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August · 02-21-13, 10:31 PM

I don't pretend to second guess the experts Neo but what I can't understand is how can a person be affected by a 30 second commercial but not be affected by a 2.5 hour long violent movie or a violent video game that goes on for hours even days.

People have died from being unable to stop playing them. Like a crack head they play until they keel over from physical exhaustion. But it doesn't have a negative effect on them mentally?

Yeah maybe you and me and nearly everyone else isn't affected but we're a nation of 300 million people. Even if it's one in a million that for whatever combination of other factors is affected it's still 300 potential would be adam lanzas being created out there. I don't like those odds.

02-21-13, 10:31 PM	#40
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,667 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't pretend to second guess the experts Neo but what I can't understand is how can a person be affected by a 30 second commercial but not be affected by a 2.5 hour long violent movie or a violent video game that goes on for hours even days. People have died from being unable to stop playing them. Like a crack head they play until they keel over from physical exhaustion. But it doesn't have a negative effect on them mentally? Yeah maybe you and me and nearly everyone else isn't affected but we're a nation of 300 million people. Even if it's one in a million that for whatever combination of other factors is affected it's still 300 potential would be adam lanzas being created out there. I don't like those odds. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.