Taking Charge / GOING MY WAY

1. I fear that speaking about the subject of my taking charge assignment may blow my cover as anonymous. If you know me in real life, and know what I like and dislike (more along the lines of what i like), you should know who I am. If you do discover who I am, please don't tell anyone.
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2. It's a pretty general topic, one that has been going on for around three decades now, after the technological revolution. I'm talking about the video game revolution, of course, and the controversy around video games released in the 90's and 00's like Wolfenstein 3-D, Doom and Grand Theft Auto. The basic problem with how videogames are viewed today are that they are the cause of violence in school systems, school shootings and general society. Unfortunately, for the naysayers like Jack Thompson, an attorney that is extremely anti-videogame, there is no proof as to these allegations. People arguing for the claim that videogames are the cause of school shootings cite Columbine and the two children involved in the incident, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who both played the DOOM series frequently. Even more try to show that they made a custom level that pertained to their school, which has been proved to be untrue, as shown on this website, showing all levels that Harris created before the massacre
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/doom.asp
Nonetheless, just because a game is violent does not give the reason to create a sweeping generalization about all video games. Some games are incredibly pacifistic, like Super Mario Bros. or Pokemon, enjoyable by all ages. Video games like Manhunt, or Grand Theft Auto are labeled M (for Mature) because developers assume those who play the games are mature enough not to take the game for a reality-based situation. Those who DO go on shootings that have some sort of video-game related past should not first have the assumption that video games caused what they did. After the Virginia Tech shooting, the first question toward the shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, that I heard on the news was to whether or not the person in question played video games. This was later proved untrue, but shows exactly what kind of mentality people have about a simple electronic toy; video games.