This is something I always try to invoke in certain discussions, eg. “is excessive screen time bad for children?”, “do violent video games engender a culture of violence?” etc. The question I always ask myself as a parent isn’t “what harm could it cause?”, but rather “what good does it do?” I’m not convinced by either side’s arguments about violence in video games, but I also know it brings absolutely nothing of value to my children to pretend they’re a pimp beating someone to death in the street. If gun ownership was a net positive we would have mountains of evidence since we have, like all the fucking guns. Yet, the best they can offer in defense is a Fox News anecdote about a boomer taking down a potential shooter in a Waffle House (with no mention of how reckless and stupid it is to open fire in a crowded room).
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