I bumped into one of these just the other day on the steam forums. <br><br>He claimed video games made people violent, that they "stain the soul", that somehow the actions we take in games have real world repercussions (so if you play an evil character in a game, you're an evil person in real life). I simply stated that I had heard this repeated a lot, I can see why people believe that, but it's a misunderstanding of correlation and causation, and multiple studies have shown it isn't true. <br><br>He immediately got personal, said that my comment was "all rationalisation and excuses" and that "everyone can see there is immutable proof, they just deny it because they have reasons to do so". <br><br>Basically we all just lie because we're terrible people and want to lie to ourselves that we're not. Utter self-righteous, holier than thou jerk. I asked him how, if he played these same games (and he does) how he avoided his "soul being stained". <br><br>He claimed he never said that, that i was deliberately misquoting him, that I was "foaming at the mouth" and "rabid" and I was just showing that "feeding the monster inside" was true, that I was harassing him (by asking him how he avoided the same "fate" as we) etc<br><br>Classic behaviour that this video talks about. Make an outrageous claim, someone says "hey, the actual facts say that isn't so", then claim that you never said it, call the person a liar, make personal attacks, finally, claim to be a victim.,(reply>), Yeah, that's their tactic. Best thing is to just block them so that you won't have to see their posts and they can't see yours.