Re:When I was a kid... (Score 1)

Good post. I made a similar one touting education as the weapon to use over censorship. And not only do I believe your assessment is true, but I would think it's important to tally up all the video games sold since... let's take 1985, PAC-MAN I guess COULD be considered violent because he ate ghosts, but technology really didn't start displaying people and blood until the first NES came out. Since about 200 million video games were sold in 2004 alone, it might be safe to assume at least that many in violent ones have been sold since 1985.

So, if we are to generously assume then over 200 million people have played violent video games, I think it would be important to discover how many violent crimes, since 1985, have been motivated by them. Lets assume 1,000. No, let's just say 10,000 just to be safe. That means your child has a .00005% chance of being a victim of a violent crime motivated from a video game. I'm sure putting your child in your car provides a far greater danger to his/her life.

Now I for one value every human life - even if 1 death is motivated by a violent video game, that's a serious problem. Now for all of you that support this bill, take into consideration the followin: Your tax dollars are going to be paid, probably in the hundreds of thousands, and effecting millions eventually, to censor video games from minors because the risk of them being fatally in danger from them are .00005%. But we are going to continue to support, and protect, industries and practices that put your childen in far greater risk of death or injury - like driving autos, flying in planes, buying your kids a skateboard or bicycle, allowing them to participate in sports...

Please understand, I don't support banning transporation at all. But nor do I believe violent video games should be banned. Because LIFE itself is a risk, and to grow and learn, risk of injury and death is everywhere - it CAN'T BE AVOIDED! The most proven way to avoid death or injury is to learn what causes it, and then let the individual decide how they should protect themselves best. I hope this post has made sense to most...