Violent Vedeo Games
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Does playing violent video games lead to mass murder? If you only read the headlines of recent news stories you might easily jump to this conclusion. This conclusion is false, playing a game is not going to inspire anyone to kill, there must be an "ambition to kill".
Let's get one fact out of the way some video games are violent, some music is violent, some movies are violent, some books are violent life can be violent. The violence that purveys the entertainment industry can lead to a desensitization of violence. Any image that you are exposed to repeatedly will desensitize you to it. Simply being desensitized to violence will not lead to violent behavior. It simply makes one think less of violence when it does occur and can lead to people overestimating their chances of involvement in violence
In order for people to manifest the type of violence witnessed in Littleton Colorado there must be an "ambition to kill". In the type of video games being blamed for this tragedy, weapons and ammunition are found lying on the ground. The player simply walks over the gun/ammunition and can use it...