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Originally Posted by Christmas treeza
Well we won't go into that whole cause and effect debate again  |
It's not a debate though, a psychologically healthy individual can't be prompted to commit murder by an external source like a movie or game. It's just not even a realistic claim. An already disturbed individual might be "triggered by", or get specific ideas from, something like a game, movie or book but that's sort of a moot point... because the same could be said of myriad sources. They could be triggered by or get ideas from the 6 o'clock news, or something as simple as a word-of-mouth story. Should we ban news broadcasts and conversation?
In fact - if you care to have a look into some of the world's most notorious serial killers - there are a very large numbers who were
inspired by other real-life killers more than anything else... so, by reading the news, basically. Mass shootings and things like that, especially, are often inspired by the infamy of previous mass-shooters, and the vast amount of media attention.
I maintain that there are far more disturbing and horrific stories in the real world / real news every single day than I have ever seen in any movie or video game.
Potential triggers of all sorts of things are absolutely everywhere, and you can't even fully identify each one until hindsight. Some people may be tempted to "ban everything!!" in an attempt to remove those triggers and keep people "safer" but not only would it be logically impossible - it would also be ineffective. If it's not one thing, it'll only be something else that no one had considered.