Well Jim, I have to say that I can only mostly agree with you. There can be no question that you can peg a good bit of fact about the truth that video games do not make people enjoy real life violence, gore, or death. I fully agree with the notion that the new media should be mentioned for how hypocritical they have been, and still are. I do; however, have to take disagreement with the notion that any civilian should fear such a man made object that you have stipulated. It can only be considered a notion of hypocritical design, that you should suggest the same ignorant, biased, and ultimately uncomprehending course of reaction to firearms, that so many, so very many, have suggested as policy towards video games.
In order to make the argument of my statement more clear, you have made the same mistakes that the NRA, Fox News, politicians, and on, have made the same mistakes, and you have been led by the same close-minded fears. Only by learning from the mistakes of others, and compare them to the actions of one's self, can forethought triumph over a hypocritical stance built on the foundation of haste.
Both the NRA and Fox News deserve considerable criticism for the accusations they have made, but is it not true that the same can be said for those who would blame unthinking objects?
I trust that you understand that my post here is not to incite a less than civil discussion, and that my comments here are meant with both honest, but at the same time respectful. I am respectful of how you think, otherwise I would not be interested and would let you become like Fox News.