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LeftishBrit

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4. In the UK, blaming video games for everything is so Nineties

Reply to JoeyT (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 06:21 PM

Dec 2012

Nowadays, it's Facebook and other social media.

Susan Greenfield, who really should know better, has even implied that the (supposedly) increased rate of autism might be linked to over-use of social media. Considering that autism by definition must be present by the age of three, and few toddlers use Facebook, this is not very logical.

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Here comes the "video games cause school shootings" nonsense. [View all] Odin2005 Dec 2012 OP

Ohio Joe has taken up the good fight, uriel1972 Dec 2012 #1

I used to have that decathalon game for the Atari 2600 lizerdbits Dec 2012 #2

Of course it's also coming from the JoeyT Dec 2012 #3

In the UK, blaming video games for everything is so Nineties LeftishBrit Dec 2012 #4