find the weapon loaded upwards of 8 times without ever being fired"
After loading it the third or fourth time, you can be damn sure there is no way _I_ am going to fire the thing. :-)
"Now, I am a big fan of shooting games, and I don't think I am unhealthy or a killer."
Which I don't think is (or should be anyway) the issue. Do these games turn average guys into killers? Most data would match anecdote. Do these games encourage or discourage people who are _already prone to committing violence_ to actually commit it? This is a far more important question, and I don't know anyone who has an answer.
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Date: 2009-10-21 05:48 pm (UTC)After loading it the third or fourth time, you can be damn sure there is no way _I_ am going to fire the thing. :-)
"Now, I am a big fan of shooting games, and I don't think I am unhealthy or a killer."
Which I don't think is (or should be anyway) the issue. Do these games turn average guys into killers? Most data would match anecdote. Do these games encourage or discourage people who are _already prone to committing violence_ to actually commit it? This is a far more important question, and I don't know anyone who has an answer.