and, witch hunt-like hysterias tend to collapse when everyone can be suspected of the crime. So, although these accusations are harmful, perhaps they will ultimately contribute to the decline of child porn accusations that stray from what I presume is the law's intent (i.e., preventing harm to minors). It may be too soon to be optimistic, though; first, the false accusers may need to be (systematically, perhaps automatically) among the accused.

Anyone else think that the "Power of Light" video on the NIF home page bears some resemblance to Spiderman 2?

This study found that violent stimuli made some people more aggressive, but only the people who were already predisposed to being mean. Those with friendlier personalities were actually less hostile after seeing violent themes. Furthermore, a follow-up experiment found that the latter group actually had more thoughts about doing good for others after seeing violent themes. The authors suggest that these people develop mental patterns that prevent them from becoming violent after seeing violent themes.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118597331/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Violent video games are not used directly in the study; instead, it was a word task, with one group getting lots of violent words. Still, it provides evidence that one already has to have violent tendencies for violent themes to have an effect. It is also an experimental study rather than correlational, so causation is easier to infer.

If findings like these are correct, video games are probably fine as long as one as developed a mature mode of thinking with respect to these games.

This could get spun as such...an asteroid would definitely be a weapon of mass destruction if it hit Earth. And what lies just beyond Mars? Asteroids! Not only that, but Mars already has two asteroids circling the planet! Clearly, something suspicious is going on here.