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Old 12-18-2012, 09:31 PM   #820
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Originally Posted by chemgear View Post
I have a hard time even comparing the two personally (and full disclosure, I certainly play a good amount of video games).

But I can't see somebody attacking people with a physical box of video game cases/disks and doing much damage. Bertuzzied is probably better equipped to talk about it, but it reminds me of how comic books were vilified decades ago for "causing" violence, sloth, communism, teen pregnancy, pimples, masturbation, etc. Heck, the US government held full congressional hearings in the 1950's over comic books and their terrible influence.
I never said they were equal comparisons. I said blaming one or the other and ignoring the actual mental health problem is the problem.
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