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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
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Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
I ACTUALLY THINK THAT VIDEO GAMES STOP VIOLENCE. YOU GET PISSED OFF, SO YOU GO PUT IN A VIDEO GAME WHERE YOU CAN TAKE OUT THAT ANGER ON VIRTUAL PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY LEGAL ENTANGLEMENTS.

That's exactly what I do. When I get pissed, I'll pop in a GTA game, kill some people, and, in a few minutes, I feel very relieved. No harm done. The people regenerate. They're not real. And I actually have the sense to distinguish the difference between a game and real life. Opponents of video games might find that disturbing, but is it any more so than taking out aggressions on a punching bag or going to a shooting gallery where you're actually hitting and shooting as opposed to pushing round buttons on a controller to make someone else do it?

I think that considering the videogame violence as a form of releaf can be dangerous. What if your videogame broke? How would you seek this "releaf"?