Originally Posted by WarChild

I think it's funny when people blame violent video games.

Look at New Zealand. It's one of, if not the safest country in the World to live in. What's interesting about it is they speak English, they're a Westernized modern nation and guess what, their children play violent video games and watch violent videos just like North American children. For some reason though, far, far, far fewer of them blow up and commit heinous acts of violence.

The same is true, although to a lesser extent, if you compare The United States with Canada. Similar history, culture, economics, politics, language and entertainment yet Canadian children are less likely to grow up to be psychopaths.

Is it possible that violent stimuli could be a contributing factor? Sure, but there's something else going on as the underlying cause.