Can't say I agree with the Rev. Jesse Jackson on a whole lot of things, but he's making sense when he talks about the media and its apparent influence on crime. While he does not rule out a link (after all, violent people do like violent movies and games) he has dismissed the possibility that videogames can be blamed, instead suggesting that economics are what drive violence.
Speaking at a conference chaired by game-hater and corrupt, lying idiot Keith Vaz, Jackson refuted the idea that games are evil. This contradicts the views of Keith "I abuse my position for favors from scumbags" Vaz himself.
"Those who grow drugs in Afghanistan – they don't listen to music," he says, illustrating the point that the Taliban banned a lot of entertainment, and that never stopped violence in the Middle East. "There is some link. Is art imitating life, is life imitating art? We want artists not to use their skills to desensitize people ... but the economic impact of life options determines whether one is headed up or down."
Jackson's sentiments are captured perfectly by the case most pursued by Mr. Vaz. The corrupt politician jumped on the murder of Stephan Pakeerah by Warren LeBlanc, blaming the violent videogame Manhunt. However, it later transpired that the murder was a result of LeBlanc's mugging attempt, and didn't emulate Rockstar's controversial title.
Lying idiot Keith Vaz still clings onto his disproven notion to this very day, but I have to say that Jackson makes a much more convincing argument.
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7:30 PM on 03.26.2009
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Look back at the cavemen, I'm pretty sure a few of them killed each other over something, once again, no entertainment like I described above.
This has nothing to do with these activities causing this, it has to do with people and not wanting to take responsibility, either the person who commits the act, the lawyer defending the person who committed the act or just someone want to make a career on something that is a hot button issue at the moment.
Games are entertainment like movies, its just going through what other activities did, first it was books, then it was comic books, then television, then rock and roll, then it was movies and now we come to videogames, this will all blow over and people will find something else to blame for their shortcomings or lack of responsibility.
The critics aren't saying that games cause violence, but that it encourages the violent tendency people have in general. While I don't buy that argument, I feel that it's still important to remember those distinctions.
Man has always had violence in their blood, but saying that cavemen killed each other is the same as saying "Guns don't kill people, people do." No shit. But that's not what is being argued.
I'm just saying that if a person is violent, he's not gonna need a game to push him over the edge, plenty of people haven't touched a game and are prone to violence.
i would be very suprised if cave men didn't collect insects (or perhaps small dinosaurs) and make them fight in little stone rings.
It's in our nature to enjoy witnessing violence, it's in a small proportion of peoples nature to actually act violently.
coming from the capitalist world where "greed is in our nature" it seems they want their cake and want to eat with bowing to our natural greed while supressing our natural interest in violence.
dear lord I hope you're being facetious
I lol'ed