Violent computer games do cause violence. But, only in children who have problems already. If a child cannot separate reality from virtual reality, then that child already has a problem, and that person needs help. If someone is of sound mind, they can obviosly discern real from virtual.
What needs to be done, is that children and parents and teachers, and the general public all need to be informed of the warning signs that a person believes that violence is the answer to their problems.
Someone needs to help these poor, misguided people before they do something that they will definitly regret later.
The people who need to do this is enveryone. Everyone, weather they have children or not, has a responisibility to watch out for troubled youth, and to help them yourself, or to take them to someone who can help them.
The responsibility is ours. If we do not accept the responisibility, it could mean the differance between someone's life and death. That person could be you.
You have to think long term. Sure, maybe you can get a relatively good job at an internet startup without going to college, but what if that job goes bad, and you are suddenly back in the job market. Then you will be competing against people who have college degrees, which puts you at a disadvantage. You might choose then to go back to college, but you will be competing against younger people then, and again you are at a disadvantage. So, the choice is yours, but remember, it can change your life (for better or for worse) if you skip college to go directly into the job market.
If piracy is the point of not releasing TPM on DVD, George Lucas needs to wake up. 1. VHS tapes are much easier to copy than DVDs 2. The day after TPM was released, there were bootleg copies of the movie all over the internet, he has already failed to stop piracy of the movie. Lucas is not releasing the DVDs so that he can make more money, by waiting until DVD hits mainstream, and more people own DVD Players instead of VHS players, so that more people will purchase the DVDs, even when they already own the VHSs.
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Violent computer games do cause violence. But, only in children who have problems already. If a child cannot separate reality from virtual reality, then that child already has a problem, and that person needs help. If someone is of sound mind, they can obviosly discern real from virtual. What needs to be done, is that children and parents and teachers, and the general public all need to be informed of the warning signs that a person believes that violence is the answer to their problems. Someone needs to help these poor, misguided people before they do something that they will definitly regret later. The people who need to do this is enveryone. Everyone, weather they have children or not, has a responisibility to watch out for troubled youth, and to help them yourself, or to take them to someone who can help them. The responsibility is ours. If we do not accept the responisibility, it could mean the differance between someone's life and death. That person could be you.
You have to think long term. Sure, maybe you can get a relatively good job at an internet startup without going to college, but what if that job goes bad, and you are suddenly back in the job market. Then you will be competing against people who have college degrees, which puts you at a disadvantage. You might choose then to go back to college, but you will be competing against younger people then, and again you are at a disadvantage. So, the choice is yours, but remember, it can change your life (for better or for worse) if you skip college to go directly into the job market.
If piracy is the point of not releasing TPM on DVD, George Lucas needs to wake up. 1. VHS tapes are much easier to copy than DVDs 2. The day after TPM was released, there were bootleg copies of the movie all over the internet, he has already failed to stop piracy of the movie. Lucas is not releasing the DVDs so that he can make more money, by waiting until DVD hits mainstream, and more people own DVD Players instead of VHS players, so that more people will purchase the DVDs, even when they already own the VHSs.