playing sports is way better than sitting at home and playing video games

Your most recent argument is a futile attempt to blame all of societies issues upon violent video games which simply is not true. Statistically speaking violence in people who play and do not play violent video games are the same hence violent games cannot be the attributing factor in violent behavior. This scapegoating is an simple attempt to put all of the blame of violent acts merely upon games that people play but let me tell you one thing what about all of the other contributing factors such as how hey are treated by others, how they are raised, and even medical history upon the family could shed some light upon the source of violent behaviors. Plus with your argument we would also have to say that the News is bad for the violence depicted as well as many textbooks explaining human history. Also I would like to point out the fact tat if you want to be an effective killer a certain amount of physical fitness is required (this will tie into my next paragraph). There is also a matter of parents ability to control what types of games their children play but more on this later. http://www.geek.com... http://www.theregister.co.uk... http://www.spiritus-temporis.com... http://usmilitary.about.com... http://www.military.com... http://www.esrb.org... To blame obesity entirely upon video games is also an example of scapegoating for you have to account for other lifestyle factors as well such as: the persons general diet, stress levels, family history, and type of job you also need to include the parental figures as well for they often times play a major role in a persons lifestyle. To say that an fat person will likely grow up and kill a bunch of people is also a farce due to the fact an effective killing machine is an fit killing machine. Also think of how many fat people that are considered to be cool and highly respected in the modern culture of the U.S.A.. Also remember that a person cannot simply be judged by their appearance for many fit people are bad people in accordance to their behavior (take Hitler for instance he was fit physically and had no video games yet committed a great atrocity against mankind). http://www.cdc.gov... http://www.womenfitness.net... http://blog.toptentopten.com... http://www.bbwsanctuary.com... http://listverse.com... http://listverse.com... http://usmilitary.about.com... The level of physical fitness one has does not make them any better or worse when it comes to terms of behavior and health. Many physically fit people have committed mass murders and never had a video game to show them these behaviors. Since the birth of competing civilizations man has raped, pillaged, and slaughtered his neighbors and in our 5000 year history of having civilization we have only seen video games appear about 52 years ago so how does your argument stand up that video games are in essence "the seed" of violence in today's society. I would also like to point out the fact that you can be fat and healthy so it is pointless to say that only the physically fit are the only people who are healthy. I would also like to point out that simply being physically fit does not mean you are any healthier for often times physically fit people suffer from medical ailments. http://www.independent.co.uk... http://www.ecotao.com... http://www.bnl.gov... http://www.serge411.com... http://www.time.com... http://helpguide.org... http://www.newsweek.com... http://content.bandzoogle.com... http://www.independent.co.uk... I say that video games are not the major problem it is the lack of people wanting to look at other key factors in the health of citizens of the U.S.A.. We must stop scapegoating and take initiative of the true basis of health and behavior problems in our great nation. http://www.helium.com... http://www.suite101.com... http://remember.org... http://www.actionbioscience.org... http://helpguide.org... http://www.sixwise.com... http://www.womenshealth.gov... http://www.health.ny.gov... http://www.opposingviews.com...