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gonjo

Bio: I am a university-educated peasant from the Vancouver region of British Columbia, employed in construction - currently siding.

Violent video-games are relaxing

April 5, 2008 8:16am

Hey folks, not a gamer here - and I'm willing to take the apparent consensus word for it that WoW is not particularly violent - but I would be reluctant to accept anything like a suggestion that some activity doesn't make one violent just because an experimental subject is deemed relaxed immediately afterward. But then, I'm also doubtful that the way to handle anger or aggression is to get them out of your system. To me, it looks like catharsis doesn't cleanse the psyche; instead it leads to the bad habit of acting out on angry impulses. (Angry guy says "No it doesn't, you $^&%& !!!" - ahhh, that's better.)

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