密歇根新闻广播 暴力游戏不会造成暴力行为

Two deadly mass shootings occurred within 24 hours of one another this weekend, one in El Paso, Texas and the other in Dayton, Ohio. Thirty-one people have died from their injuries so far.

Some Republicans, including President Donald Trump¹, have argued that violent video games are partially² to blame for the violence.

We must stop the glorification³ of violence in our society. This includes the gruesome and grisly video games that are now commonplace, Trump said Monday during public remarks addressing the violence in El Paso and Dayton.

Whitney DeCamp is a professor of sociology at Western Michigan University. He researches the connection between violence and video games. DeCamp says his research has found that playing violent video games does not contribute to real-life violence.

Instead, DeCamp says, it comes from seeing violence within the home and community.

I think those comments ignore the fact that we already have a lot of evidence on this topic. And that evidence is pointing to a pretty solid no on video games being the cause of real life violence, he said.

DeCamp says that politicians who blame video games are looking for a scapegoat⁴. In the case of El Paso, the suspected shooter released a racist⁵ and anti-immigrant manifesto⁶ prior to inflicting⁷ mass carnage.

We can see specifically that it's hateful rhetoric⁸ that's directed at immigrants and racial and ethnic⁹ minorities that’s been a large motivating factor there, Decamp said. But it's a convenient way to change the discussion away from other issues that might be more controversial and harder to deal with, like the issue of gun availability, mental health, and hateful rhetoric that is out there.

It's easier, DeCamp says, to blame video games for gun violence because it doesn't require any immediate¹⁰ change. Video games are protected under the First Amendment¹¹, which means regulating their content would require an amendment to the Constitution.

This post was written by Stateside production assistant Catherine Nouhan.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

3 glorification   

n.赞颂

参考例句：

• Militant devotion to and glorification of one's country; fanatical patriotism. 对国家的军事效忠以及美化；狂热的爱国主义。
• Glorification-A change of place, a new condition with God. 得荣─在神面前新处境，改变了我们的结局。

4 scapegoat   

n.替罪的羔羊，替人顶罪者；v.使…成为替罪羊

参考例句：

• He has been made a scapegoat for the company's failures.他成了公司倒闭的替罪羊。
• They ask me to join the party so that I'll be their scapegoat when trouble comes.他们想叫我入伙，出了乱子，好让我替他们垫背。

5 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

6 manifesto   

n.宣言，声明

参考例句：

• I was involved in the preparation of Labour's manifesto.我参与了工党宣言的起草工作。
• His manifesto promised measures to protect them.他在宣言里保证要为他们采取保护措施。

7 inflicting   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
• It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。

8 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

9 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

10 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

11 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。