PRESIDENT OBAMA has now been sworn in for a second term, and there are no reports of anyone messing up lines; thus, tomorrow's ceremony will be purely unsubstantive, and hundreds of thousands of people will stand outside the capital, for no practical reason other than to listen to a campaign speech, no matter what the weather is..
...for a meaningless, repetitive, needless ritual...four years ago the first ceremony was the public one, but was botched, so a private repeat was done the next day; this time, the private version comes first...
Obama's plan to reduce gun violence in america includes spending millions of dollars to find out if violent video games inspire violence in the real world, and if so, how so, and to what extent. Some people might argue that this is stupid and unnecessary;
of course violent video games make people violent, right? How can they not? Well, it isn't quite that simple. No scientific study ever conducted, and there have been many, has ever proven a connection between the games and the violent bahavior.
all the stueids have at least one vital flaw, and therefore the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the sale of video games cannot be banned due to any harmful effects, at least, not yet. S properly done study will probably prove the issue one way or the other.
It has been suggested by some that violent video games, rather then causing violent behavior, actually help prevent it, by helping express the violent instincts withtin the game players, thus satisfying vicariously their emotional need.
sounds crazy, but, who knows. obama says it makes no sense not to get the wcience behind video game influences on people right, and you can see his point. others might point out that it makes no difference how video games effect people, they should be legal, but are not an excuse to abuse guns.
Still, you would think that by now some University would have done some verifiable research and reached some definitive verifiable conclusions about the question.
Even if it doesn't matter what the answer is, its an interesting question.
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