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    Image of PeachPurin PeachPurin
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    If you want to say there's no relation between game and crime, show statistics on Japan's sex crimes too.
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    09/14/09

    @PeachPurin:

    Hmm? Japan actually has pretty low sex crime rates, iirc. Certainly lower than Canada.
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    Image of Megaman LXIX Megaman LXIX
    09/14/09

    @siempre: But EVERYONE knows Canadians are a but of perverts!
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    Image of R0CKET_B0MB R0CKET_B0MB
    09/14/09

    @Megaman LXIX: It's the tea damn it! The tea... it controls you...don't drink the tea...they put something in it to make you forget...I don't even remember how I got here...
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    mcderek3000 promoted this comment R0CKET_B0MB was starred R0CKET_B0MB was unstarred
    Image of (Zombie) Goldwings (Zombie) Goldwings
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    I wish this could be used on the "crusaders" that want to ban violent games in general, but we all know its hopeless because this info and/or study is not their info/study.
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    Image of Lonesnipa Lonesnipa
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    I don't suppose someone could explain to me the difference between, robbery, burglary, and larceny theft? I suppose it could indicate the level of violence, or the amount involved...
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    Image of nantukoprime nantukoprime
    09/14/09

    @Lonesnipa:
    Robbery: Person uses some threat to get you to give him your stuff without your consent. Not necessarily armed.

    Larceny-Theft: Person takes something off you without your knowing or consent. Pickpocket is an example.

    Burglary: The breaking into private property with the goal of stealing something from the person who owns the property.
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    RexMaximus promoted this comment Bialia approved this comment nantukoprime was starred nantukoprime was unstarred
    Image of Bricked Bricked
    09/14/09

    @Lonesnipa: These are common law definitions from my criminal law class:

    Burglary:
    Tresspassory breaking and entering of the dwelling house of another in the night time with intent to commit a felony.

    Larceny:
    Trespassory taking and carrying away of the personal property of another with intent to permanently deprive.

    This is from Black's Law Dictionary:

    Robbery:
    The illegal taking of property from the person of another or in the person's presence by violence or intimidation.

    Though on a side note, many states have codified their statutes on robbery, larceny, and burglary, so they likely a little different from the old common law from state to state.
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    RexMaximus promoted this comment Edited by Bricked at 09/14/09 5:02 PM Bricked was starred Bricked was unstarred
    Image of Lonesnipa Lonesnipa
    09/14/09

    @Bricked: Ah thanks. That makes a bit more sense. Having nothing to do with the law, ever, I didn't really know. Plus I didn't think what canadian laws I do know would transfer over all that well.
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    Image of Bricked Bricked
    09/14/09

    @Lonesnipa:

    The common law rules between the U.S. and Canada are likely not all that different as they came from Britain.
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    Image of Bondage_Zombie Bondage_Zombie
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    Wow, Correlation _IS_ causation.
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    Image of Bouchart Bouchart
    09/14/09

    @Bondage_Zombie: Except when it isn't. Which is all the time.
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    Bialia promoted this comment Bouchart was starred Bouchart was unstarred
    Image of KillerBee KillerBee
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    But, but.....video games are bad. Fox news told me so.
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    Image of Xelmon Xelmon
    09/14/09

    @KillerBee:
    Fox tells us a lot of things.
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    Image of Comban will Ban you. Comban will Ban you.
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    My god, this reminds me of the dangers of bread!

    [www.geoffmetcalf.com]
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    mcderek3000 promoted this comment Comban will Ban you. was starred Comban will Ban you. was unstarred
    Image of Stormrider Stormrider
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    We can't have it both ways. If we're going to laugh it off when some 'wacko' tries to correlate game sales and crime rates and draw causation, we can't suddenly claim credit when crime trends down either. I can guarantee that the sociological factors that affect crime are much more complicated than "are people buying video games yes/no?".
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    (Zombie) Goldwings promoted this comment Stormrider was starred Stormrider was unstarred
    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    "Forcable rape"? Does that imply there's a type of rape in which you don't force yourself?

    Wouldn't the alternate to "forceable rape" be "not rape"?
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    09/14/09

    @TRT-X:

    Accidental rape. You just tripped and your penis went in. Oops.
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    Image of Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
    09/14/09

    @TRT-X: statutory rape.
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    Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. was starred Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. was unstarred
    Image of Fnor Fnor
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    The twin logic banditos, Correlation and Causation, strike again!
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    09/14/09

    @Fnor: The twin sins of hubris, not reading the article, and not checking the comments for the same post that's been done a hundred times by other people who also didn't read the article, strikes again.
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    Image of Curse lily Curse lily
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    Robbery down by 0.7%
    Larceny theft up by 0.3%

    So they left "GameStop" out of this report.
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    Image of Kyattsuai Kyattsuai
    09/14/09

    @Curse lily: Holding game content hostage via preorders up by 400%
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    Image of Curse lily Curse lily
    09/14/09

    @Kyattsuai: lol ^_^
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    Image of Vehks Vehks
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    So uh, Forcible rape is down eh?
    So what about voluntary rape?
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    Image of jeangrae jeangrae
    09/14/09

    @Vehks:

    I assume that distinguishes it from statutory rape.
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    09/14/09

    @jeangrae: ...and Tentacle

    /recycled joked, but a recycled topic
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    Image of ChunkyPeanutButter ChunkyPeanutButter
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    Need to get some free game systems to all the psychos in atlanta. It's more dangerous than ever here.
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    Yossarian promoted this comment ChunkyPeanutButter was starred ChunkyPeanutButter was unstarred
    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    09/14/09

    @ChunkyPeanutButter: Interesting thought...

    Does there need to be an inmates/ex-con program that delivers gaming systems to dangerous criminals?

    The new "Prison Play" charity?
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    i just had this beaten into my head in my psych class so ill type it out. Correlation isn't Causation.
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    09/14/09

    @Sir Gibler: too bad RTFA wasn't beaten in as deeply.
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    Image of infamousXX87XX infamousXX87XX
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    More like videogames lower reproductive rates
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    Paladin58 promoted this comment infamousXX87XX was starred infamousXX87XX was unstarred
    Image of Paladin58 Paladin58
    09/14/09

    Anyone else laugh when someone posts at a gaming blog to make fun of the respective demographic that blog represents?
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    Image of Gortexfogg Gortexfogg
    09/14/09

    @infamousXX87XX: It explains so much! The DS is wildly popular in Japan - reproductive rates are down there ... it's science and makes sense!
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    09/14/09

    @Paladin58: Until @Rachel Fogg: consummates her love for me, gaming has successfully capped my number of offspring to 2.

    Small sample size, but I'd say it's science.
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    Image of Masterpain22 Masterpain22
    09/14/09

    In reply to Crime Rates Drop in 08, Video Game Sales Increase
    If that data was for 2009 then the developers of Batman Arkham Asylum could say that the decline in crime rates was due to their game.
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    Yossarian promoted this comment Masterpain22 was starred Masterpain22 was unstarred
    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    09/14/09

    @Masterpain22: Or the growing resurgence in the popularity of Chuck Norris.

    The more people think about Chuck Norris, the more people think twice.
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