First on a side note, I feel that our society is continuously searching for a way to blame anything but ourselves for behavior. Change has always been blamed for the latest increased numbers in crime, sexual activity, drugs, or alcohol. I have been thinking back on history on change and how it is blamed. I cannot stop replaying the movie Footloose in my head and the issue of music and dancing. The invention of the car was criticized, I'm sure. Our society accepts change with cynicism--society must search for the bad. I don't think that is unhealthy, but then again...I am a member of society.
In reading numerous articles of gaming and violence in youth, it seems parents are searching for the right answer from studies that are biased to proof their "right" answer. It is frustrating that parents look for answers about their children in studies done on children they don't know. Or maybe it is frustrating that parents search for answers about their children in general.
I agree with you on the notion that society looks to blame anything/anyone but ourselves for negative behavior. We are not held accountable for taking responsibility for our actions. I'm interested in cause-and-effect relationships, and the simple logic statement, if p then q fits perfectly here. If I play violent video games, then I will be more violent as a person. Society seems to distort that statement and will try to reverse it, adding another variable in there to take the blame for the p factor. In our case, p is "If I play violent games..." Maybe this doesn't fit precisely with what you're saying in your post, but it should be known that every action that we make there will be consequences (either good or bad, or both) for that action.
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