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Talon Mistsong
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[url=http://www.gamespot.com/all/news/news_6024926.html]Senators target game violence[/url]
Senator Lieberman must be up for reelection again :p
Senator Lieberman must be up for reelection again :p
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Let them try. And I dont even want to talk about it because it pisses me off so much.
Actually, when I pick up one of the prostitutes, it's usually [B]me[/B] who ends up paying for it :D
problem solved, everyones happy.
[B]Actually, when I pick up one of the prostitutes, it's usually [B]me[/B] who ends up paying for it :D [/B][/QUOTE]
eh, once I get my 125 health, I just shoot her for my money back. :)
[B]ummm DUH! Whats the rating system for anyhoo? I mean, a kid can't go and buy a NC-17 movie, just make it so that same kid can't buy a "M" game.
problem solved, everyones happy. [/B][/QUOTE]
Yes, but that requires parents to actually be good parents and not just buy whatever game their kid asks for.
[B]Yes, but that requires parents to actually be good parents and not just buy whatever game their kid asks for. [/B][/QUOTE]
And the minimum wage lackeys at the checkout counter to be paying attention. ;)
I do believe that parents should watch out for their children. Kids do not have the ability to make proper judgement calls, and while I don't believe violent video games make violent kids, I do think that not all kids should be exposed to the same stuff at the same time. Parents should be responsible for what their children experience, and I believe should take a bit of care with exposing them to various things at various times.
If that was in any way coherent, then...yeah. :P
Really, we have more important things to pay for out of our taxes at the moment...
:rolleyes:
[B]Sanfam and Jack (and Biggles (and in a minor part Rhett)): Great posts. [/B][/QUOTE]
Yeah... I just love parents who buy the gameboy, nintendo, sega, xbox, ps2, [i][b]insert unnamed game console here[/b][/i] and all the latest games for them as a cheap babysitter, only to bitch at the gaming industry when their "already messed up kids" take guns to school and kill everybody in sight.
The kids don't buy this shit, the parents do, and it's not our fault you neglect your children and don't watch over their day to day activities.
That's why they call raising children a RESPONSIBILITY... duh...
[B]Yeah... I just love parents who buy the gameboy, nintendo, sega, xbox, ps2, [i][b]insert unnamed game console here[/b][/i] and all the latest games for them as a cheap babysitter, only to bitch at the gaming industry when their "already messed up kids" take guns to school and kill everybody in sight.
The kids don't buy this shit, the parents do, and it's not our fault you neglect your children and don't watch over their day to day activities.
That's why they call raising children a RESPONSIBILITY... duh... [/B][/QUOTE]
Unfortunately, parents today are too lazy to get up off their fat asses, turn off the stupid reality show crap and actually take care of their kids. Then when the kids do something wrong, they're always like "HEY! My little susie or johnny wouldn't do that! It was the TV! It was the violent video games!" :rolleyes:
Example: not too long ago some other Suit put the violence label on video games. The games researched? Resident Evil. Fear Effect. Some other FPS's. No RPG's. No Strategy/Sims/RTS's. Sure, let's condemn all games for violence and only research the violent ones? I believe in politics that's known as the left hand not knowing what the right buttock is doing :p
Dear Sir or Madame,
This letter is in relation to The Sun’s Local Edition article for the High Desert in the Monday, January 27 edition entitled, “Game Law on the Table”. Here are my thoughts as a teenage computer gamer.
Ever since the appalling murders at Columbine, computer and video games have been under siege. People would prefer to denounce computer and video games as the cause of violent behavior than to look at the real issues. Parents must accept responsibility for keeping watch over their children. Computer games did not have anything to do with attacks at Columbine (let alone cause them), a lack of supervision and common sense did. Representative Joe Baca uses deceptive arguments likening games to cigarettes and alcohol. What he neglects to inform the public is that there is no real evidence that violent computer games foster violent tendencies. Baca is trying to appeal to the emotional side of parents. Somewhere these politicians get the idea that all computer games malign children’s sense of right and wrong. Do politicians realize the there are more games than Grand Theft Auto 3? There are games with epic storylines that could hold their own against movies or even first-class novels (if you do not believe this, purchase Deus Ex). Should the government step in and limit my access to violent novels? If it did, novels like George Orwell’s 1984 or Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels would be illegal for me to purchase. This law sets a dangerous precedent. Representative Baca is using nonexistent facts to smokescreen an issue that should not be handled by the government. Baca is appealing to people’s emotional sides without presenting any real facts. Please write to your congressional representative to have this effort stopped.
Rhett
Age 15, Student at Granite Hills High School in Apple Valley