... if that is the same study that my psychologist mother was telling me about. If so, one of the conclusions was that the reason that video games make kids more aggressive is that the kids don't actually get violent. The theory my mom explained to me is that if the kids were outside playing with sticks and acting out the stabbings and maimings, then they would be burning off the chemical/hormonal overdrive that results from being put in stressful situations that trigger the fight or flight response. Kids just sitting in front of their monitors don't, so the theory goes, and the child in question ends up acting out aggressively in other ways.

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There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic

I like Johnny Cash, but have to admit was disappointed by the movie aswell.  There was nothing that kept me glued to the seat, as a result turned it off after an hour of watching it.

"As for the above statement, I'll ignore it just for my well being."

didn't finish "Ray".

The Ray Charles story, although certainly well acted, was depressing, and the character was pretty ugly.  And, all the talk of his genius got to be too much.  Did he do one single song that wasn't a 1-4-5 blues? I didn't think so.  Which is not to say that I don't like some of his stuff, only that I felt about Ray the way you evidently felt about Walk the Line.

I thought Walk the Line was an interesting love story.  I liked the context of the early career of Johnny Cash, and I liked how he kept trying to reinvent himself. I thought the acting was terrific.

About video games, I can only say the my vegetarian, formerly pacifistic, daughter got into "Twisted Metal" a few years ago and hasn't been the same since.
Buy my books, dammit!

I agree. After a half hour I fell into websurfing in front of it.
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