| Disclaimer | | | | |
| | | | The number of GTA san-andreas violent related |
| I'm not affiliated with rockstar games | | | | incidents, if there was any basis here which |
| anymore, nor are any of the views herein | | | | is unfounded, let's take a wild exageration |
| anyway views of rockstar or it's affliates. | | | | and say 100. 100 incidents ( an exaggeration |
| | | | anyway ) could have been caused out of 25 |
| Firstly I'd like to set out the foundation of | | | | million scenarios, which is ludicrous and |
| this article so you can appreciate the | | | | hardly purports any futher inquiries, If the |
| context it's written in, bear with me here if | | | | figures were closer to 10000 / 25,000,000, |
| you will. | | | | there would be a small case for |
| | | | investigation. But the numbers ( cold facts ) |
| I'm neither for or against violence in video | | | | prove that computer games have no relation to |
| games, and the context of this article is for | | | | ( serious violent incidents ). It is possible |
| you to make up your own mind. | | | | games make people more violent, but I would |
| | | | like to put the opposing point that games in |
| Every argument has valid points and | | | | fact reduce violence as a poor form of shadow |
| counter-points, and the only way to gain a | | | | expression. I'm sure in psychological terms |
| greater understanding is to analyse all | | | | repression is the worst form of mental |
| available data and form your own conclusions. | | | | defense. |
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| Societies current stand-point - The basics | | | | Repressing violent desires |
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| Video-games are violent, video-games are bad. | | | | Have you ever wondered why the news is full |
| Based on a moral-viewpoint you could suppose | | | | of murders, rapes and natural disasters? it's |
| this to be true, but we must also take into | | | | hardly an objective or even accurate view on |
| account the fact that violence is generally | | | | the real world. Plenty of good things happen |
| perpurtrated by males and violence is an | | | | all the time, yet people don't won't to read |
| inbuilt survival mode of adaptation. In that | | | | about that. The truth is people have a |
| men are naturally violent as a mode of | | | | psychological need to read about death, |
| self-survival from predators, this should be | | | | murders etc basically anything that is |
| fairly apparent to anyone, but the logical | | | | prohibited in society. My point is people |
| conclusion is | | | | need the news, violent video games, violent |
| | | | movies to express their repressed desires, |
| A:) Most video games are made by males ( I | | | | pornography could also come under this |
| should know), and played by males. | | | | category. The question is without this outlet |
| | | | what would be the consequences? |
| B:) Hence most games will be violent, and | | | | |
| are, | | | | To the future |
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| C:) Most games teach skills of self-defense, | | | | As our world becomes better, safer, our media |
| power games, basic survival instincts, | | | | becomes more and more violent, as directly |
| | | | proportionate. You can observe this for |
| Protect your family and ( your dna-line ) | | | | yourself, by looking back over the last four |
| etc, but is there anything inherently wrong | | | | decades. And over the next, games, movies, |
| with this? after all our natural violent | | | | and other media will get worse to compensate. |
| instincts have gotten us where we are today. | | | | Is this the best solution we can come up |
| I would like to at this point redefine | | | | with, I pose this question to you? |
| violence into further distinctions, natural | | | | |
| survival violence, and shadow violence. | | | | My own solution |
| Natural violence is apparent, and shouldn't | | | | |
| need any further discussion. Eliminating the | | | | I've just finished a game, which deals with |
| violence gene isn't going to happen anytime | | | | shadow projection and the meaning of war. |
| soon, and if it did what would be the | | | | It's hopefully gives the player more insight |
| consequences? | | | | into these issues If your interested you can |
| | | | get it from the following address |
| The Facts | | | | |
| | | | Conclusion |
| If you look at sales of GTA San-Andreas | | | | |
| you'll find them in the region of 25 million | | | | I hope I posed some questions? and thanks for |
| copies sold world-wide. | | | | reading. |