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vsp · 06-11-2003, 08:23 AM

How about this:

There are certain individuals who, when exposed to large quantities of violent video games, may be influenced what they see and hear to some degree.

The same can be said for rap music, pornography, sitting in the 700 Level at an Eagles game, the Bible, pro wrestling, Jackass, talk radio, raves, thrash metal, anime, New Age tranquility music, watching golf on TV, political rallies, Wall Street Week and the nightly news.

Does this make any of the above inherently bad? Nope. It just illustrates that some people are easily influenced and some people aren't, and that hermetically sealing society to a six-year-old's level to "protect" the easily influenced never works. Every Prohibition just creates another underground.

06-11-2003, 08:23 AM	#344
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	How about this: There are certain individuals who, when exposed to large quantities of violent video games, may be influenced what they see and hear to some degree. The same can be said for rap music, pornography, sitting in the 700 Level at an Eagles game, the Bible, pro wrestling, Jackass, talk radio, raves, thrash metal, anime, New Age tranquility music, watching golf on TV, political rallies, Wall Street Week and the nightly news. Does this make any of the above inherently bad? Nope. It just illustrates that some people are easily influenced and some people aren't, and that hermetically sealing society to a six-year-old's level to "protect" the easily influenced never works. Every Prohibition just creates another underground.