Are videogames the reason why people turn violent?

[Kolvartia]

Hello everyone, I'm posting this because in Barcelona, Spain, there has been a recent attack on a school by a 13 year old boy. The boy entered the school with a crossbow a machete and the components for a molotov cocktail, the boy was known to watch The Walking Dead and play videogames. Here in Spain the debate about videogames turning normal kids into violent people rises up again, and the media blames videogames (again)


What do you guys think about this?

[Futanaria Island]

Hello everyone, I'm posting this because in Barcelona, Spain, there has been a recent attack on a school by a 13 year old boy. The boy entered the school with a crossbow a machete and the components for a molotov cocktail, the boy was known to watch The Walking Dead and play videogames. Here in Spain the debate about videogames turning normal kids into violent people rises up again, and the media blames videogames (again)


What do you guys think about this?

IS this really still a debate? I had enough of this in class...when will the misconception die?
There are numerous studies and papers (I will post after class) that there is little correlation between video games and violence. It's a predisposition in people. It's like saying hanging around homosexuals will make you gay.

[The Aras Systems Commonwealth]

The ONLY way a video game would turn anyone violent is if they had a mental disorder.

[Kolvartia]

Hello everyone, I'm posting this because in Barcelona, Spain, there has been a recent attack on a school by a 13 year old boy. The boy entered the school with a crossbow a machete and the components for a molotov cocktail, the boy was known to watch The Walking Dead and play videogames. Here in Spain the debate about videogames turning normal kids into violent people rises up again, and the media blames videogames (again)


What do you guys think about this?

IS this really still a debate? I had enough of this in class...when will the misconception die?

.-. I actually think games aren't really violent, just asking what you think. In my opinion, videogames shouldn't be blamed, kids shouldn'tbe playing 18+ videogames and another problem may be how they see things. (Example: Kid plays GTA, he thinks killing people is actually fun.)

[Infected Mushroom]

No.

Video games are a Sacred Art.

They are recreational and artistic, nothing more.

[Futanaria Island]

IS this really still a debate? I had enough of this in class...when will the misconception die?

.-. I actually think games aren't really violent, just asking what you think. In my opinion, videogames shouldn't be blamed, kids shouldn'tbe playing 18+ videogames and another problem may be how they see things. (Example: Kid plays GTA, he thinks killing people is acutally fun.)

I meant no hostilities to you, I'm expressing my hatred of the fact the misconception exists at all.

[Akkaga]

Hello everyone, I'm posting this because in Barcelona, Spain, there has been a recent attack on a school by a 13 year old boy. The boy entered the school with a crossbow a machete and the components for a molotov cocktail, the boy was known to watch The Walking Dead and play videogames. Here in Spain the debate about videogames turning normal kids into violent people rises up again, and the media blames videogames (again)


What do you guys think about this?

Do video games cause people to be violent?

Well I mean it is obvious that Adolf Hitler, Napoleon, Augustus Caesar, and even Attila the Hun played video games when they were younger.

We can conclude that video games make people violent and every single game should be banned.

[Lyrian Oligarchic Royal Empire]

Hello everyone, I'm posting this because in Barcelona, Spain, there has been a recent attack on a school by a 13 year old boy. The boy entered the school with a crossbow a machete and the components for a molotov cocktail, the boy was known to watch The Walking Dead and play videogames. Here in Spain the debate about videogames turning normal kids into violent people rises up again, and the media blames videogames (again)


What do you guys think about this?

According to the FBI, no.

As video games have become more popular, total violence has decreased. Youth violence has decreased. Domestic violence has decreased.

Videogames causing violence is the opposite of true.

[New Skaaneland]

Videogames are one of the reasons why people have fun. Fighting is also such a reason. However those are two different things.

[Tekeristan]

No.

Noooooooooooooooo.

[Dooom35796821595]

IS this really still a debate? I had enough of this in class...when will the misconception die?

.-. I actually think games aren't really violent, just asking what you think. In my opinion, videogames shouldn't be blamed, kids shouldn'tbe playing 18+ videogames and another problem may be how they see things. (Example: Kid plays GTA, he thinks killing people is actually fun.)

Rubbish. My cousin has been playing GTA since she was 9, and she knows the diffrence between reality and a videogame. Anyone who blames media for the actions of real people are in denial, I mean what happened to blaming the perpetrator? Oh no, he killed some people, well it must be those GTA videogames where you kill prostitutes, it's not like serial killers have been doing that since before electricity...

[Kolvartia]

Videogames are one of the reasons why people have fun. Fighting is also such a reason. However those are two different things.

Indeed, yet most people would rather blame videogames than admitting their error.(Example: Parent buying GTA for his son. Son gets violent and for any reason GTA has to be blamed)

[Kolvartia]

.-. I actually think games aren't really violent, just asking what you think. In my opinion, videogames shouldn't be blamed, kids shouldn'tbe playing 18+ videogames and another problem may be how they see things. (Example: Kid plays GTA, he thinks killing people is actually fun.)

Rubbish. My cousin has been playing GTA since she was 9, and she knows the diffrence between reality and a videogame. Anyone who blames media for the actions of real people are in denial, I mean what happened to blaming the perpetrator? Oh no, he killed some people, well it must be those GTA videogames where you kill prostitutes, it's not like serial killers have been doing that since before electricity...

I know there are people who know the difference, but as always, exceptions.

[Ashmoria]

I think that many millions of people play video games and a teeny tiny percentage of them are involved in real life violent crime. by that measure violent video games keep people away from violence.

[Lockdownn]

No, people can be influenced if their mind is set that way but video games cannot be labeled as a direct cause for violence. That's why we have mental health medicine.

[Lyrian Oligarchic Royal Empire]

No, people can be influenced if their mind is set that way but video games cannot be labeled as a direct cause for violence. That's why we have mental health medicine.

What's this "we" nonsense. The mighty United States of 'Murca don't have none of that shit.

[The United Remnants of America]

No.

Video games are a Sacred Art.

They are recreational and artistic, nothing more.

Calm down there, Tom Bissell.

[Kolvartia]

Also, I forgot to mention that the boy didn't really have any issue in class nor at home, however, sometimes he told his classmates he would kill the teachers.

[Val Halla]

This argument (which it shouldn't be in the first place), has been beaten like a dead horse. No. You know what does cause violence? Bad parents who can't judge their child's maturity.

[Honnen]

of course playing violent video games makes you violent! just like playing minecraft makes you a miner and playing surgeon simulator makes you a surgeon.

[L Ron Cupboard]

I think it is people obsessed with Game of Thrones we need to worry about, they are like a ticking time bomb...

[Kolvartia]

of course playing violent video games makes you violent! just like playing minecraft makes you a miner and playing surgeon simulator makes you a surgeon.

and Total War will definitely make you a military commander.

[Conserative Morality]

Yes. Ignore the fact that a good portion of the population and the younger population almost universally plays some form of video game, most of them violent. It's the fault of video games. They were the primary cause for me burning all of Europe to the ground with a horde of nomads at my back.

[Sternberg]

Based on both my own experiences and what research I did on a university paper on the subject, generally speaking, the answer is "No".

That's not to say that there aren't violent people who so happen to play video games as a hobby, or that video games cannot trigger short bouts of momentary aggression (imagine the constant cursing I had to endure from my younger brother whenever he had bouts of bad luck. Nothing offensive, but still ...), but the majority of studies have concluded that there has been no direct and conclusive long-term causational link between the consumption of violent media and acts of violence in real life.

Possibly the only exceptions that I can think of is when a minor (or young adult 18 or under) is unable to distinguish between reality and fantasy (and normally, that should have been instilled in him/her at a young enough age anyway), or the aggression has been borne out of other factors and the action of playing a violent game either acts as a trigger mechanism or, conversely, an outlet that might otherwise have been taken out on someone else.

[Lyncanestria]

Hello everyone, I'm posting this because in Barcelona, Spain, there has been a recent attack on a school by a 13 year old boy. The boy entered the school with a crossbow a machete and the components for a molotov cocktail, the boy was known to watch The Walking Dead and play videogames. Here in Spain the debate about videogames turning normal kids into violent people rises up again, and the media blames videogames (again)


What do you guys think about this?

As the OP, you must put your opinions in there too, what do you think?