Buddhist Leader believes violent video games therapeutic

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scottie said:

http://wii.qj.net/Buddhist-leader-believes-violent-video-games-can-be-therapeutic/pg/49/aid/134672

 

Does anyone know Jack Thompson's email address? I feel the need to forward this on to him

I think I could give you Jack Thompson's response right now and save you the bother of finding his e-mail address: "He's a Godless heathen, why would I listen to anything he has to say on the matter?"

Other than that, sure if you've spent your entire life in pursuit of enlightenment and the achievement of a state of emotional balance then I can see that violent video games would have no detrimental influence on your psyche. Not sure that this monk would necessarily agree that violent video games are going to be beneficial to rather more troubled young'ins.

I think there are violence boundaries in entertainment that get crossed, mostly by games and movies, TV less so and, well, radio isn't so much of a medium for violent content these days. Don't ask me to name the games because I basically don't bother playing any games that are R18 (highest rating here), so I play well below the boundary. The kind of violence that earns a game or movie an R18 really doesn't interest me. Now, sexual content that earns an R18 is an entirely different matter