Cyber Bullets do not Kill
It has become frequent nowadays to hear about shooting in schools, two years ago in January 25th, there was a shooting at the Beirut Arab University in Lebanon, and in April that same year more than thirty people were shot dead in the United States in what was known as the “Virginia Tech Massacre”. These shooting are not restricted to some counties, many have been observed worldwide notably in Finland, Germany, Australia, Russia and Thailand. People started to point fingers at violent media accusing violent media, especially violent games, to be leading to real-life violence, while others took the defense of violent media. I believe that violent media should not be held responsible for such acts -although that it may be a small contributing factor- , mainly because violence rates are not increasing, research done is not conclusive, and because violent media may also have some positive effects.
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