Video Games Cause Bad Behavior

Sorry, thought 4 rounds would seem like a good time period. Now you say games have been a root cause in our society? I have a problem with this and stop me if this is getting out of the way to much, let's go back 40 years ago. I could give many reasons why kids are being rude or even killing people and also how adults more so are killing people or even just stealing things and I don't think Mario or any game made back them showed violence to a degree that is today so bad behavior is just something this society faces. It is natural, we can put the blame on something but no amount of science or public research will do unless you put a poll for the kids and adults who are doing these things. If they say games, they should be taken away, that is where their scapegoat is taken away. They will continue to do bad things and then we will all realize they were lying. Now onto the questions you asked me, garbage in equals garbage out and you are what you eat, I can't really counter argue the garbage in equals garbage out but the latter is easy. You are what you eat, so counting on this I am expected to go outside and be food. Now this is an example for those who have a low metabolism, if you take my father he will eat anything and still keep his 150 lbs. weight, but for me, well exercise is key. But now attuning this to games, say I am playing GTA and I steal a car, am I going to go outside get in a car and steal it, no. If I am playing Skyrim am I going to go diving in a cave to find a magical sword that will help me kill a necromancer, no. If I am playing MW or BF will I pick up a gun and expect to get hit 5 times before dying, no. People today need to learn more morals and be smart enough to tell right from wrong. This goes with your advertisements. I just watch the Super Bowl advertisements because they are funny, I mean did you see the Doritos Ninja, that was hilarious. Everyone hates commercials unless they are for our favorite things. I am more inclined to watch a commercial about a game than to watch one about a Swiffer Sweeper, it all deals to personal preference. I mean commercials are good but some, as we know about Black Friday, actually get people killed or injured for no good reason, so is it safe to say commercials cause BAD BEHAVIOR, if it is Black Friday I say a big YES. Now onto my arguments. Let's go back to the 80's when games were starting to pick up. We see games like Mario and Super Mario, oh we get to jump on top of creatures. It is probably the most repetitive game ever, but it is also one of my favorites. It won't make me believe I will jump on people on they will disappear or if I eat a mushroom I will get taller, if I ate a mushroom we all know what might happen. Games are made to entertain such as TV shows. I see a show of Ben 10 or Star Wars The Clone Wars I won't think I will get an omnitrix and defeat aliens or I will get a Clone suit and join the republic. I just sit back and enjoy the shows. I get into games though, when I am playing them. I will act out movements or shout as my character slices into an enemy with a sword but I am not going to physically hurt someone. To say games are a root cause is ridiculous. Puberty is more of a reason to cause bad behavior, kids start to go against their parents, unless they are truly respectful children, and they will do things against them such as not doing what they say. I was reading up on how they seem to cause bad behavior I saw it talked about the Columbine High School, we should all know what happened their. I remember seeing a documentary on the History Channel, or maybe Discovery Channel, but either way they never talked about them playing violent games, but on this site it did, so I don't know whether to trust the TV or the internet so I will let you be the judge on that. I kept reading, it said they had a study of 227 college students,why 227, I don't know but it said they all had aggressive behavior in the past, and what did they blame it on, that is right, VIDEO GAMES. But how can they say that when maybe they had a bullying problem in High School and wanted to let it out in those years and years to come. Then they had a second study of 210 students, they separated them and had them play Wolfenstein 3D and Myst. Those who played Wolfenstein had more aggressive behavior than they ones who played Myst, but how can we tell about this again not knowing the personal lives of these students, maybe they are being bullied, having a hard time at home, or even just mean students. I know this isn't all true with every student but we must face some certain facts. Will all kids act the same to a game? No, some kids (like me) won't be mean because I killed 40 people in a Team Deathmatch, but others may feel superior to others and if the others don't appreciate it he/she may take it out on the others in real life. My reason for people having bad behavior is like a person who refuses to stop drinking or smoke. They have a lack of self-control and discipline. For us to get rid of bad behavior we must be able to control or selves and release anger in a better manner than killing/stealing/taking out aggression on our peers, we must stop blaming what we play and find the real source whether it be neglect or just self-pity. If everyone knew right from wrong this wouldn't be a problem. http://serendip.brynmawr.edu... I leave the floor to you Chuz-Life