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Not only is it true that [[New Media Are Evil]], but some works attract criticism because of loose association with some contemporary murder or suicide. [[Trope Namer|The title comes from]] since-disbarred attorney Jack Thompson's accusation against games like ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]''. |
Not only is it true that [[New Media Are Evil]], but some works attract criticism because of loose association with some contemporary murder or suicide. [[Trope Namer|The title comes from]] since-disbarred attorney Jack Thompson's accusation against games like ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]''. |
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[[Moral Guardians]]' attempts to blame the ''New'' Media often overlook the fact that it's only our [[Nostalgia Filter|misty watercolor memories]] that make it seem like murder sprees and school shootings only started happening after the release of ''[[Doom]]''. In fact, prior to the 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre, the deadliest school shooting in US history was the University of Texas at Austin massacre in ''1966'' (A school ''bombing'' in 1927 was deadlier than either). Also, the rate of violent crime has gone ''down'' since the widespread adoption of video games in the 90's, for reasons that are complex and poorly understood but almost certainly have nothing to do with Video Games.<ref> |
[[Moral Guardians]]' attempts to blame the ''New'' Media often overlook the fact that it's only our [[Nostalgia Filter|misty watercolor memories]] that make it seem like murder sprees and school shootings only started happening after the release of ''[[Doom]]''. In fact, prior to the 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre, the deadliest school shooting in US history was the University of Texas at Austin massacre in ''1966'' (A school ''bombing'' in 1927 was deadlier than either). Also, the rate of violent crime has gone ''down'' since the widespread adoption of video games in the 90's, for reasons that are complex and poorly understood but almost certainly have nothing to do with Video Games.<ref>A lot of people against this trope are quick to retort that video games encourage the would-be mass-murderers to take out their aggression on virtual characters and worlds, citing reports of declining crime rates as proof. Unfortunately, people who do this don't understand that [[Logical Fallacies|correlation does not imply causation]].</ref> |
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Sometimes, the works are blamed before any evidence has come out, which is swept under the rug when it's shown that the perpetrators [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch|didn't bother with the work in question]]. |
Sometimes, the works are blamed before any evidence has come out, which is swept under the rug when it's shown that the perpetrators [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch|didn't bother with the work in question]]. |
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