Why do people blame video games for all of societies problems?

I mean really. Why do they do it? Is it because their kid is mentally retarded? No parents stands up smiling and proudly says "My kid is mentally retarded!" I think its just kids with mental problems who go insane with video games and end up...

I look at the answers people give for why parents complain about video games and many of those answers are valid in a sense. In my opinion....IT'S EVERYBODY'S FAULT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's the parents fault for not being responsible (though we are not to...

The Government in one way or another controls almost every aspect of our lives, yet so few people blame them when things go wrong.

I play GTA but i don't kill hookers and steal their money I play call of duty but i don't go on mass killing sprees I play Assassins creed but i dont go around stabbing people I personally think blaming video games is a scapegoat.

I'll try and be as brief but detailed as possible, first of all I broke up with my girlfriend of 4 years, ofcourse I thought I was in love. In the time we were together, she was rather possessive, I found that she had somehow managed to isolate me from...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scien... "Regular brain training didn�t aid performance at all, yet people who often played other types of computer games did significantly better in terms of both reasoning and short-term memory. It seems the popular...

Why is it when a murder takes place that people immediately come to the conclusion that a violent game/movie is to blame? People are responsible for their own actions

Okay, so I have an Xbox 360, and my parents hate it. They link school, friends, and my behavior with my Xbox. They just like to have power over me. They will put a four hour weekly timer on it if I'm getting A's and B's. I'm tired of having to deal with...