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Old 08-08-2008, 11:44 AM   #116
Yorick
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Default Re: Grand Theft Auto inspires Thai murder

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Originally Posted by Chewbacca View Post
It's obvious you haven't played the game and that you don't know much about how video games are marketed or sold.
Forgive me but isn't a key part of the human understanding gleaned from learning from others?

Yes, much knowledge is gleaned from personally going through a situation. But one can learn much about drug addiction for example, by watching a relative go through it, rather than going through it yourself.
In fact, it can be argued, that observation from a neutral position may actually bring knowledge the experiencer doesn't have - like what it means to live with a drug addict.

You as a gamer may be completely unaware of the change in your anger levels.

Your wife will be much more able to testify at how much more of a beast you are after playing violent games than you will.

Certainly that is my experience of relationship. My wife holds a gigantic mirror for me to see things I otherwise am blind to.

And effects of MMORPG playing was one of them.
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