It is indeed, very fascinating that some people still believe in innocence of violent video games. Douglas Lowenstein in his article advices his readers to: "Stop worrying about those violent online games - and start playing". The arguments he presents are the ones usually used by every violent video game supporter. Namely, that violence is a part of our culture ( Bible, Shakespeare and etc.), that there exists no factual evidence of violent games causing any real danger, and reasons like that.
I find this viewpoint totally absurd. How can one compare Bible or Shakespeare to GTA or Mortal Combat? The graphic violence is causing problems here, not the letters. When it comes to the lack of evidence, because a kid doesn't kill someone after playing GTA for 3 hours doesn't mean the game is not causing any harm to him. In short, these kind of arguments seem too week and fake to be taken seriously.
The article avaliable at http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/24/1064083057518.html?from=storyrhs
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