@botherer @Jonathan_Blow I don't think it's Fox News-ish to decline to rush to defend things just because they're a kind of video game
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Replying to @leighalexander
@leighalexander@Jonathan_Blow It *IS* Fox News-ish to say, when asked for evidence, "It's obvious!"1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @botherer
@botherer@Jonathan_Blow maybe, but when ppl ask me to 'prove' they're tacky, low, ugly and dark, 'it's obvious' is sometimes my reply4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @leighalexander
@leighalexander@Jonathan_Blow This is a discussion that began with the "obvious" negative effects of violence. That's all I was discussing.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @botherer
@botherer@jonathan_blow fair enough, yeah, I just think potential 'negative effects' are larger than the kind of 'effect on behaviour' --1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @leighalexander
@leighalexander@Jonathan_Blow And I'm fascinated by such things, and crave seeing good evidence for them.4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @leighalexander
@leighalexander I agree. And I desperately wish gaming didn't rely so needlessly on violence. It's a pathetically immature medium.9 replies 1 retweet 2 likes -
Replying to @leighalexander
@leighalexander Every time someone says, "games cause X - it's obvious" without evidence, they further endanger people from real causes.1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
@botherer @leighalexander @Jonathan_Blow check out George Gerbner's Cultivation Theory & the Mean World Syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_world_syndrome …
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Replying to @femfreq
@femfreq@botherer@leighalexander@Jonathan_Blow but that is true about all media, the news would be a bigger contributor to that syndrome0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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