I figure if a person is unbalanced people will always try to blame something for what made them that way and so other idiot will file a law suit.
Attilla the Hun and Genghis Khan despite their brutal conquests and murderers officially did not play any violent video games. People blame comic books, novels, bibles, tv commericials, Roleplaying games, and even Twinkies for committing crimes. I used to play Super Mario Brothers alot when I was younger, and you could say I was addicted to it. However it never drove me to jump on a turtle shell and try to kick it down a bottomless pit.
And I do agree they have the rating system for a reason, but its easy to get an adult to buy you a game if you have older friends or parents that buy you anything just to shut you up.
But I don't believe books, movies, twinkies, or even guns cause the problem, its all the matter of the individual and how their mind works. That and parents that don't pay attention to what the hell their kids are doing and are ready to sue everyone in sight when their kid goes on a shooting rampage.
P.S. Punch, I loved the article
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