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Old 24-07-2008, 04:06 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Re: Question of the week: are video games a factor in increasingly violent behaviour?

Originally Posted by Nelviticus View Post
"Increasingly violent behaviour"? You need to change newspapers - violent crime has been falling for years. Violent crime recorded by the police is down 8% since last year and violent crime recorded in the British Crime Survey is down 12% since last year. See this BBC News article for all the non-gory details: Recorded crime figures show fall

Are computer games responsible for this fall? No. Increasing standards of living are. The end.

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An ironic statement, considering we're in a global economic recession. No, it's more likely that the morons either got themselves killed or locked up in jail.

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