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but there must be some accountability on the part of the game... the US govenment use Doom as a training simulator...obviously this game either desensitises humans of makes them better at killing
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i think that you have to realize what the mindset is going into the game ..
if the military is using it then people are entering the game knowing what their goal is.
what kid buys doom as a learn how to kill kit ?
i think what it does teach is reaction time and hand eye coordination.
Desensitizing ? maybe ... hard for me to see but possible.
I think maybe moreso with Grand Theft Auto or games like that where people are killing people. They are dissrespectful of human life in general and i agree that there should be some sensitivity and responsibility shown by the makers of these games as they know that kids will be playing them no matter what.
Its not the game that devalues human life as much as the acceptance of it.
I wouldnt have a problem with my kid playing a monster killing game vs a people killing game. Actually we dont even have toy guns around at this point because it's not fantasy anymore.
When i was a lid we played guns - cops and robbers - or the politically incorrect cowboys and indians because we were kids in a small town where these things were as foreign and fantastic as pirates or spacemen.
these days with kids bringing guns to school .. its too much of a reality.