It seems everytime a lonely, disaffected, adolescent male totes a semi-automatic rifle to school, we are treated to a montage of news reports blaming the media for the irrational act. So far, we strategy gamers have been able to feel pretty smug about the whole circus. Most of us have a pretty elitist attitude when it comes to our gaming bretheren. We may not outright say it, but most of us strategy freaks feel we are superior to first person shooter players. Even the names of our gaming genres reflect the rigid ideas.
Strategy games live by gameplay and balance.
FPS games are built on gee-whiz graphics and speed. I don't care how good the gameplay is, no FPS released now would ever sell if looked like the software mode of the original Quake. Training you to kill. We like to think to ourselves that FPS gamers dug their own graves. That IS a pretty darned violent game.