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"they" have been saying this for years ...
The best known experiment was the one in which they showed violent cartoons to young children and then sent them into an observation room with a Bozo the Clown bopper doll in it.
Now, we've probably all had one of these toys.
You hit it in the nose. It makes a squeaky noise, and it falls back, then, because the rounded bottom is weighted it rights itself, and you get to start all over again.
The kids hit the bopper doll on the nose and thought it was funny (i.e., they made correct use of the toy).
Ergo ... watching violent TV causes children to be violent.
The judges rendering the decision are the ones that said the linkage does not appear to exist, not me. I'm just cheered by it.
There are a lot more people that play first person shooters than there are people who go out and ruthlessly murder others. Heck, I regularly play first person shooters, AND I carry a gun. Still haven't shot anybody in cold or hot blood.
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