Video Games are a primary source of violence

Arguments4. If video games do cause violence and if it said that the government wants to ban violent games, then they might as well ban professional sports as well. You know? Sports that are extremely popular worldwide?Banning video games because they cause violence,but not ban soccer, hockey, basketball, and football? All the time, there’s an altercation between players in hockey, and the referees stand there, letting them fight each other until it gets out of control. It’s the same thing with basketball and football except it doesn’t happen very frequently and the referees don’t watch them fight. According to an article at Mandatory.com, “The most popular spectator sport in the world (where most countries call it “football”), soccer has incited riots and insane acts of brutality that beat anything football or basketball has to offer.” Referee Decapitated, Brazil (2013) – An article at Deadspin.com has shown that Brazilian soccer fans beheaded a soccer referee after he stabs and kills a player. Quoting: “Last Sunday, an amateur soccer match in Brazil came to an unbelievably gruesome end when a referee was murdered by outraged fans. His head was then cut off and placed on a spike. The beheading was retaliation; the ref initially stabbed a player to death. It happened in the Maranhão region of northeastern Brazil. Thirty-year-old Josenir dos Santos Abreu approached the referee, 20-year-old Otávio Jordão da Silva (pictured above) during a match to argue a call. Abreu reportedly threw a punch at da Silva, who then took out a knife he was carrying with him during the match, and stabbed the player. Abreu died of his wounds en route to the hospital. Meanwhile, the player's friends and family invaded the pitch and attacked da Silva. They reportedly tied up the referee, beat him, stoned him, lynched him, and then quartered him. When they finished, they cut off his head and placed it on a stake in the center of the field. So far, just one man, 27-year-old Luis Moraes Souza, has been arrested for the crime, and authorities are searching for two more. Valter Costa, the chief of police in Maranhão's town of Santa Ines, spoke in a statement. “Reports of witnesses have indicated some people that were in place at the time of the fact," he said. "We will identify and hold accountable all those involved. A crime will never justify another. Actions like this do not collaborate with the legality of a state law.”Kayseri Stadium Riot, Turkey (1967) – Using source #1, the article says, “Soccer violence isn’t a modern invention – fans and players have been doling out the brutality for at least half a century. One of the most insane post-game riots of all time happened in Turkey, at Kayseri Ataturk Stadium. The first league match between Kayseri and Sivas brought 21,000 fans to the stadium, and as the game went on they grew increasingly upset, bombarding Sivas fans with rocks and bricks. The visiting team fans surged to flee the stadium, only to be repulsed by police. Forty people were crushed to death in the melee, with at least 300 more wounded. The game was cancelled, and Sivas supporters hit the streets of Kayseri and destroyed the city’s gym along with over 60 automobiles, burning every car that had a Sivas license plate.”The list goes on and on and on. There’s a list of altercations in sporting events on Wikipedia. Of course, you wouldn’t say that sports are a primary source of violence would you? You wouldn’t come out here and say just because fights occur in sports, that means that sports cause violent acts right? Yeah, didn’t think so. So, why would the media just come out and blatantly state that “video games cause violence.” There’s no evidence to support that claim. So, it is unfair to blame video games for the violence matter while sports, films, and music lyrics (specifically rap) have the exact same basis if not a greater basis of violence. Evidence supporting the “video game causes violence” has been debunked as well. RebuttalsCountering: "Violence and Aggression are Closely Akin"Well, yes, agression does sometimes cause violence, but you didn't put in its correct form. You see, what you're saying is that just because a person shows an act of agression, that just comes down to him inevitably committing violence; however, that is incorrect. There is a difference between physically performing a violent act such as hitting, destorying one's property, kicking, killing, etc and thinking agressively. Thinking aggressive thoughts is not the same as violence. Of course, I'm pretty sure you've felt this way before. You've felt the need to physically beat up someone before or break something for whatever reaons. Everyone has. It's human nature. It's one of our natural emotions, anger. Anger is the"strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility". Anger is not the same as violence. I've found a websites that states that there is a difference between anger, violence, and agression.- http://www.humankinetics.com...("Not all violence comes from anger and reactive aggression. Violence has, at its root, harm to another as its planned result.")Countering: "Effects of video games on violence are psychologically proven" and "The General Aggression Model have expounded the case for violence"This argument is so errenous for multiple reasons:1. Just becuse more people prefer violent video games doesn't really mean that video games cause violence. I can say the exact same thing for movies. I can probably say that the majority of movie watchers out here prefer to watch violent entertainment, yet you don't see people killing people primarilybecause they watched X, Y, and Z. According to an article atibnlive.in.com, researchers all over the world have stated that a wide statistic of movie watchers watch gory movies and why they do it. If you read the article, it says, "Some types of violent portrayals seem to attract audiences because they promise to satisfy truth-seeking motivations by offering meaningful insights into some aspect of the human condition."2. The "research" and "studies" that you used are outdated and they have been DEBUNKED long ago."According to an article at PBS.org, they list 10 video game facts that have been debunked long ago. If you actually look at it, the verysecond debunked fact is, "Scientific evidence links violent game play with youth aggression." (http://www.pbs.org...)The most recent and most in depth study on this matter ever conducted was from Chris Ferguson which has stated that the past studies "relies on measures to assess aggression that don't correlate with real-world violence. Some studies are observational and don't prove cause and effect."General Aggression Model: I can see what this model is saying. You see, what this model is correlating to is short term violence. Yes, sometimes long term violence can possibly be present, but 99.999999999% of the time will probably be short term. You see gamers getting angry and they blow off that anger for 10-15 minutes. I don't think this model correctly follows the scenario when gamers play games like Call of Duty, Battlefield, Mortal Kombat, etc. You see, this diagram is saying that people become aggressive and violent because of it's surroundings. However, most of the time, that's not the case. People get angry and frustrated because of the challenge and the competitiveness of games. Most likely, I never hear or see a player get angry because he's looking at blood. How does that make sense? I can say the exact same thing for sports again. I'm pretty sure you've seen coaches yelling at his players have you? Do you know why he's yelling? He's yelling and showing aggression because it's that competiveness that drives him into yelling. He wants to win. He wants to bring the best out ofhis team. Is that the same asviolence? There's nothing wrong with getting stressed because of comepetition and challenge.It's nature.But, again, don't get it twisted. Having an aggressive cognition is not the same as committing to the violent act itself. That's just plain common sense.According to another article from Kataku, "It's Video Game Competition, Not Violence, That Sparks Aggression" Countering "Children inevitably imitates aggression, resorting to violence without supervision"You've indirectly just proven my point because video games shouldn't take the blame. It's the parent's fault. They lack the supervision and guidance from parents and they are being notresponsible for taking care of their child. What people have failed to realize in this debate is that parental guidance is the #1 factor that determines the child's development throughout his/her life. If that factor is non-existent or lacking, then the child will feel that there are no consequences. This is where this "I can do whatever I want" mentality comes from. Yes, children imitates aggression, but it's the parent's responsiblity to teach their child the difference between right from wrong. Sources- http://www.mandatory.com...- http://deadspin.com...- - http://en.wikipedia.org...- - - - - - (This is a funny one)- http://ibnlive.in.com...- http://www.pbs.org...- http://www.humankinetics.com... - http://kotaku.com... I seriosuly don't know what's wrong with this text script. It's screwed up.