The Blame Game Anaylisis
The Blame Game analysis
Violent video games have been blamed for school shootings, increases in bullying, and violence toward women. Critics argue that these games desensitize players to violence, reward players for stimulating violence, and teach children that violence is an acceptable behavior. Although critics believe this to be true, there are some people who believe otherwise such as Roger Pilon, who expressed his thought and ideas on the matter in an article he wrote that appeared in the Denver Rocky Mountain News paper on May 9, 1999, entitled “The Blame Game”. In this article he elaborated on the issue of video-game creators being held liable for for the crime that are committed today especially among the youth, for example the Littleton tragedy. Pilon speaks on how not only video game makers, but the media in general all have the right to create and advertise whatever they want by way of the Constitution and the only person who should be blamed and punished for a crime is the direct person who committed the crime. This is revealed by way of the audience Pilon intends to reach through his article which is law enforcers, and parents of video game players all to say that its not the video games that is causing the crime but its the individual.
Through out the article Pilon consistently refers back to the law and how the law is handled. He also mentions how law enforcers make the attempt to reduce crime hence the reason for blaming violent video games. He says there are two basic ways we handle crime through law. We try to reduce risks through regulatory restrictions law, and after an incident we hold those responsible legally, criminally, and civilly, to pay for their losses. He goes on to explain how the treat punishment will guide someone to adjust their behavior and actions, but that is not always so. Pilon then goes on to explain how the media is being held accountable by law enforcers for this that indirectly implicated in an incident.
Violent video games have been blamed for school shootings, increases in bullying, and violence toward women. Critics argue that these games desensitize players to violence, reward players for stimulating violence, and teach children that violence is an acceptable behavior. Although critics believe this to be true, there are some people who believe otherwise such as Roger Pilon, who expressed his thought and ideas on the matter in an article he wrote that appeared in the Denver Rocky Mountain News paper on May 9, 1999, entitled “The Blame Game”. In this article he elaborated on the issue of video-game creators being held liable for for the crime that are committed today especially among the youth, for example the Littleton tragedy. Pilon speaks on how not only video game makers, but the media in general all have the right to create and advertise whatever they want by way of the Constitution and the only person who should be blamed and punished for a crime is the direct person who committed the crime. This is revealed by way of the audience Pilon intends to reach through his article which is law enforcers, and parents of video game players all to say that its not the video games that is causing the crime but its the individual.
Through out the article Pilon consistently refers back to the law and how the law is handled. He also mentions how law enforcers make the attempt to reduce crime hence the reason for blaming violent video games. He says there are two basic ways we handle crime through law. We try to reduce risks through regulatory restrictions law, and after an incident we hold those responsible legally, criminally, and civilly, to pay for their losses. He goes on to explain how the treat punishment will guide someone to adjust their behavior and actions, but that is not always so. Pilon then goes on to explain how the media is being held accountable by law enforcers for this that indirectly implicated in an incident.