Postby Kanrad » Thu Nov 25, 2004 12:37 pm
No, to say the unexposed are more violence-prone is wrong. Honestly, those are the kind that are more likely to be completely disgusted with even the smallest amount of violence. It is the kind that grow up on violence such as GTA, Doom, and such. And, although most of us 15+ or possibly even thirteen or older can tell the difference in the morality given by such games as Half-Life, Red Faction, and Halo, still, to hand a seven- to twelve-year old a gun and allow him/her to go virtually destroy things lessens their perspective of right from wrong. At that age, the moral statements made in my second list are null, or nearly so. That kind of storyline is far too complex for the child's mind, although the mindless blasting makes perfect sense even to the shortest attention span.
I personally cannot play GTA or other crime-based games. The idea of shooting someone simply because they get in your way does not appeal to me. I will confess, however, that in Soldier of Fortune 2 I knifed a civilian, and I swear I regret it to this day.
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