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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The_Evil_Lord: [QB] I'm at a loss for words after reading [URL=http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,11%257E24990,00.html]this[/URL] article. I'll give you the basic rundown: husband of victim (a teacher) is shot dead in school shootout. Widow proceeds to sue [i]twenty-five media companies[/i] for a total of [i][b]FIVE BILLION[/b][/i] dollars in damages, as well as damages ranging from $5.000 to $10.000.000 for individual parties. Are the manufacturers / distributers of [i]video games[/i] responsible for the actions of a 'few' mentally twisted persons who obviously were not able to distinguish between fiction and reality? By the same token, should we sue the newschannels for the content they broadcast each and every day? I am getting sick of this ongoing "are the media the cause of society's violence?" debate. It is time parents start raising and educating their children again. For some reason, that is what seems to be sorely lacking. Furthermore, the 'claimculture' which has grown in the U.S. over the years isn't helping at all. It's no longer a matter of common sense (absent in most), it's about lawsuits and big fat $$$-signs. The article concludes with: "We need to wake up. These kids don't need to be playing violent games. But corporations don't have social consciences. You have to force them through economics." Odd, how the quotee blissfully ignores the fact that most games aren't played by kids, but by mature (though that is questionable as well) adults. Do we see people charging down the highways, mowing down pedestrians a la Carmageddon? The answer, as anyone with a few braincells is able to understand, is no. If we follow his logic, we should try, for instance, the weapon industry. Or car companies because their vehicles can kill. Or... you fill in the absurdities. "It is guaranteed that more monsters will be created and more school killings will occur" - yes, if drastic educational measures aren't taken to stop this kind of crap from being spewed in the first place. Is it some form of mass delusionism that prevents us from seeing the bigger picture? Or are we only concerned for the $$$ ? America, land of limitless possibilities, land of limitless ways to draw attention to yourself and make big money out of an argument that any rational person can refute easily. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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