Okay, so here's my thought:
Kids are not as dumb as we seem to think they are.
Yes, teenagers can overestimate their abilities, caught up in the fiction that they are immortal and invincible, but they're not dumb. They know the difference between reality and fiction, and if they don't that's not because they're a teenager: it's because they've got serious psychological problems that library content choices can't impact.
We'd fight to let a teenager have access to a book that talked about sexual orientation, drug addiction, substance abuse problems, abusive relationships, dating advice, and a whole host of other issues that teenagers are actually being confronted with on a regular basis-- I really don't see the problem in letting them have access to a video game. Their real lives seem a lot scarier than whatever they could be doing in Grand Theft Auto.
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