I fit in with all of the things that supposedly create killers. I am a 21 year old white male. I play games like Doom, Quake, and Postal, and use the internet regularly. I Wear black clothing, and a trench coat, and was abused by my brother as a child and classmates for years, does this make me a killer? Not in the slightest, I hate violence and confrontation in real life. I don't even fight when challenged, I walk away. All of this hype is crap. The truth is no one knows what makes a killer. There is no real profile you can go by. You can even see this in the millitary. Soldiers are trained to kill, but when confronted face to face with the enemy only about 10% fire! That means 90% of people TRAINED to kill can't. So how can you blame games, clothes, and the net for killing? It is in our nature not to kill our own species. The only reasons I can find for the rise in youth violence is the ready availability of weapons, and explosives. As well the media gives violence so much attention that anyone that watches the news is bombarded with more REAL violence then you are FAKE violence in games. To all of the people that want to stop the violence I say start with loosing the weapons, and look for erlier signs, they are there.
Slashdot Mirror
I fit in with all of the things that supposedly create killers. I am a 21 year old white male. I play games like Doom, Quake, and Postal, and use the internet regularly. I Wear black clothing, and a trench coat, and was abused by my brother as a child and classmates for years, does this make me a killer? Not in the slightest, I hate violence and confrontation in real life. I don't even fight when challenged, I walk away. All of this hype is crap. The truth is no one knows what makes a killer. There is no real profile you can go by. You can even see this in the millitary. Soldiers are trained to kill, but when confronted face to face with the enemy only about 10% fire! That means 90% of people TRAINED to kill can't. So how can you blame games, clothes, and the net for killing? It is in our nature not to kill our own species. The only reasons I can find for the rise in youth violence is the ready availability of weapons, and explosives. As well the media gives violence so much attention that anyone that watches the news is bombarded with more REAL violence then you are FAKE violence in games. To all of the people that want to stop the violence I say start with loosing the weapons, and look for erlier signs, they are there.