Comment The claims in this article really amount to nothin (Score 1) 204
"This work suggests that kids who are more immersed in violent video games may be more likely to get into physical fights, argue with teachers, or display anger and hostility"
May be more likely to get into physical fights? This tells me nothing. Are these kids becoming bullies that go around and beat up everything, or are they standing up for themselves and others more often? People sometimes need to stand up for themselves and others, if games are influencing kids to do such, then they should play more violent games.
More likely to argue with teachers? So what? Maybe the teachers are wrong, in which case someone should tell them, rather than eat the crap that is being force-fed to them.
Displaying anger or hostility? OMGOOSES! You mean kids who play violent video games express themselves? I displayed my anger proudly every time the faculty at my school did something stupid, because I WAS ANGRY!
It seems to me that this article is asumming all of these things are bad qualities, but I happen to find them all to be perfectly healthy...more healthy than a kid who avoids physical violence rather than defending himself, a kid who follows a teacher blindly, or a kid who fails to express himself because he is afraid of what someone else will think.
I have always played violent video games since I was a kid. Back in Jr. High, I was picked on alot by three particular people. I wasn't small or a geek, I was simply quiet and read alot. I didn't fall into geekdom until later in High School. I put up with it for a while, and eventually decided "ENOUGH!". I put one's head through a window, got one down on the ground and started punching him in the face repeatedly while his two friends were punching and kicking me, and pushed the other down some bleachers after he kicked me in the back of the head. None of them bothered me again, and niether did anyone else from then on through High School. I have actually never been in another fight since and am not a fan of real world violence. Sure, that all sounds harsh for a guy who doesn't like violence, but so was putting up with all their crap for so long, sometimes all a bully needs is to get his ass kicked hard once or twice to help them realize what kind of pain and suffering all of their petty little crap day after day adds up to.
Many of my teachers hated me, but I wasn't a troublemaker. I was the kid who pointed out when they said something that was incorrect during class, or asked why I was forced to work problems a certain way when I had another way that was much more efficient and ultimately got me to the right answer. I was the kid who wrote reports on American "heroes" that told the truth about them, rather than portraying them in the light that a teacher would have liked me to. I was the kid who asked about lies that we were taught in American History. For all of this, I was punished during Jr. High and High School. When I started college I was commended for these traits by nearly every one of my professors, why? Because questioning things is a good quality, I for one will not follow anyone blindly. So yeah, I argued with my teachers ALOT.
When the faculty at my school made a stupid decision against me or anyone else, I was mad, and I expressed ANGER. When one of my friends got into more trouble for defending a poor fat kid than the guy who was giving him crap, I got mad. I expressed ANGER AND HOSTILITY towards the teacher who made that decision. I was not ashamed to act out on how I felt, nor should anyone be, because I was right. Today when I read a news story about a kid being arrested for making a map for a video game or writing a paper, I still get angry, and were I face to face with the people who carried out such an arrest I would likely get hostile, because they are America's worst enemy. While everyone else is worried about America's enemies overseas, I am worried about the freedom haters right here in America because they have already infiltrated us, and are right here on our homefront. If we continue to let them get their way, then there will be no need to defend this country against al-Quaeda(sp?), it simply won't be worth saving.
If playing violent video games gave me these qualities that this article bashes, then I really hope that every child in America will start playing violent video games today!
Whoever wrote this article is obviously on the same wavelength as school administrators. Do not get into physical fights for any reason, even if it is standing up for what is right. You have no right to defend yourself. Do not argue with teachers, they are always right whether they are right or not. Do not, under any circumstances, express yourself, or else you are guilty of "sense offense" and will be executed.(Reference to the movie Equilibrium if you havn't seen it)
May be more likely to get into physical fights? This tells me nothing. Are these kids becoming bullies that go around and beat up everything, or are they standing up for themselves and others more often? People sometimes need to stand up for themselves and others, if games are influencing kids to do such, then they should play more violent games.
More likely to argue with teachers? So what? Maybe the teachers are wrong, in which case someone should tell them, rather than eat the crap that is being force-fed to them.
Displaying anger or hostility? OMGOOSES! You mean kids who play violent video games express themselves? I displayed my anger proudly every time the faculty at my school did something stupid, because I WAS ANGRY!
It seems to me that this article is asumming all of these things are bad qualities, but I happen to find them all to be perfectly healthy...more healthy than a kid who avoids physical violence rather than defending himself, a kid who follows a teacher blindly, or a kid who fails to express himself because he is afraid of what someone else will think.
I have always played violent video games since I was a kid. Back in Jr. High, I was picked on alot by three particular people. I wasn't small or a geek, I was simply quiet and read alot. I didn't fall into geekdom until later in High School. I put up with it for a while, and eventually decided "ENOUGH!". I put one's head through a window, got one down on the ground and started punching him in the face repeatedly while his two friends were punching and kicking me, and pushed the other down some bleachers after he kicked me in the back of the head. None of them bothered me again, and niether did anyone else from then on through High School. I have actually never been in another fight since and am not a fan of real world violence. Sure, that all sounds harsh for a guy who doesn't like violence, but so was putting up with all their crap for so long, sometimes all a bully needs is to get his ass kicked hard once or twice to help them realize what kind of pain and suffering all of their petty little crap day after day adds up to.
Many of my teachers hated me, but I wasn't a troublemaker. I was the kid who pointed out when they said something that was incorrect during class, or asked why I was forced to work problems a certain way when I had another way that was much more efficient and ultimately got me to the right answer. I was the kid who wrote reports on American "heroes" that told the truth about them, rather than portraying them in the light that a teacher would have liked me to. I was the kid who asked about lies that we were taught in American History. For all of this, I was punished during Jr. High and High School. When I started college I was commended for these traits by nearly every one of my professors, why? Because questioning things is a good quality, I for one will not follow anyone blindly. So yeah, I argued with my teachers ALOT.
When the faculty at my school made a stupid decision against me or anyone else, I was mad, and I expressed ANGER. When one of my friends got into more trouble for defending a poor fat kid than the guy who was giving him crap, I got mad. I expressed ANGER AND HOSTILITY towards the teacher who made that decision. I was not ashamed to act out on how I felt, nor should anyone be, because I was right. Today when I read a news story about a kid being arrested for making a map for a video game or writing a paper, I still get angry, and were I face to face with the people who carried out such an arrest I would likely get hostile, because they are America's worst enemy. While everyone else is worried about America's enemies overseas, I am worried about the freedom haters right here in America because they have already infiltrated us, and are right here on our homefront. If we continue to let them get their way, then there will be no need to defend this country against al-Quaeda(sp?), it simply won't be worth saving.
If playing violent video games gave me these qualities that this article bashes, then I really hope that every child in America will start playing violent video games today!
Whoever wrote this article is obviously on the same wavelength as school administrators. Do not get into physical fights for any reason, even if it is standing up for what is right. You have no right to defend yourself. Do not argue with teachers, they are always right whether they are right or not. Do not, under any circumstances, express yourself, or else you are guilty of "sense offense" and will be executed.(Reference to the movie Equilibrium if you havn't seen it)
