China: Violence, drug addiction, teen pregnancy -- blame it on video games

Posted Dec 27, 2009 at 8:18AM by Mabie A. Listed in: PSP, Wii, PS3, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags:
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game_violenceChina has just put the blame on video games for... well... everything. Drug addictin, teen pregnancy, murder, name it, it's the fault of video games. Apparently, it's the spawn of the devil.

 

In a TV program entitled, "Confessions of  a Murderer -- Focus on Pornogrphy and Violence in Online Games (Part Two)," the report pointed out that up to 80 percent of the violent criminals in prison are there in the first place because of online games.

 

This media crackdown on video games is not unprecedented in China. Earlier in June, the government was in a lockdown with the operators of the world-famous World of Warcraft game.

 

So where does teen pregnancy and drug addiction come into play? According to the report, an online game called "Audition" encourages girls to have sex with people she met online, causing unwanted pregnancies, and thereby leading to abortions. As for the drugs, the report pointed to teenagers who became dependent on cough medicines, and eventually, metamphetamines, to keep them up all night in so they can keep up with the rigours of gaming.

 

 

Via [Computer World]

 

 

 


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# ...Mabie A. 2009-12-27 03:56
right. and video games are also the reason why we're losing trees.

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# HahaRolen47 2009-12-27 04:30
Thank god I don't live in China. Worst place in the world. The Government is ridiculous there.

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# Some moreSteven 2009-12-27 04:31
Garbage BS stuff, how the hell does games cause pregnancies, and drug addiction, i know of two friends who would probably be on drugs if it hadnt been for video games, and pregnancies, thats just people taking games too seriously, hmm "you lose now go have sex with the first person you meet" durrrrrr ok.

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# LOLsaldude2 2009-12-27 04:37
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OL ROFL Wat a bunch if ignorant fool OMG pls god give them a brain pls.................

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# ...saldude2 2009-12-27 04:38
Fools*

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# .NarooN 2009-12-27 04:51
Not surprised, since this is coming from a country who refuses to tell their citizens the truth about the country's past. They can't even go on wikipedia, or if they can now, it's most likely heavily censored. They don't even know about stuff like Tianamen Square and stuff, just propaganda.





They don't even back up these claims with anything that can be taken seriously. If you're really stupid enough to have sex with some random person, you deserve diseases/pregnancy.

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# roflmegamaverik 2009-12-27 05:34
Those chinese don't even believe in any religion except the occasional buddhism, which in my opinion is almost the same as being atheist due to still no belief in a creator, and so it really does not make sense for them making these accusations. LOL the only explanation would be that oriental asians are crazy and anything like that can cause them to due vile stuff such as murder and sex. Virginia Tech, 3 asians go crazy over a period of time and kill people, coincidence? I think not. Pretty disgusting that those people are not checked out beforehand. People say it would be prejudice but just keep watching what happens in tech. In this year some crazy asian(chinese) student killed someone with a knife and then killed themself. People JUST LOOK at the dam facts. Just wait for next yr to come. And don't even get me started on 2012.

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# just look as proofmegamaverik 2009-12-27 05:37
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# ...Phenie 2009-12-27 05:46
I'll agree that gaming can influence some people; but likewise pretty much anything can. If people are stupid enough to follow some example from a GAME, then they shouldn't be playing them in the first place.



Oh, and 'methamphetamine ' has been spelled incorrectly. ^^

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# Yeah, right. . .Mi|enko 2009-12-27 08:09
Sounds like some bad analysis to me (or some analysis that says what they want you to hear).



"80 percent of the violent criminals in prison are there in the first place because of online games." That number seems completely ridiculous. China has 1.5M people in prison, so this is basically saying that without video games, they'd be sitting with only 300k people in prison. . . Somehow, I doubt that.

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# megamaverikGUNBEHINDTHESUN 2009-12-27 08:17
You seem a bit confused too. How old are you?

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# damn screw china and the people it spawnsdarkfangex 2009-12-27 08:55
hells not to be racist but all the chinese are good for are cheap production lines. they are huge polluters , have an asshole goverment , and now they blame things on games. maybe they just suck that bad , hell i wouldnt mind if they destroyed every single part of china and built a forest over it . its economical , and ecological effects far outweigh their bullshit that they are spreading arond

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# GLOBAL WARMING!!!!!corytheidiot 2009-12-27 09:54
They are causing that too. XD jk



Kinda stupid in my opinoin. I wouldn't be shocked if their were a few people that played games and got to using drugs to stay up, but more than likely that still wouldn't be the only reason. Maybe some other, less obvious, reasons that no one cares to look into.

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# wowoneofthebest 2009-12-27 10:27
i hate it so much when people blame video games for everything. its like they cant think of a better excuse. but i also think that games are easy to point fingers at. it just sucks because i love gaming so much. and nice picture from the game postal. fun game.

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# megamaverikgirandhistacos 2009-12-27 10:32
You, you ignorant, self-righteous bastard, you need to never speak again.

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# Hmmm...Walo 2009-12-27 10:37
Maybe video games are the cause of the mass "brand" piracy in China. I guess those "Readbook" shoes or those "Motora" phones, or those "uPod" mp3 players, are based on those fantasy gadgets on videogames...

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# jashdNavani 2009-12-27 10:57
megamaverik is an idiot.



And I dunno, I've met a lot of Chinese people and they actually prefer it over there. Since I'm sure a lot of us don't live there, I'm sure they're used to it. I'm also sure they wonder why our government lets us poison ourselves with fast food. It's their culture.

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# -APerson 2009-12-27 11:28
Wow, some terrible journalism here. "China", as a collective whole as indicated by the article, did not blame all the listed problems on video games. The TV show did. The producers are to blame, not the whole government (to be honest have their own problems).



Or is this just a likely US based journalist once again trying to write something negative about China? Us unbiased individuals are getting quite sick of it when a valid argument isn't brought forward by the author.

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# ...symbal 2009-12-27 12:35
Well China's still technically a communist country with a massively accelerated faux business democracy, so you really can't be surprised by things like this, but as the businesses get more power and influence you can guarantee a more westernised approach and probably share the blame between gaming, celebrities, music and religion.

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# ...Jack450 2009-12-27 13:11
I don't believe this is true, maybe the inmates share a common interest in gaming but it has nothing to do with their personality. A slut is a slut, a pedophile is a pedophile which ever you spin it so don't be throwing the blame at everything else when you can't fix your own problems. They are acting like the Christian church, always saying that everything in this world is a sin and looking down upon you while raping their kids.

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# ...Musev 2009-12-27 13:27
the ammount of idiots in the comments here.



for example



"hells not to be racist but all the chinese are good for are cheap production lines. they are huge polluters , have an asshole goverment , and now they blame things on games"



you could change china to america and it would all still be true.



better the devil you know though eh?

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# -APerson 2009-12-27 13:29
Thank you Musev, if only we had people like you writing articles. Granted I wouldn't want to live in China for fear of my life, for the same reasons I wouldn't want to live in the US.

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# Yeahsymbal 2009-12-27 14:26
I bet Texas has been showing interest in those Chinese execution vans.

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# awesome picture thonorm851 2009-12-27 14:45
next the guy busts out a can of gas lights the room on fire and then to tip top it off takes a piss on the flaming body,

ahh i just love postal 2, great games, so hard to find nowadays.

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-1 # ...FelisCatusLover 2009-12-27 14:50
There COMMUNIST! No one give two bits about a single thing the say. If they had their way the whole country would be owned by a single leader. Don't listen to communist fucktards.

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# ..failtorespond 2009-12-27 15:25
So why did people rape, kill, and do drugs even before electricity? Was it from playing marbles too often?

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# Some sensejjcobra 2009-12-27 16:30
Finally, someone speaks sense.



Thank you symbal. Yes, western culture is influencing China through media outlets and business. Unfortunatly the political aspect is just as centralized as ever. They've allowed the people to buy things to show how progressive they are, but unfortunatly it's all a facade. They still want to cling to their communist roots and still control the citizens as much as possible.

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# The real reason...Demonsweat 2009-12-27 19:06
The Chinese government cares as much about morality as any other big government. Meaning, not very much. The real reason they've coming down hard on videogames is because they stifle productivity, and China's continued growth is entirely dependent on the hard work and productivity of its people. Anything that compromises that is seen as an enemy of the state.

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# damn...ov3rkill 2009-12-28 00:13
for some strange reason i haven't killed anyone, got high nor have sex with someone yet. i'm a fucking virgin gamer. haha



i guess i'm doing it wrong. lmao

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# Take responsibility! !!GodOfTheWire 2009-12-28 00:48
games bring violence and so do books, movies and tv shows. The thing is, when we fear, we look for someone or something to blame. They need to take responsibility and stop putting the blame on video games, "Be concious about your choices and be responsible for your action" quoted from Peaceful Warrior. Dont put the blame in video games, if they wanted to look for the "reason why" than they should look inside themselves and take responsibility.

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-1 # ...Musev 2009-12-28 06:21
"Don't listen to communist fucktards. "



and what? listen to capitalist "fucktards"??

you realise they are both the same evil dont you? both good on paper but bad in real life. you're just used to one so the other looks worse.

fucking idiot.

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# ....Silver-Tiger 2009-12-28 20:47
What's even more funny is that our politicians are trying to "talk" to these people, who are are clearly not willing to change even one bit of their lifestyle.

Just look at the result of Copenhagen. Who blocked ALL efforts to reduce the climate change? China. They clearly showed that they won't change their opinion, come hell or high water.



You could just as well try to make a Carnivore to an Herbivore, it would be the same.

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+1 # ...symbal 2009-12-28 21:12
The problem with China is they having this unpresidented speed of economic growth in the last 10 years that took other countries centuries to achieve, so it's obvious people are unwilling to change when you got a single generation of Chinese citizens and rulers going from hard communist rule to this economic freedom they got now, people shouldn't expect them to just instantly follow western ethics and rules untill really a few more generations have lived this new life.

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# ...cocoman 2009-12-29 15:56
i'm getting seriously angry when i read shit like this...

don't blame it on video games, blame it to books and paintings... sounds kinda senseless, eh?

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# ...killershot 2009-12-29 22:11
Haha look at the picture lol it Postal 2, I have it, and it is rather violent. It's old but still fun...



And yeah, this is a bunch of bull shit. Whats up with all this stuff video games dont hurt ppl. If ppl do these things and they play video games I bet they didnt get it from them. I mean seriously, Its the ppl behind these things not the video games.

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# live and learnmegamaverik 2009-12-29 23:09
You guys seriously need to look at the world for what it is. Everyone is evil in this world one way or the other but there exists people if more foul intentions. Ignorant azholz calling me ignorant? Look at the big picture. Of course there are some good asian people in this world. I even have some friends of this race. I am saying as a whole, the people should not be underestimated. My Chinese friends even told me he hates his own kind because they are cheap and like to only talk with others of their own kind. And if you haven't noticed, most people from some oriental Asian country never talk their other Asian friends in english even if they know how to speak it while you are in front of them such as in the grocery store among cashiers. The truth is that you are too stupid and you got to open your eyes for once if you ever want to learn about the real world. A lot of Asians are just plain rude and they punish and shun their kids for not getting all As. Do you actually think each generation will turn out good if this trend keeps continuing. I see Asians that are cool here but they were born here so they appreciate the culture and its people more while their parents would rather stare at people not like them as if they have done something wrong. And fking tell me that those fkin asians dont say stuff is "so asian". If they love asia so much they should go back. In my younger years, most of the asians of my grade level did not want anyone who was not oriental go sit at the cafeteria table they sat at. They told me straight up to my face. I wasn't mad because then I was nicer but when I grew older I really noticed how racist Asians can be. Always in their Asian groups anywhere, schools, parks, stores. You will see it. So fk all the haters and I hope your brains wake up to reality before your deaths.



btw azholez, if you guys are so mature then don't fking say anything about other people's post you stupid shts. It shouldn't matter what opinions other people have to you cross-eyed, brainless 5 yr olds.

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+1 # @megamaveriksymbal 2009-12-30 15:40
It's nice you have your own opinions but people who fit everyone from one culture into a simple little box and have a blanket dislike for them are called racists, you might want to alter your views if you don't want to look like one.

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+1 # @megamaverikAintaer 2010-01-22 16:43
"Of course there are some good Jewish people in this world. I even have some friends of this race. I am saying as a whole, the people should not be underestimated. My Jewish friends even told me he hates his own kind because they are cheap and like to only talk with others of their own kind..."

Oh hell just replace every "Asian" with "Jew" and you'd fit right in Germany circa 1939.

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