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Do violent video games cause kids to grow up with a nature to be violent as well? Read the pros and cons of engaging kids in video games. Explore the interesting facts about video games throughout the years.

With alot of negative press in the news regarding games and teenagers and/or children, this article is one of many that says video games are very good for kids since they stimulate the mind and get the brain functioning.

The most common debate is whether or not violent video games cause more aggression. After clinical studies, researchers believe competitive video games cause aggression.

The right to bear arms is in the constitution and how could the government change that in a good manner. I don't feel the problem is owning a gun, it it how people secure their guns at home. You can't have a gun at home and leave it accessable with children running around. We need to look at all the other causes of violence going into childrens heads like television and video games before we blame guns.

The healthcare system should really be able to check the immigration status of patients, from experience it makes it uncomfortable for others in the hospital. We recently went into the hospital and it felt like a party was going on in labor and delivery waiting room when there was about 20 people in there screaming at a football game. No matter how many times the nurse went in, the noise did not go away at all.

Arguments focusing on the personal rights and freedoms of drug users. Poses questions about if it is a person's right to decided what to put into thier body and if it is the same thing as a person's right to decide to participate in a dangerous sport or activity.

This was a really interesting article! I never would have thought to parallel drug use with sports. However, I guess it makes sense when you think about the amount of athletes who use steroids to boost their game.

Congress just spends money like it's going out of style. When the goverment spends more money that it brings in, you know we have a problem. Then we start to play the blame game, republicans blame the democrats, and the democrats blame the republicans. Haven't we learned that blaming each other never solves anything? They need to take responsibility and budget better...pff. Or just raise all of our taxes to try to make up for it...now that doesn't seem fair for us hard working citizens, I don't think we recieved any of that spending money. Lets just fix the problem before our economic well-being is dug into a hole so deep we can't pull ourselves out.

Every now and then the Supreme Court will get a case based on religion. In these cases the court will have to decide whether or not the religion should be excepted or not. One case taken to the court that was said to be illegal was about a coach in New Jersey who prayed with his team before games. This left people angry over the fact that they believe religious displays should not be illegal. This issue has also brought up the question on whether freedom of speech is also being taken away when the Supreme Court rules against displays of religion.

This website shows a very good side of why the government should keep away from limiting the personal freedoms in the internet. Also, goes a little into online gambling

Some believe that parents should take control what happen in their families. Those same parents wants the government to handle what happen with other and their lifestyles. The government is trying to decide how to control how a person gambles with or without the interenet. Who are we to tell someone when to gamble and how often to gamble. The internet is a freedom to do what we want to do in it. Each familiy should not be told what to search or what game to play when using the internet.

Technology has become a huge part of our lives. It is a little scary to think about how life would be with out the internet or cellphones. For most of us it seems easier and more fun to stay at home and surf the web, game it out, or watch movies. Paper maps are a thing of the past.

This website talks about the advantages and disadvantages of technology today.

In many ways technology has made it very convenient to do things from the comfort of our homes. This has many advantages, learning is just a click away. There is an application for almost anything from bills, music, health, and gaming. However, in the wrong hands it can be catastrophic.

After the Paris attacks, the the mostly cooled down topic of privacy vs security has come back with a vengeance, with many of the presidential front runners taking stands. It discusses how encrypted services like Twitter can be used as communication methods between terrorists, and where many important figures in the surveillance game, including former CIA director, stand on it.