Every time someone goes <i>“video games are violent and make children violent”,</i> I just say <b>“Boy Genghis Khan sure played a lot of video games growing up, no wonder he turned into such a warlord that killed millions.”</b><br><br>Violence is an inherent human trait. It's in all of us. But of course scapegoating a video game is so much easier rather than admitting one's faults.,(reply>), It's true I have had people tell me the same thing.<br><br>When they start this whole story I ask them OK so tel me what did Stalin play or mosalini, Hitler, Pol pot, Idia min. What where the video games being played by the vikings, the inquisition, British occupation, ww1, ww2, ect ect.<br><br>Don't blame something you don't know and ignore the past simply because you don't want to see what people are capable of if given a chance,(reply>), My approach is to ask if they ever thought about ripping out every page that depicts bloodshed, incestual relationships, or any other kind of questionable behaviour from The Odissey. Then, when they try some variation on "it isn't the same thing", I bring up the Nazis' concept of "degenerate art" and the public book burnings to give them a good idea of the way their "reasoning" sounds like.