 Violent Video Games, Should they be banned? |
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 Jan 19 2008, 02:13 PM
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 RP'er and Commentator  Group: Members Posts: 1,979 Joined: 11-January 08 From: Michigan Member No.: 12,751 Nation Name: Nedland Alliance Name: The International  |
Should violent video games such as the GTA series, Oblivion, or Manhunt be banned? Discuss.
My Opinion: No, because it has been proven that violent video games only cause violence in people with mental problems. Also, some of those controvesial games are my favorite games (Oblivion). Therefore, I disagree with Jack Thompson, Hillary Clinton, and Micheal Bloomberg, who wish to ban violent video games. This post has been edited by Ned the Great: Jan 19 2008, 02:14 PM -------------------- "The past is key to the present." - Said by Myself and inspired by James Hutton, the founder of modern geology. It is my personal motto.
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Jan 19 2008, 02:14 PM
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 Banned - No matching nation Group: Posts: 538 Joined: 12-September 07 Member No.: 3,865 Nation Name: Zharanda Alliance Name: Norden Verein |
CN's violent, in that the total war dead's now around 500 million in the space of just over 2 years.
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Jan 19 2008, 02:15 PM
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 Oneironaut Group: Members Posts: 56 Joined: 24-November 07 From: Canada Member No.: 10,111 Nation Name: Oneiron |
I don't see how Oblivion fits in with GTA or Manhunt
 How is it one of the controversial games?!And no, because statistics have shown that since the release of the first Violent video games, violent crime rates have gone down. --------------------        Nations Anarchied: 11 Nations Forced into Deletion: 1 Nukes Taken:  "No S.O.B ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb S.O.B die for his country" Email/MSN: PCwhipped@hotmail.com ->My Dream Journal<- |
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Jan 19 2008, 02:16 PM
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 CSN Minister of Foreign Affairs Group: Members Posts: 2,628 Joined: 4-September 07 From: USA Member No.: 1,353 
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Actually... it has been proven that when exposed to violent music, video games, television and literature, it has the possibility of causing subtle violent emotions if the exposure is long enough.
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Jan 19 2008, 02:16 PM
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Pandemic Legion. Group: Members Posts: 726 Joined: 13-September 07 From: Rehab Member No.: 4,290 Nation Name: The Black Hand Alliance Name: New Pacific Order. |
If you ban violent video games you may as well just ban violent movies and books too.
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Jan 19 2008, 02:17 PM
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RP'er and Commentator Group: Members Posts: 1,979 Joined: 11-January 08 From: Michigan Member No.: 12,751 Nation Name: Nedland Alliance Name: The International |
I mean't RPG's, action games, and first person shooters. In other words, games where you can actually see the violence. Strategy and Simulation games like CN don't count as they are not considered as controversial in the media.
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Jan 19 2008, 02:19 PM
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 A frog that is smaller than usual. Group: Members Posts: 8,394 Joined: 3-September 07 From: A secret location just off the A47 Member No.: 378 Nation Name: smallfrog Alliance Name: FEAR......be afraid |
Psyco's are psyco's. If you are mentally unstable enough to be driven crazy by a video game, you should not be walking the streets anyway.
However, I do think that there are certain things which very young children should not be exposed to as they are less likely to understand the difference between shooting a bunch of pixels and shooting a real person. QUOTE I mean't RPG's, action games, and first person shooters. In other words, games where you can actually see the violence. Strategy and Simulation games like CN don't count as they are not considered as controversial in the media. Are you saying we should judge our morality by what the popular press says?
This post has been edited by Smallfrog: Jan 19 2008, 02:20 PM -------------------- Official Justy worshipper Quotes in signitures is so 2007. |
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Jan 19 2008, 02:20 PM
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RP'er and Commentator Group: Members Posts: 1,979 Joined: 11-January 08 From: Michigan Member No.: 12,751 Nation Name: Nedland Alliance Name: The International |
QUOTE (Zharanda @ Jan 19 2008, 08:14 PM) CN's violent, in that the total war dead's now around 500 million in the space of just over 2 years. Oblivion is controvesial too. It was rerated M because of two things: A mod for the PC version that has some nudity apparently, and because there is more violence than the ESRB raters originally saw. My view: It's crazy to rate a game over mods! -------------------- "The past is key to the present." - Said by Myself and inspired by James Hutton, the founder of modern geology. It is my personal motto.
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Jan 19 2008, 02:22 PM
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instead of banning the games why not just enforce the age certificate more? If a child commits a crime after playing or viewing violent entertainment the parents should be prosecuted for allowing their children access to such content.
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Jan 19 2008, 02:23 PM
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Uh... No?
I've played plenty of Crysis, CoD4, Bioshock, etc. and I've never had thoughts of being violent because of them. [bragging]Not to mention I couldn't survive without my Crysis at Very High at 1440x900[/bragging] --------------------  |
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Jan 19 2008, 02:24 PM
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RP'er and Commentator Group: Members Posts: 1,979 Joined: 11-January 08 From: Michigan Member No.: 12,751 Nation Name: Nedland Alliance Name: The International |
Sorry, I mean't ExoBite's quote in my last post.
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Jan 19 2008, 02:24 PM
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Hell no, my favourite games are violent one of them being Shadow Of Rome beaten people to death with there own arm has never been such fun.
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Jan 19 2008, 02:36 PM
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RP'er and Commentator Group: Members Posts: 1,979 Joined: 11-January 08 From: Michigan Member No.: 12,751 Nation Name: Nedland Alliance Name: The International |
It seems most of the Cyberverse agrees with me. Hooray! The downside of that is that they probobally won't support Hillary when the election comes.
-------------------- "The past is key to the present." - Said by Myself and inspired by James Hutton, the founder of modern geology. It is my personal motto.
My Nation My Wiki Article My National Anthem (Nedland) My Political Compass: Economic Left/Right: -6.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.31 |
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Jan 19 2008, 02:37 PM
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CSN Minister of Foreign Affairs Group: Members Posts: 2,628 Joined: 4-September 07 From: USA Member No.: 1,353
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7 people hardly counts as most of the CyberVerse...
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Jan 19 2008, 02:39 PM
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RP'er and Commentator Group: Members Posts: 1,979 Joined: 11-January 08 From: Michigan Member No.: 12,751 Nation Name: Nedland Alliance Name: The International |
I mean't, most of the Cyberverse that has posted on this topic.
-------------------- "The past is key to the present." - Said by Myself and inspired by James Hutton, the founder of modern geology. It is my personal motto.
My Nation My Wiki Article My National Anthem (Nedland) My Political Compass: Economic Left/Right: -6.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.31 |
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Jan 19 2008, 02:59 PM
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 A Drug Against War Group: Members Posts: 13,969 Joined: 3-September 07 From: Melbourne Member No.: 597 Nation Name: Stevastan Alliance Name: Shroomville |
QUOTE (ExoByte @ Jan 19 2008, 12:15 PM) I don't see how Oblivion fits in with GTA or Manhunt How is it one of the controversial games?!Nude mods. You can easily make the characters in it naked. You can do that with any game, but don't try to explain that to the guys trying to get it off the shelfs. No, violent videogames shouldn't be banned. There's nothing to suggest that they encourage crime - it's even possible that they discourage crime by letting people vent their agression in a harmless way. -------------------- No.
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Jan 19 2008, 03:49 PM
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I'm a Halo fanatic. God knows how many Halo Combat Evolved games I've played. I played almost 4000 games of Halo 2. I'm edging 2000 in Halo 3. I play Rainbow Six Vegas, too. I read Tom Clancy's books. I play CN. I watch movies like 300. All of which have references to violence.
My Halo 2 Kill Count: 22,955 My Halo 3 Kill Count: 12,021 My CN Kill Count: 294,300 Real World Kill Count: 0.00 I don't think my behavior is affected by any of this. Except in Fitness class, me and a couple friends decided that we'd joke around in a capture the flag game and get everyone to pretend it's Halo (half the people in my class play Halo). That was funny 
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Jan 19 2008, 04:22 PM
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omg! grenade whore!
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Jan 19 2008, 04:34 PM
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 Yes. Group: Members Posts: 2,270 Joined: 11-September 07 Member No.: 3,788 
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How about parents start -gasp- parenting their kids, instead of trying to rely on then blame the companies/state for their own ineptness. Don't want Johnny to headshot giant monsters in Gears of War? You're his !@#$@#$ parent. Not Wal-Mart, not Epic Games, not Hillary Clinton. Make a decision yourself. [/Minirant] Anyway, I enjoy violent games. Still can't believe I got that headshot streak achievement in CoD4.... 
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Jan 19 2008, 04:40 PM
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A resounding 'Hell no' from myself.
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