• henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    5 months ago

    I’m not sure I understand. When was the last time a video game was used to go on a killing spree?

    The same argument can be used in one context and be wrong, yet used in another context and be right.

    The object in the argument matters. For example, the argument that punishment reduces undesirable behavior. This could be true in criminal justice, but it’s absolutely not true when applied to early child development. It just teaches them to be scared of you if the child isn’t old enough to understand.

    There might be an association between guns and violence. Is that even true for video games?

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      5 months ago

      That’s not the argument though. The argument is “videogames don’t cause this problem” which is true in both cases.

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        5 months ago

        “Of course guns don’t cause this problem says the only country in the world where this regularly happens.”

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        5 months ago

        Guns may not cause the mental health issues that make people turn violent, but they do allow violent people to become mass murderers. Video games do neither.