NP - It's not the video games

[rich]

Hey, Pynchon is obscure and loopy with the best of them. I suppose we
all are to some extent on this list.

rich

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Tara Brady <madame.brady at gmail.com> wrote:
> No worries at all, David. You're probably right on both counts. Obscure and
> loopy. T
>
>
> On Thursday, 20 December 2012, David Morris wrote:
>>
>> Sorry Tara. I jumped the gun. Just plain my bad.
>>
>> On Wednesday, December 19, 2012, Ian Livingston wrote:
>>>
>>> I gather Tara is suggesting it's time for the US to outgrow its barbarous
>>> old coat of a citizen militia disguising the uncivilized fascination with
>>> all manner of firearms and their broad availability to untrained users. I'm
>>> inclined to agree.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:44 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Just saying what?
>>>>
>>>> Say something.  A pic of a quote isn't saying anything. This post was
>>>> obscure because you're probably loopy.
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, December 19, 2012, Tara Brady wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> From Irish aggregate news site earlier today... Just saying.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://cf.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Thomas-Jefferson-Inscription-634x845.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 20 December 2012 02:28, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fine studies linking violent video games to "increased aggressive
>>>>>> behavior.  And how does that counter the fact that other agro vid games play
>>>>>> outside US don't result in multiple gun massacres?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The agro-vid line is a diversion from guns as root cause of these
>>>>>> massacres.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David Morris
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, December 19, 2012, alice wellintown wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Longitudinal effects of violent video games on aggression in Japan
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> the United States.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CONCLUSIONS:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> These longitudinal results confirm earlier experimental and
>>>>>>> cross-sectional studies that had suggested that playing violent video
>>>>>>> games is a significant risk factor for later physically aggressive
>>>>>>> behavior and that this violent video game effect on youth generalizes
>>>>>>> across very different cultures. As a whole, the research strongly
>>>>>>> suggests reducing the exposure of youth to this risk factor.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18977956
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A longitudinal study of the association between violent video game
>>>>>>> play and aggression among adolescents.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sustained violent video game play was significantly related to
>>>>>>> steeper
>>>>>>> increases in adolescents' trajectory of aggressive behavior over
>>>>>>> time.
>>>>>>> Moreover, greater violent video game play predicted higher levels of
>>>>>>> aggression over time, after controlling for previous levels of
>>>>>>> aggression, supporting the socialization hypothesis. In contrast, no
>>>>>>> support was found for the selection hypothesis. Nonviolent video game
>>>>>>> play also did not predict higher levels of aggressive behavior over
>>>>>>> time. Our findings, and the fact that many adolescents play video
>>>>>>> games for several hours every day, underscore the need for a greater
>>>>>>> understanding of the long-term relation between violent video games
>>>>>>> and aggression, as well as the specific game characteristics (e.g.,
>>>>>>> violent content, competition, pace of action) that may be responsible
>>>>>>> for this association.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22040315
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Researchers have reported experimental evidence linking violent video
>>>>>>> games to more aggressive behavior, particularly as it relates to
>>>>>>> children who are at more sensitive stages in their socialization.
>>>>>>> These effects have been found to be particularly profound in the case
>>>>>>> of child-initiated virtual violence.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://yvpc.sph.umich.edu/2011/08/24/video-games-influence-violent-behavior/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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