economic stats (as if people mattered) gun control

[John Thornton]

I never made that connection and stated it was a controversial idea. I said
that watching violence desensitizes people to violence, not causes people to
be violent. It's not the same thing.

     John Thornton


> On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, John Thornton wrote:
>
> > been to the scene of many car accidents and they don't carry anywhere
near
> > the same violent connotation as the scene of a stabbing or gunshot. (I
used
>
> There's no correlation between symbolic violence and real violence.
> Japan and Hong Kong have the most violent media in the world; but also the
> lowest murder rates. 3D videogames are chockful of violence, but gamers
> are not known for bloody shooting rampages.
>
> -- Dennis
>