The Blame Game

Do you agree that games are to be blamed for violence in the world today?

It's common that whenever someone gets hurt, or even dies, in today's society, games are blamed quite a lot.

However, many many people play games and don't kill or become violent or even act out scenes from games. It's only a select few that do.

Therefore, isn't it more likely that, the person who does wrong, already had the compulsion to become violent, or act stupidly, and not really the fault of games?

I've always said, if a person is violent or has mental health issues, nothing can really set them off, it's just that some things can make them do things earlier than they normally would have.

What are your thoughts on this subject?

Honestly, I very much doubt it causes much violence. Personally, if I feel like hitting someone, I often go and play a video game to cool off. So in that way it's more cathartic than anything else. However, I am willing to admit that there are people who will be violent because of video games- just like they would be affected by movies, television, or society in general. Some people are just very malleable that way.

It's complete bullshit to put a causation between video-game playing and violence. People who would act out video-game scenes are either already indisposed to violence or have a condition where they could be easily made indisposed to violence. It may influence it, sure, but it is never the main factor.

I think not all are influenced by the games they are playing to be violent.
The one who is easily affected by the things happening on the surroundings is more likely to be influences.
Not all are like that. There are some that are capable of handling situations and know how to carry on
things lightly. They are adaptive to situations that help them control the situation. But as of now, I have
not encountered someone being violent because of video games.

Lucky enough....