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Law Professors on the California Violent Video Game Bill
Rydia writes "In light of the California Legislature's amendment and consideration of AB 1792, regarding violent video games, Findlaw's Vikram Amar (UC-Hastings) and Alan Brownstein (UC-Davis) have written an editorial on a child's vs. an adult's protections under the first amendment, and the right of the state to introduce legislation in this vein. It is welcome to see the topic discussed on its own legal merits, in lieu of actual law, and not the moralistic turf both sides of the debate have attempted to claim as their own."
"Violence is a part of the Human Subconcious, and Shielding kids from Violence will only make them unprepaired when their put in a violent situation."
How is this a fact? Do you have any clinical (or even anecdotal) experience to back this up? OF course not.
First of all, yes, some violence is probably a part of our sub-conscious. But it is also a part which civilized man endeavors to suppress in our conscious mind when it is not needed. Because it leads to problems in civilized society. Just because something is in part present in our sub-concious mind does not mean it should be embraced, just recognized.
If anything (i think) being desensitized to simulated violence would only make the reaction worse when you're exposed to the real thing, because it has to break through that barrier as well as the normal aversion to gruesome physical violence that exists in most un-desensitized (or sensitized if you'd prefer) people. Playing Call of Duty and killing lots of nazis would not have made me a better soldier in WW2.
Just my thoughts on your "Fact".