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Originally Posted by Christmas treeza
I' going to use that word.... trigger.
With psychopathy there has to be an event or series of events that turns on this part of the brain within the psychopath.
Could these games do it?
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That's probably the issue here.
There's a world of difference between a trigger and a cause.
A trigger sets off something already wrong, and can come from a multitude of things. A cause is something different and suggests something like a video game can cause a mentally healthy person to change.
I believe they can trigger, like many things in life can trigger unwell people to do irrational and violent things. I don't believe they're a cause in any way shape or form.
Out of the millions upon millions of people who have watched Chuckie of all ages and backgrounds, 2 kids using it as inspiration for the despicable acts they'd have committed with or without it is no evidence that horror movies or video games cause these things.