Don't smoke weed or play GTA if you're crazy! (biased news)

[ThunderTitan]

Yes, it's not the paranoid schizophrenia, but the weed and playing GTA:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... =1770&ct=5


Study says sane ppl need not fear: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 ... games.html


So, what's your opinion?

[vhilhu]

as of the behaviour of the average GTA player, http://www.google.ee/trends?q=insane%2C ... l&date=all.

indeed, i also got the feeling "once i get my own car, im gonna roll all over them" feel after playing gta1. after gta3 came out, and i got hooked again, the good ol' feel returned

[Corribus]

Video game violence? Haven't we been down that road before?

My feeling is that you are so stupid or lack so much self control that you feel the need to kill someone after playing a video game, then you're bound to eventually get into trouble with the law anyway. Video games aren't the problem. The problem is that many people are just animals. We were murdering each other long before GTA came around.

That said, I don't really see the allure of a game where you go around and kill random people just for the fun of it. Maybe I'm missing something, but certainly there's something more productive these people could be doing with their time.

[ThunderTitan]

Actually i was going more for the part where they blame everything else but the fact that the guy was schizophrenic.

[Veldrynus]

Actually i was going more for the part where they blame everything else but the fact that the guy was schizophrenic.

That's useless. You can blame nobody for the scizophrenia.

Cannabis (a drug not stronger than acohol) and a video game are more convenient.

The human is a violent predator, so shit will happen no matter what kind of regulations they come up with. Fact is that there are dangerous people, who will make trouble somehow, no matter what games are they playing, what music are they listening to, or movies what movies are they watching.

[Omega_Destroyer]

Maybe I'm missing something, but certainly there's something more productive these people could be doing with their time.

That applies to every game.

[Caradoc]

Interestingly, there are many countries where playing video games is as prevalent as in the US (Canada for instance), but the level of violence is nowhere near as high. If there were a correlation, why would it stop at the border?

[ThunderTitan]

C'mon, you know that canadians aren't human...

[[T]osHiro]

C'mon, you know that canadians aren't human...

True. Take Angelspit as example... He's a Green Man

[LordHoborgXVII]

Maybe I'm missing something, but certainly there's something more productive these people could be doing with their time.

That applies to every game.

Unless you count those people in Korea who make a living off playing Starcraft, of course...

[ThunderTitan]

Unless you count those people in Korea who make a living off playing Starcraft, of course...

Living?! They're like superstars over there.

[Colonel_here]

C'mon, you know that canadians aren't human...

Yes we are superhuman. Go Canada Go!
Video games even if play the role in the violence play very little. It is often the demographics suc as upbringing, the social status and etc. that contribute more.

[asandir]

everyone knows it's much easier to point at someone or something else to blame other than ourselves!

[ThunderTitan]

How are we responsible 4 schizophrenia?! I think it's more about pointing at something you don't like instead of the truth.

[Veldrynus]

How are we responsible 4 schizophrenia?!

The church would say: it's your choice.

[ThunderTitan]

I can give ppl schizophrenia?! Nice...

[Colonel_here]

I think it is just popular to blame something new. This time around it is video games. schizophrenia been around for years so blaming it would not produce much of a sensation.

[ThunderTitan]

And canabis hasn't?!

[asandir]

let's just list everything and blame the games!!