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Virginia Tech Shootings Root in Video Games
Dr. Phil McGraw, the host of Dr. Phil talk-show, blamed shootings in Virginia Tech on video games. Violence in video games is programming the kids to commit murders, McGraw made clear during the Larry King show on CNN.
“The problem is we are programming these people as a society. You cannot tell me -- common sense tells you that if these kids are playing video games, where they're on a mass killing spree in a video game, it's glamorized on the big screen, it's become part of the fiber of our society,” Phil McGraw told Larry King following the Virginia Tech massacre. “We're going to have to start addressing those issues and recognizing that the mass murders of tomorrow are the children of today that are being programmed with this massive violence overdose.”
McGraw’s words were echoed by Jack Thompson, the lawyer famous for efforts targeted at banning violence in video games. Thompson has faulted Take Two, the maker of Grand Theft Auto, for creating criminal atmosphere, adversely affecting the kids.
But the link between the deadliest shootings in Virginia Tech and Cho Seung Hui’s fancy for video games haven’t been proven yet.
On April 16, young Cho Seung Hui of South Korea massacred 32 fellow students and teachers in the worst shooting rampage in U.S. history. As police closed in, he shot himself and was found on the floor of a classroom building with his weapons nearby.
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