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BBC Argues Games Don't Cause Violence

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the wheel-of-blame-pinning dept.

RandBlade writes "BBC News has an article on the argued link between violent games and real violence. It examines both scientific evidence, different theories and the facts in order to conclude 'that it is trite and irresponsible of ill-informed commentators to claim that games like Grand Theft Auto are central to terrible crime.'" It's good to know that gamers are not all killing machines lying in wait, or that E3 is not the most potentially dangerous convention ever.

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  1. Re:Offtopic as hell: Gay Penguins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    And that is supposed to be news?!

    Biologists and naturalists have known about this for ages.

    I've never quite understood why homophobes like Dr. Laura have been able to claim that homosexuality is not natural because animals do not engage in it.

    Now with this "new" evidence, they'll probably just spin it in another way: "it's filthy because animals do it!".

  2. What Did You Expect from the BBC ? by tealover · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Their left-leaning social values tend to permeate their news and commentary coverage in most areas. Their conclusion is not surprising in the least.

    I used to respect the BBC when they were a serious news organization but they now appear to believe that they are an agent of populist social change.

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    1. Re:What Did You Expect from the BBC ? by tealover · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      The person who modd'd me down is indicative of the BBC mentatlity that filters "news" through its left-leaning prism. Anything that contradicts that prism is attacked. Not even the PM of Britain is safe from those attacks, so I certainly don't expect any better.

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      -- You see, there would be these conclusions that you could jump to
  3. Ok... by TechnologyX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let's hope this story actually has some thought put into it, unlike "Linux users unleashed MyDoom"

    I wouldn't be surprised to see them blame violence on Linux users :P

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