Psychologist Lt. Col. Dave Grossman On The Act Of Killing
Posted on 09/16/2014 3:55:18 AM PDT by markomalley
A British man convicted and jailed for Islamic terrorism in 1999 has, in a lengthy and indulgent feature with Sky News, blamed violent computer games for “dehumanised” young Britons going abroad to fight for the Islamic state.
The twelve minute report – which showed at regular intervals yesterday on Sky News – features a number of recorded interviews with British Muslims expressing their opinions on the reasons for the radicalisation of young muslims. One, a rapper, blames ‘injustice’ and cites Muslims in the UK who are so distrustful of the government and media they don’t even believe the political executions of ‘Jihadi John’ of three Westerners are real.
Convicted terrorist Shahid Butt opines that Britain’s young are “dehumanised” by violent computer games, saying “you’ve got an eight, nine, ten year old child playing those kind of violent games with heads blowing off and limbs blowing off. What kind of mentality is that child going to have? You’ve dehumanised that person. To go and fight in Syria is as easy as going on holiday to Disneyland. Because you’ve made it easy!”.
A spokesperson for the counter extremism think-tank Quilliam told Breitbart London that Butt’s assessment failed to consider many of the real reasons young people go abroad to fight, and that it oversimplified the matter. Ghaffar Hussain said: “I don’t think video games are that prominent in the radicalisation process. Many people play computer games across the board, and they don’t turn into Jihadis”.
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total bs. most don’t have computers. lol
He’s a typical lib.
People that lack basic food, water, and electricity play video games?
My nephew got his favorite Uncle caught up in that Call to Duty game...
It is very stress relieving...IMO...;-)
He still has the reaction speed to whoop up on me, but that doesn’t mean much...He is still a good kid!!!
I’m actually the problem...
I am older, wiser and meaner...
He missed the obvious corrupting factor. These terrorists are ALL infected with islam.
Islam is a cancer that needs to be irradiated
Oh, hell he must have trained under Hillary for that excuse.....
I agree with the professor.
More likely that the muzzies are heckled and told to FOAD on gaming sites when their recruiting fails. So they want gaming eliminated as they cannot leverage it.
Many of the ISIS videos are taken with headcams and edited with slow motion at the “good” parts. It looks just like those games
Yeah I am sure Islam isn’t at fault here...
> My nephew got his favorite Uncle caught up in that Call to Duty game...
It is very stress relieving...IMO...;-)
He still has the reaction speed to whoop up on me, but that doesn’t mean much...He is still a good kid!!!
I’m actually the problem...
I am older, wiser and meaner...
Let me guess...you plant claymore’s around the corners of buildings or doorways of buildings then squeeze off a few rounds to get him to chase you or set up a sniper post on open terrain that you know he will have to cross to get from point A to point B?...: )
Experience has its perks...
hilarious
blame video games and not their rotten PC culture?
I have a buddy who used to set down a bouncing betty, then place a trophy system (good for defeating two grenades) on top of it when he played Modern Warfare 3. You could walk up and hit the trophy system with a knife to disable it. The enemy would do that to get points, then the bouncing betty would go off.
Youth and skill only go so far.
No, it’s not computer games, it’s ISLAM.
So Muhammed was a big CounterStrike fan?
The article is about British Muslims who join ISIS. Many terrorists have funding for smart phones. The Taliban in Afghanistan would have farmers use their phones to relay our patrol locations, etc.
“Age and treachery, win, over youth and skill, every time...”
In 1v1 I could get most to rage quit in 4 kills in MW3...;-)
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