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I believe that if a person, is so influenced by a Video Game that they then Commit a violent crime as a "result" from the influence of said game, then said person(s) had a problem already.

The human conscience develops from a Young age, to be put bluntley the vast majority of people know the difference between right and wrong long before they reach the age of ten. Despite our conformist behaviour during the years in which we are growing up when we sub-consciously idolise certain people in our lives, their actions can play a key factor in our lives.

Throughout our childhood we are taught the difference between right and wrong, at home, school and even childrens t.v. preaches good behaviour, in fact i would go so far as to say that a lot of t.v. for older persons preaches good behaviour, soap operas for example though they contain "evil" characters they are nine times out of ten seen as such from the perspective of the viewer. Soap operas are a good example because they aim to re-create "every day events" and so create the image of what is social acceptable in the given circumstance. In no way am i suggesting that kids should trade in teletubbies for Eastenders , corrie and Holyoaks, but am merely using soap operas as an example of the idea of what is socially acceptable is taught on a basic psycological level.

This can be easily compared to smoking, kids that grow up watching their Parents smoke are all the more likely to deem that as socially acceptable behaviour at a young age and despite what they are told by Parents, teachers and other figures, will sub-consciously or otherwise, see smoking in a lesser light than kids that have not seen people in their lives whom they look up to and respect smoke. This much is obvious.

Up until now i have spoken about the influences real people can have on real people. When we get involved in video games, i know that i could ask Cousins whom are 5 and 9 , what the difference between video games and real life is and expect a accurate answer "video games arn't real" and i am almost certain that if asked the question "if something is ok to do on a video game is it ok to do in real life?" they would reply "no"

In conclusion i can say with certainty that Violent video games alone, pose no threat to contributing to violence in real life, however if coupled with bad parenting or influences outside of video games, that i would deem of a violent nature could lead someone to form a link between a violent game and the real world in which we live and so come to the conclusion that, it would be social acceptable (even if only in said person's close social circle) to mimic / commit / re-inact violent acts protrayed in video games

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