Comments on: Top Shrink: Akiba Stabber’s Brain Poisoned by Games

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:27:19 +0000

SO many advatages. Games make us…
Not spinless
Cautious
and Honest

The doc is blinded by theses facts.
Virtual games actually train people for the REAL nasty world.

By: Ch1nGFuX

Ch1nGFuX — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:27:25 +0000

Well, you do have a point. Children can “escape” reality using these methods but whether can they differentiate between fantasy and reality depends on those around them. Especially their parents.

Think about it, who told you barney was fake??

By: haruthebum

haruthebum — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:21:58 +0000

I think they have it mixed up. I think kids who are bullied or don’t feel safe or welcome in society usually turn to games or anime as a way of escaping reality, I think games and anime are actually one of the few things KEAPING kids from going out and killing people.

just think what would happen if all those messed up bastards on 2chan, 4chan, gurochan etc. would do if they had allot of free time because all there virtual entertainment was suddenly banned by the government.

there would be mass riots and war.japan would be filled with blood. banning games and anime is like “cutting the chain that holds the dog an inch from your neck” its just retarded.

people see all these murders/rapes as if its something new, these things have been going on since the beginning of time and will never truly disappear. the only reason it seems as if there is more is going is because we now have the ability to read news from around the world easily, when before we only heard of the important things from other countries. rant rant etc.

By: Asuka

Asuka — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:43:59 +0000

Arg, this is why Japan’s psychological counseling system is so behind. This shrink himself is committing the error of “mistaken causality”. Just because two things are correlated does NOT mean one causes the other. There could be other factors (depression, social isolation, low self-esteem etc.) that predispose one to both play games AND commit crimes. Is this so hard to understand for a nation that prides itself on its superior scientific/technological developments?

By: Artefact

Artefact — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:00:33 +0000

I am inclined to agree with all of you.

By: Frostea

Frostea — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:16:15 +0000

Argh, so much for space shrinking. Anyways, most should understand what that meant.

By: Frostea

Frostea — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:15:09 +0000

I think this calls for... ________________________ | | | WARNING | | | | DO NOT FEED THE TROLL! | | | | | |________________________| || || ||

By: Kresnik

Kresnik — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:41:21 +0000

@Thomas: I like your usage of words. Mas-gomi (Mass-Garbage) ^_^

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:31:16 +0000

What’s worse though is how the mas-gomi will jump on this like flies to dung and attempt to prove that this theory is universally applicable :(
In that case all us gamers and anime/manga lovers must be potential murderers *sarcasm

I think they should look at the true and serious problems facing society such as depression from a stressful upbringing or work environment etc.
Maybe the person had a horrible childhood, pressured and bullied at home and at school.
They are avoiding these problems by the sounds of things and this worries me (this is not an exclusive problem to Japan as the media do this all over the world sadly)

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:22:43 +0000

More reason to disregard these so called ‘experts’…
Sure there are some genuine experts in psychology but these sorts of guys just piss me off.
Their facts are fished out of the depths of their own colons.

By: DrmChsr0

DrmChsr0 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:53:07 +0000

[sarcasm]
And while we’re at it, let’s revive a wholesome tradition from the Heian era: raping women! Fun for the whole family! And the woman too!
[/sarcasm]