Origins+of+Violent+Behavior

**Origins of Violent Behavior **

Monkey see Monkey do, that is a phrase from our childhood that everyone is familiar with. As we have all grown older, we have come to an understanding that the phrase is just a sort of chlidi ﻿ sh blame, and we have come to delete it from our minds. Recently it has been dusted off from the back of our memories and has been used in a more serious matter.

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 Implications have been made against violence in video games, and the blame has been thought to be in the right place. School shootings, acts of vandalism, or any aggressive behavior has been unsuccessfully linked to prior video game use.

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 * Statistics show that since that popular title "Grand Theft Auto" has been released crime rates have gone down. There are two sides to evey story and that is what is overlooked when reporting stories about violent actions.
 * For example, R//ecently, avid video game user, John Smith created a bomb from a website on the internet. His intent was to destroy a local mall due to the amount of "Mom and Pop" stores being put out of business. On his computer, some popular titles were also discovered, such as: Grand Theft auto, Call of Duty, Gears of War, and Bomberman.//
 * When something like this is said it imediatly brings up the controversial issue of violence in video games provoking this person; but what the article didnt tell you was that __John was also a recent victim of a bancruptcy due to his store closing__. There are many cases like this one, where the real source of violence and aggresion is from either a tramatic incident in someones life, or just passed down through their family tree.
 * Violence has always exsisted, and always will. The only difference is, now society has something to blame it on rather then going deeper into the problem and analyzing all the possible catalysts. Our nation needs to realize that they have an independent mind and are able to look into something for themselves, and then form their own opinoin on the matter but until that happens, the issue will remain a present one.