Maximo, what you describe has always happened and I'm pretty sure it was worse during the Middle Ages. I think people like to experiment, games let them do that without real world consequences. Apparently, it's not only the psychopaths that need to learn the difference between reality and fiction. Games aren't real there's no reason to censor them. Millions of people have played Grand Theft Auto and you know what ... the world is pretty much the same (if not nicer) as it was before the series existed.
Much of the content in GTA makes me sick but it only serves to enforce my real beliefs about life. I don't like the criminal lifestyle and experiencing the game doesn't change that. If someone is pre-disposed to like that sort of thing they're going to do it with or without the game.
Heck, by looking at the statistics it looks like many game players have actually chosen not to get involved in the criminal lifestyle because by playing the game they've witnessed how ugly it is. I would argue that playing Grand Theft Auto actually has social benefits. Who wants to be around that ugly lifestyle after experiencing it? Once you play the game there's no wondering what it's all about, it's no way to live a real life.
Anyone who play's GTA and wishes for that over their actual life has a really crappy life and that's a much larger socio-economic issue than simply banning the game.
Much of the content in GTA makes me sick but it only serves to enforce my real beliefs about life. I don't like the criminal lifestyle and experiencing the game doesn't change that. If someone is pre-disposed to like that sort of thing they're going to do it with or without the game.
Heck, by looking at the statistics it looks like many game players have actually chosen not to get involved in the criminal lifestyle because by playing the game they've witnessed how ugly it is. I would argue that playing Grand Theft Auto actually has social benefits. Who wants to be around that ugly lifestyle after experiencing it? Once you play the game there's no wondering what it's all about, it's no way to live a real life.
Anyone who play's GTA and wishes for that over their actual life has a really crappy life and that's a much larger socio-economic issue than simply banning the game.