CNN claims GTA IV is training kids to kill

[luinil]

You are not arguing against an opinion here... These are hard facts. I also have a small rule about Wikipedia... It isn't a valid source in a debate. Outside of real discussion it is fine, but here... It won't pass muster.

And you say that

When you replace "follow the laws or be punished" with "follow the laws or die", human life becomes significantly less meaningful, and society has a huge problem in its hands, both with its values and in reality.

You are not correct. When you put someone to death for committing murder it isn't devaluing human life, it is actually increasing it. If you do something so horrid as to take someone's life (ie. murder) then it is only right that to place the ultimate price on that act (the act of taking a life).