Alright...stick with me here people.:
What make me think I'm qualified to answer these ques - simple...I am willing to do so 😉 [thanks ush]
Why phone rings whilest your in the bath tub? - not really sure..I usu take showers 😉 .... though I think it's more of a psychological mindset that you only remember that the phone is ringing while you are in the bathtub b/c it inconveniences you.
......"playing God" - I'm sorry that my terminology was the cause of much confusion....let's return to the ques of cloning - Keep in mind that science is a wonderful thing, but it doesn't explain everything....(some things take faith...another story...) Cloning life forms....I believe would be wrong.....cloning tissues to help the many people on this earth that I believe is where the "miracle" of science known as cloning comes in to play.
BTW I got the term "playing God" from an english class discussion on Mary Shelly's Frankenstein.....Dr. Frankenstein created a machine that could bring a person back to life, but it backfired and everything turned out chaotic...and everyone the doctor cared about got hurt....
that's a very interesting topic. PS2 game 'Grand theft auto 3' was tried to get banned, people thought it was too cruel. that didn't succeed, but the game State of Emergency was stopped before it had come to the country.
this is madness IMO, if one doesn't see the fiction of these games they must be pretty 'special' already.
I agree with Mah that it is a very interesting topic and with Yerssot that you could talk for ages on this sub....here's m,y opinion: (question : link b/t video games and violence)
I believe that there is only a minor link, if any, b/t video games and violence. People make their own decisions, and therefore, they are responsible for such actions. Crimes have been a part of every society since the "Fall of Man"..... meaning that violence has been a problem long before there was even electricity and indoor plumbing 🙄 so obviously video games couldn't have influenced crimes and violence back before they even existed. Sin is the cause of violence, and it has plagued Earth for centuries. (You know spending hours playing video games leaves one tired....tiredness could lead to anger and irritability....not really violence) Blaming video games for the negative impact upon youth is probabbly accurate, but saying that it leads people to commit crimes is just another way to turn blame from oneself.....
On the other hand, such games that promote hate or blatant violence (with impunity) sould probably not exsist. Sure they're cool to play, but there are probably better ways people could spend their time...like reading books 🙂 I love playing video games.
It's late so my answer may not be entirely articulate, but I'll be back tomorrow to try to clear up any confusion 😉
Throwing around words like 'proven' won't help anything, yerss. I think you will find that studies in this area are very contradictory and confused and nothing is for certain. "Some studies have shown" would have been a better thing to say.
Julie, do you think the RATE of violence among young people in your country is increasing? And if so, what do you blame, if not the media and computer games?