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Todays topic is the topic of our proposal paper. As some of you may know,I have had a week of living hell so I might be changing the stance I take on this but only because I don't feel like arguing the losing side. As of right now, my topic is that video games do not cause violent tendencies in gamers outside of the games any more then a violent game of football or comparable activities. The reason I'm taking this stance is I'm absolutely sick and tired of seeing the way older generations shy away from me when they ask what I like to do in my free time because I game. I've actually lost a job interview because “ it is the opinion of the owner of this establishment that the applicants activities outside of work may make him a danger to the store and other employees.” I am not a violent person. It takes me a great deal more to get truly angry then many of my other non gamer friends actually. Among my gamer friends, very few of them exibit overtly violent behaviors. There are the occasional “I'm going to fucking kill you!”s but that's because we're passionate about what we do. You'll get similar reactions with a hardcore football fan watching his team losing while a fan of the opposing team laughs or anything that one is truly passionate about, that is competitive, and really get's the blood pumping. That's actually the source of the reason so many people think video games make people violent. There isn't that much you can compare it to that's as...action packed, adrenaline inducing, and competitive so it's difficult to compare it to. That being said, it does compare to other pass times, it is no worse then other activities that people participate in. It might actually be viewed as better because while a soccer game in some countries would incite a riot, all a gamer can do is curse into the headset and make derisive comments about one anothers mothers. Fewer people get hurt because of that.

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