with wooden spikes in it. How was I to know someone might be killed when all the cartoons and such were censored so that whenever someone fell in a trap like that they survived and there was no blood?
Grand Theft Auto doesn't teach kids to be violent. It teaches them that even if they've got a tank and a rocket launcher, they're still gonna be killed by the police after they go on a rampage. And that if they shoot hookers they drop money.
Btw, studies show that the crime rate has actually dropped significantly since Doom first appeared on the scene. So I say viollent games are actually teaching kids not to be violent, and/or giving them a safe outlet for their frustrations.