As I had said to a friend, "Which is a more likely scenario, a video game with millions of other players happens to force one player into violence, or a violent person just happens to play one of the most popular games on the planet?"
There are over 10 million people out there playing World of Warcraft and not killing people.
Meanwhile there are murders nearly every day in Chicago by non-gamers.
This is just another example of correlation not equaling causation.
You're wrong. Mike doesn't profit off the lack of artists' rights. You know who does? The gatekeepers. Nobody hates artists' rights more than the gatekeepers, because the more rights the artists have, the less money the gatekeepers make off them.
I wonder if this is a strategy they've been using...
Use up the entire appointed interview/debate time spouting off manufactured facts so that the opposing view doesn't get a chance to respond.
I doubt they'll even bother the effort to muster up a care in the world until they themselves are hit with a DMCA takedown and/or their domain is seized by the government.
Speeding on the highway most certainly changes my life when that same person further up the road decides he doesn't want to yield to another driver, causes an accident and everyone behind him for miles and hours are stuck not going anywhere fast.
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There are over 10 million people out there playing World of Warcraft and not killing people.
Meanwhile there are murders nearly every day in Chicago by non-gamers.
This is just another example of correlation not equaling causation.
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