There is and has been a debate whether children who are exposed to and actively engaged in virtual depictions of war, manslaughter, murder and mayhem are in any way perverted by such exposure: whether they are de-sensitized to violence and things like that; whether they might be inclined to pull wings off insects, waterboard cats and dogs, and torture prisoners and bomb wedding parties.
The evidence is unclear.
I think the exposure results in a desire for the liquid stimulus of the chemicals in the blood released by the virtual reality of such games: the testosterone, the adrenalin, the liquid fear and risk!
And it creates a desire for more.
But it would be too simple if the kids of Video Violence grew up to be mercenaries...
...they will be alpha males and females driven into monstrous mutation, created by our own little Island of Dr. Moreau right at home, where we induce the chemicals into their innocent bodies.
Perhaps they will grow up to be supreme risk-takers in finance, balancing on the edge of rationality in the financial sector, gambling with the welfare and livelihood of the entire society! Perhaps they will search to create conflicts where they may feel renewed, creating wars and discords!
It's all in the blood!
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