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I stand open to be corrected here but I find the banning of video games in cases like this a little pointless.
First off, this was obviously a horrible tragedy and I don't want to detract from it, but isn't using the video game excuse just that..an excuse.
Moore brought this idea up in 'Bowling for Columbine' when he discussed the idea of musicians being blamed for violent behaviour and computer games likewise...even though they play exactly the same games in countries like Japan and Canada (with very little violence compared with the US).
This isn't necessarily an issue of censorship either. This kid was 17. Perhaps he shouldn't have had the game? Perhaps it should have had an 18's certificate. But why oh why do we start off by blaming an incident like this on a computer game?
I stand open to be corrected here but I find the banning of video games in cases like this a little pointless.
First off, this was obviously a horrible tragedy and I don't want to detract from it, but isn't using the video game excuse just that..an excuse.
Moore brought this idea up in 'Bowling for Columbine' when he discussed the idea of musicians being blamed for violent behaviour and computer games likewise...even though they play exactly the same games in countries like Japan and Canada (with very little violence compared with the US).
This isn't necessarily an issue of censorship either. This kid was 17. Perhaps he shouldn't have had the game? Perhaps it should have had an 18's certificate. But why oh why do we start off by blaming an incident like this on a computer game?