Comment Re:Similarity to gun buybacks? (Score 1) 350
I agree with the points you make about video games, their 'effect' on violence and their use as scapegoats. However, the program IS (well, would have been) voluntary and could potentially serve as a resource for parents of younger children who don't, for some reason or another, feel comfortable with their (non teenage) kids playing violent stuff. I'm simply trying to point out the hypocrisy of the NRA calling for a program like this one while lambasting voluntary gun buyback programs. I find it hilarious that they're making the same points about the 'video game scourge' in support of a program like this one, while fighting those exact same arguments made in favor of gun control.
If they are allowed to do this without protest, people will assume that their pseudo-science is actually legitimate.
I hadn't considered that angle...I appreciate the food for thought.