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[citation][nom]yeesh[/nom]Ah, a story like this on a technology-oriented site. Knee-jerk condemnations of a knee-jerk reaction. Let me tell you who understands WHY any person does anything: Nobody. Nobody in the whole world. And that means that you can't actually say with certainty that video game violence had NOTHING to do with a given action, just like you can't say with certainty video violence had SOMETHING to do with a given action. No one knows. Saying you do know what the cause ISN'T is exactly as much of lie as saying you know what it IS. In fact, probably even more so, since I'd guess a positive correlation is easier to prove than a negative one. What experiment would definitively prove that any given thing has absolutely no effect on any other given thing?That is all.[/citation]
I think the reaction on this site is somewhat knee-jerk, I'll give you that. However, this same controversy came up when Doom and Mortal Kombat were in the spotlight. Also violence was blamed on music for a very long time, the kicker is, there is no causation. You can take two variables and find some way to correlate them. Example, number of iPhone 5s on the market and school shootings since then.. both correlate positively, however most can be fairly confident in saying there is no causation there.
Even if someone were to come out and say.. I played God of War and stabbed someone repeatedly because of this game. Is this stemming from a person with psychological issue, or because the game? Me, I blame that damn iPhone 5.
I think the reaction on this site is somewhat knee-jerk, I'll give you that. However, this same controversy came up when Doom and Mortal Kombat were in the spotlight. Also violence was blamed on music for a very long time, the kicker is, there is no causation. You can take two variables and find some way to correlate them. Example, number of iPhone 5s on the market and school shootings since then.. both correlate positively, however most can be fairly confident in saying there is no causation there.
Even if someone were to come out and say.. I played God of War and stabbed someone repeatedly because of this game. Is this stemming from a person with psychological issue, or because the game? Me, I blame that damn iPhone 5.