Comments on: The Truth About Violent Youth and Video Games http://sonicron.solaristudios.com/2005/10/12/the-truth-about-violent-youth-and-video-games/ Explorations in the world of independent game development. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:45:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Scott Young http://sonicron.solaristudios.com/2005/10/12/the-truth-about-violent-youth-and-video-games/#comment-35 Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:23:13 +0000 http://sonicron.solaristudios.com/2005/10/12/the-truth-about-violent-youth-and-video-games/#comment-35 That is almost laughable that he believes since violence is on the decline video games cannot be causing violence. He obviously doesn't understand logic. The overall trend can be going downwards even if minor forces resist that urge. For all we know videogames have been slowing this decline. Not saying I personally believe that in any regard, but do we really need guys like this representing us? People who are less logical than the people they are arguing against. Oh, and according to Freakonomics abortion has actually had the largest impact on the reduction in violent crimes (and uses statistical proof to measure it quantitatively).... That is almost laughable that he believes since violence is on the decline video games cannot be causing violence. He obviously doesn’t understand logic.

The overall trend can be going downwards even if minor forces resist that urge. For all we know videogames have been slowing this decline. Not saying I personally believe that in any regard, but do we really need guys like this representing us? People who are less logical than the people they are arguing against.

Oh, and according to Freakonomics abortion has actually had the largest impact on the reduction in violent crimes (and uses statistical proof to measure it quantitatively)….

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