Topic
For side ：Violent Computer Games Lead to Violent Behavior
Against side ：Violent Computer Games don't Lead to Violent Behavior
Participants
For side ：Jiang Meng from Shandong Province
Yang Chong from Shandong Province
Wu Na from Shandong Province
Against side ：Tao Cheng from Jiangsu Province
Jin Yue from Fujian Province
He Yujia from Anhui Province
Statements
For ：Dear judges，chairperson，ladies and gentlemen，good morning！Our opinion is that violent computer games lead to violent behavior．I think first of all，I want to tell you that scientists have told us before that if you watch too much violence，after a long time，you become less calm than usual．You may do some crazy things，especially children who can not control them selves well or teenagers，up to about 16 or 17 years old．These days，I think you all know there is a very famous computer game called CS．All my classmates play it．They are all crazy about it．They play CS all night in the net bar．After that，when they come back from the net bar，I find that they are not as calm as usual．They become agitated．They may fight each other．That is a negative effect caused to by the violent computer games．I think，you know，when you enter the cinema，you may see some signs on the wall advertising a film with a lot of violence．There is a sign to tell you that you may have your parents to come with you to see this film．But is there any sign on the Internet to tell you that you can't play the violent game？No．So I think the violent computer gam e is worse．It leads us to violent behavior．So I think violent computer games lead to violent behavior．And as you know，our government has seen that before．They tell that teenagers can't go to the net bar．So you can see，all of the society wants to prevent the teenagers from playing violent com puter games．That's my opinion．Thank you for paying attention！
Against：Thank you！Honorable judges，dear friends，ladies and gentlemen，from our point of view，violent computer games don't lead to violent behavior．We believe there are three reasons for that；this is a really hard topic，but we'll try．The first one is that I think when you play computer games，the key is whether you can control yourself or not，not whether the game is violent or not．Just now the for side said that playing computer games too much can lead to violent behavior，but remember，we are talking about playing violent computer games，not playing computer games too much！I think many of you have played this game called CS；I believe that even some of the foreign teachers here also have played it—how many of you have violent behaviors？I think the real issue is if people can control them selves or not． The second point is that I think that many violent behaviors are not caused by violent computer games．For example，in these past two minutes，there have been hundreds of rapes，stabbings and muggings in the world．How many of them were actually caused by computer games？Can you tell？I believe it is a very small percentage．The third，let's talk about a few current facts． There are many violent com puter games right now and they are very popular among teenagers，but the central government hasn't forbidden them．That material still exists in the market．If you think that violent computer games lead to violent behavior，why hasn't the central government abandoned them？That's my opinion，thank you．
