There’s a lot of talk in the news these days about the violent video games that kids are playing these days and how some religious organizations are against them citing that violent games will produce violent children.

Today, I realized that the people that are against these games have in the front of their houses of worship a cross, on which a man is nailed, graphically bleeding from his wrists, side and head.

If the people are confronted with a giant, bloody, dead man where they go to find peace, shouldn’t they either be violent themselves or severely skewed in what they can or can’t say is too violent?

As a huge fan of Slayer, death metal, and violent video games for well over 20 years, I can proudly say that video games have had little affect on how I interact with the world. Give me a gun in a video game, and I will pop an enemy’s squash like a melon. In real life, though, I have yet to knife, shoot, mame, run over, set on fire, choke, or in any way laser beam a human being.

Does anyone ever think that maybe a little death metal in the ears or grenade throwing on the screen will prevent some fist throwing in the school yard? Actually, the best players of first person shooters that I have met are the most docile away from the screen. Maybe video games and metal are actually cathartic.

Guilt, pressure, and your local priest statistically have a better chance of damaging your children than Judas Priest or a video game. Do the math.

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