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Old 05-06-2013, 11:05 PM   #17
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What I mean is, an 11year old playing violent video games, learns that violence is reality. An adult, generally, can realize that real life isn't like COD.

If this kid was as engrossed in Tetris, as they were in COD, then had Tetris taken away, they would be far less likely to shoot their mom in retaliation. That's why there is ratings on movies and video games.
I'm sorry, but this is a pretty huge stretch to claim CoD "exacerbated" his condition to the point where he shot his mother 20 times, and then attempted to rape her.

Sounds more like a gut reaction rather than anything backed up by science, research, and peer review.
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