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| Yes | 51% | 156 votes | Total: 303 votes | |
| No | 49% | 147 votes |
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Discretion is the better part of something... it's been said before. Valor doesn't quite fit in here, but the beginning portion of that maxim works wonderfully. Of course soc...read more
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With anything in life, sorry to say there are always going to be rules. The first one I would set up is that what you see is not always the right thing. Think things through. I...read more
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by Huy
Simply, yes...yes they are. Video games are aimed to attract the attention of those of the youth to teenage age group WORLDWIDE. The fact that the vast majority within these age...read more
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Let me, begin with my self. When I see your debates I go read at least one article on both side, or I even go to read further on the subject. Now if I can learn arithmetic by p...read more
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by Raven Lebeau
Of course a game cannot detail all the intricacies of a social concern. Moreover, games follow the assumptions of their programmers. If I were to program, say, a government si...read more
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Video games are escapism in that there is a realization that what we are currently being involved is not real, familiar events and people are merely added for effect or are pure...read more
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Because of my theater arts background I can easily say that video games have a strong influence on how people feel about various issues. The bits and pieces of social issues tha...read more
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by Deja
In this day and age all kinds of mediums are being used to convey information to a wide variety of audiences. Even simply turning on your television invites a bombardment of fac...read more
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by James Holder
Children nowadays tend to stray away from information that is based on social issues or issues that show good moral. I think it would be difficult to try and educate audiences ...read more
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I do agree with some of the ideas that we do learn from watching television or reading publications or by observing and interacting with intelligible people. However, I think vi...read more
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by Jan Lazor
Video games were developed first and foremost as entertainment. It was only after their meteoric rise in popularity that experts began developing learning games disguised as fun...read more
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by Wayne Reeves
Had a day you'd rather forget? Just want to unwind and relax with a video game? Then why not put on your copy of "UN Food aid worker". This doesn't sound like the most catchi...read more
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I'm voting, and writing for the "no" side, not because I think that Video games can not be used for this purpose, or that they are even a good medium for it. I'm voting, and wr...read more
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I believe that video games are not a good method to educate people on complex social issues largely because the games usually only present one side of an issue, often for entert...read more
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