He lost me right at the emotive “If you play video games, you’ve shot a gun” intro. The rest of the video was a fine example of a specious argument. His whole argument revolves around the moral dilemma related to ‘supporting the firearms industry’ by buying games which license guns. What I find interesting is that he doesn’t lay out the argument which is that, ultimately, because we buy games which license gun designs, we allow gunmakers to make guns, or provide them impetus to design and license new ones.
On account of this (decidedly) tenuous (and unproven) link, we should be morally concerned about buying games which depict guns and (potentially, not necessarily) pay license fees to firearms companies. The more I consider this argument, the more ridiculous it is. It’s actually the kind of fallacious style of argument the gun-free crowd loves.
Urgh.
While we’re on the topic, why is he so hung up on guns? Have the preachy types finally decided that videogame violence is morally passe and not drawing enough of an outraged viewership on youtube?
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He lost me right at the emotive “If you play video games, you’ve shot a gun” intro. The rest of the video was a fine example of a specious argument. His whole argument revolves around the moral dilemma related to ‘supporting the firearms industry’ by buying games which license guns. What I find interesting is that he doesn’t lay out the argument which is that, ultimately, because we buy games which license gun designs, we allow gunmakers to make guns, or provide them impetus to design and license new ones.
On account of this (decidedly) tenuous (and unproven) link, we should be morally concerned about buying games which depict guns and (potentially, not necessarily) pay license fees to firearms companies. The more I consider this argument, the more ridiculous it is. It’s actually the kind of fallacious style of argument the gun-free crowd loves.
Urgh.
While we’re on the topic, why is he so hung up on guns? Have the preachy types finally decided that videogame violence is morally passe and not drawing enough of an outraged viewership on youtube?
*rolls eyes*
*walks away*