When I was young I also argued, that violent computer games and movies don't make me more violent. That they are fiction and that I can distinguish them from re

When I was young I also argued, that violent computer games and movies don't make me more violent. That they are fiction and that I can distinguish them from reality. From what I know now (which might be half knowledge and thus totally bullshit), the problem with violence is not really agression. Everybody is angry from time to time. Also other feelings like fear, frustration and psychological sickness might make you act violent or make you feel that hitting and killing other people is not an act of violence. But other factors are important. One is, that you can picture (meaning have the clear idea) of hurting someone and the barrier that stops you from executing this picture, which is made of empathy ("you are like me, I should not hurt you") and moral/ethics, which are an artificial created result of society. Based on this I feel that violent computer games really increased my chance of one day hurting other people. On one side, when I am angry with other people, I can picture more clearly how I want to hurt them and which tools might be useful for that purpose. Without my "experience" from movies and c.games I might have to think more clearly, how to efficiently apply pain to other people. I have more clear ideas then "take something hard and attack, when totally in rage". Also I feel that my barrier is lowered through these impressions. If I often watch this kind of movie and play this kind of game, the "experience" itself becomes more of a daily experience and less something being special and disgusting. Maybe I am just not mentally healthy or the one in a million who reacts this way to computer games. So I can't really speak for other people. But I myself am quite sure that violent computer games increase the chance of me being violent and that my parents did a good job of trying to keep these away from me.