From: khelair@bismaninfo.hopto.org.remove-i0f-this   
      
     To: De Que Mierda Hablas?   
     Re: NRA blames video games for mass shootings   
     By: =?UTF-8?B?RMOkbmsgNDLDmA==?= to alt.society.liberalism,soc   
   culture.usa,alt.politics.liberalism,rec.games.video,alt.anarchism on Mon Dec   
   24 2012 20:42:45   
      
    > I personally support the right to keep and bear arms, and I've never   
    > been much of a fan of video games.  That said, it seems to me that   
    > video games -- no matter how violent -- are protected by the First   
    > Amendment.  One need only look back fifty years or so to a time when   
    > rising youth crime was blamed on comic books, followed by rock-n-roll   
    > music, blue jeans, and so on.   
      
   	I find it interesting that so many people jump to blame these   
   kinds of things on all of the secondary influences in a kid's life and   
   completely neglect the fact that nurture has been show to even trump   
   nature's 'hard coding' of certain aspects about an individual.  I think   
   the only way that you can really blame comic books, rock-n-roll, blue   
   jeans, and the like, is if there has been complete neglect by the parent   
   and all that remains are material possessions to do the role of teaching   
   the child.   
   	IMO this is all just a really pointed indication that there are   
   some serious problems in society that need to be addressed.  Back when I   
   was in school (class of '96) I knew more than one person who was   
   disenchanted with the educational system and completely disregarded by   
   parents.  When the other individuals in school stopped respecting   
   diversity and started judging, harshly, by the Lord of the Flies mentality   
   as all kids left to themselves do, there was more than one individual that   
   I know that wanted to strap themselves with explosives and go to the   
   nearest pep rally.  The problem was the home life, needs that aren't met,   
   and the type of education about other people and humanity that only a   
   parent can truly give.   
      
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