IF IT MOVES, SHOOT IT
Time to stop worrying and line up your gun sights. Video games are not making us more violent. In Victorian times, people feared the effect of novels on the young. John Locke worried about their eating too much fruit. Then in the 1950’s, rock ‘n roll was the boogie man. Now people fear video games. There’s still time to panic. Most video gamers are not children. The average age is around 30. As the Economist Magazine points out, “violent crime in America has fallen as games have become popular.” A study in Britain recently found that crimes committed by teenagers there are down a whopping 86 percent. This is even better news than you’d think. Bob predicted a decade ago […]
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