Survey Finds Most Americans Believe Games Cause Violence

[feather240]

Survey says: Escapist writer uses anecdotal evidence to make himself look smart in latest aggressive, ill-informed article.

I'm kinda getting that vibe from the escapist in general.(Anecdotal) Almost every article about video games being violent should be banned comes with some smug comment on how they shouldn't be and everyone who thinks otherwise is a drooling moron.

 

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

Most Americans believe in a giant living in the clouds too, but we try not to laugh at them for that!

No offence, but that's like a middle finger to christians & catholics, next time, THINK before you do anything.(coincidentally, that is just what those adults need to do).

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

Statistics can be made up to prove anything, 40% of people know that.

 

[SNIPERFOX ft. Harry P.Ness]

well, atleast SOME say its the job of paransts to see how the games work.


still survey says, 54% of americans are perantally narcelepticlally retarded( yes i just made that up on the spot)

 

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

Also, look at the level of violence in movies; people don't say that THEY cause violence.

I mean seriously, it's not like I'm going to stab/shoot a person after playing GTA.

 

[Woodsey]

Depends on who they asked, what the actual question was (word-for-word), etc. etc.

 

[OANST]

Survey says: Escapist writer uses anecdotal evidence to make himself look smart in latest aggressive, ill-informed article.

I'm kinda getting that vibe from the escapist in general.(Anecdotal) Almost every article about video games being violent are banned comes with some smug comment on how they're not and everyone who thinks otherwise is a drooling moron.

That is the only reason that I even bring it up. I personally don't believe that video games cause violence, but I also don't think that saying "Nuh-uh, look at this thing that has nothing to do what we're talking about, it proves you wrong" is the way to win an argument. Nor is it an acceptable way to present news. Unless, of course, you work for Fox News.

 

[loc978]

Statistics can be made up to prove anything, 40% of people know that.

I lol'd

So funny, so true...

 

[theSovietConnection]

come on people let's get a facepalm combo going!
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You mean like this?


Anyways, this survey seems like it was incredibly vague, from what I've seen of it. It'd be like me releasing a survey asking if guns were capable of killing people and then releasing results that 90-100% of people believe guns are responsible for every death that has ever occured.

 

[Macgyvercas]

Survey says: "Uninformed idiots are uninformed". Yes, yes they are.

My sentiments exactly. Do you think if we win this court case, the level of stupid in society will decrease?

 

[shadyh8er]

Survey says: "Uninformed idiots are uninformed". Yes, yes they are.

I feel like imitating your avatar every time a "video games cause violence debate" gets sparked. (Hope you don't mind me asking but where is your avatar from?)

 

[Ampersand]

"Video games are different from what we're used to so that means they must be EVIL!!"

Ignorant halfwits.

 

[Drakmeire]

THAT'S NOT TRUE!!!
I'LL KILL THEM ALL RAAAAHHHHHH!
seriously though, people are just ill-informed, and believe everything the media tells them. I read a report on the history of censorship in film and I found out that people thought the same about movies, comics, and even board games.
I propose that the next time you see a bunch of protesters outside a store demanding that GTA is taken off shelves just say "I'm a gamer and I don't hurt people" and give them a big hug... you can wash yourself off afterword.

 

[Buccura]

Seriously, screw numbers or surveys, no matter who's side they are on.

 

[mr_rubino]

Survey says: Escapist writer uses anecdotal evidence to make himself look smart in latest aggressive, ill-informed article.

Survey says: Fact-averse faceless internet person attacks article blindly without reading it because he has no argument.

Survey says: Using anecdotal evidence to prove your point is a sign of not having point. Just because a fact is a fact doesn't mean that it means whatever it is that you want it to mean just because you want it to.

It works if you try. A) Statistics are not anecdotal evidence. Ill-created surveys certainly are. B) If you're not going to make your point, then don't claim you have one.

 

[karloss01]

they surveyed only a 1000 adults across the US? they wasted their time.

 

[Tipsy Giant]

Most Americans believe in a giant living in the clouds too, but we try not to laugh at them for that!

No offence, but that's like a middle finger to christians & catholics, next time, THINK before you do anything.(coincidentally, that is just what those adults need to do).

No offence, but you assume I worry whether crazy people have hurt feelings over their "special stories" and it's HILARIOUS that i'm being TOLD TO THINK in relation to stupid superstitions LOL

 

[Evilsanta]

1000 people out of the US? Oh... Yeah that is really going to show a accurate result of how people think about video games.