jagsthecat Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I actually love the quality of graphics in films but despise nasty macho video games , there must be healthier ways to channel all that testosterone And thus you prove my point. Actually re-reading and this is just a troll thread. Nothing to see here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbob Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 The media go on about radicalised jihadis . Has anyone mentioned that radicalisation or , to put it another way , de sensitisation to violence , might be due to violent computer games where the next level becomes actual physical violence with a corresponding sense of achievement? Who buys and plays violent computer games ? Surely it's angry testosterone filled young men with no outlet for their feelings? Just considering another dimension which the Msm never touch....... Yes the daily mail as mentioned it. British brothers fighting for Isis in Syria were groomed by extremists using Call of Duty, claims their father Psychologists warned this year that violent video games stunt the 'moral maturity' of teenagers. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2710478/British-brothers-fighting-Isis-Syria-groomed-extremists-using-Call-Duty-claims-father.html#ixzz3ClFc6YEe Some people are very susceptible to suggestion and can be convinced of almost anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 No.................. Couldn't put it better if I tried! ---------- Post added 08-09-2014 at 22:24 ---------- I actually love the quality of graphics in films but despise nasty macho video games , there must be healthier ways to channel all that testosterone You've got no idea what you're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafya Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Looks like these British Jihadis are getting their just deserts= http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/508134/Cream-Puff-Brigade-JIhadists-locked-up-in-Syrian-torture-camp They deserve no sympathy although the media should be showing more about this on the news to maybe dissuade anyone else that is thinking of joining Isis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinz Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Yes the daily mail as mentioned it. Some people are very susceptible to suggestion and can be convinced of almost anything. Irony alert, Irony alert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I think these idiots were around long before computer games. 632AD to be exact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Yes the daily mail as mentioned it. British brothers fighting for Isis in Syria were groomed by extremists using Call of Duty, claims their father Psychologists warned this year that violent video games stunt the 'moral maturity' of teenagers. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2710478/British-brothers-fighting-Isis-Syria-groomed-extremists-using-Call-Duty-claims-father.html#ixzz3ClFc6YEe Some people are very susceptible to suggestion and can be convinced of almost anything. If the Daily Mail said it, that's already vastly reduced the chances of it being true. ---------- Post added 09-09-2014 at 06:33 ---------- Irony alert, Irony alert. It's saddening, I have family abroad who occasionally are horrified by some travesty or all the bad things that are happening to England. When I ask what they're talking about it turns out they've been reading scare stories on DM online. It's almost on a par with Fox news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemanbob Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Looks like these British Jihadis are getting their just deserts= http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/508134/Cream-Puff-Brigade-JIhadists-locked-up-in-Syrian-torture-camp They deserve no sympathy although the media should be showing more about this on the news to maybe dissuade anyone else that is thinking of joining Isis. Or not, why would we want to dissuade Isis sympathizers from leaving the UK? ---------- Post added 09-09-2014 at 06:48 ---------- If the Daily Mail said it, that's already vastly reduced the chances of it being true. Several other media sources have also said it including the BBC. A British fighter with the extremist group called ISIS in Syria and Iraq has compared terrorism to video game Call of Duty. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/27838978 The father-of-three children boasted that life with ISIS, who have taken control of parts of Syria and Iraq, is "better than that game Call of Duty." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Several other media sources have also said it including the BBC. A British fighter with the extremist group called ISIS in Syria and Iraq has compared terrorism to video game Call of Duty. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/27838978 The father-of-three children boasted that life with ISIS, who have taken control of parts of Syria and Iraq, is "better than that game Call of Duty." The BBC article makes no claims similar to that which you quoted from the Daily Mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzijlstra Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Recruiting through online games doesn't mean the games are fuelling the desire to be jihadi's, nor does it make folks desensitised to violence. It is just another channel aptly used to recruit people. We live in a highly globalised and networked world and posts like the OP show that folks still have a lot of understanding to do of the consequences of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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