[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

If people are going to go out and commit heinous crimes then the potential for them to do so existed within them long before they played Call of Duty.

It's a point I'm not going to budge on, I just think by even entertaining the idea we're vindicating criminals. Blaming games and films is an excellent way of avoiding the problem at hand.

I agree 100%

It always seems to be the fault of someone else though whenever something bad happens so if video games etc werent getting the blame it would be something/someone else. Its never the fault of the person actually committing the crime.

Actually I think this was from scream...films dont create murderers, they just make murderers more creative...I do think theres an element of truth to that. Though the people who do things would do it whether they play games/watch films/whatever anyways.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I agree 100%

It always seems to be the fault of someone else though whenever something bad happens so if video games etc werent getting the blame it would be something/someone else. Its never the fault of the person actually committing the crime.

Actually I think this was from scream...films dont create murderers, they just make murderers more creative...I do think theres an element of truth to that. Though the people who do things would do it whether they play games/watch films/whatever anyways.

Yes, this is what I was trying to say earlier but not as clearly