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On politics, sex, and video games
3Z3VH:
Gelatin, I agree, but I actually believ it goes one step further than having no effects on those people... In my honest opinion, I believe games such as this sate the people who have a penchant for the curiosity that leads them to do violent things, like beating up others or torturing an animal.
By reading about it, or playing a game that enacts such violence or evil, their curiosity about doing such things is sated, even if only enough to make them not need to do it.
I mean if you are craving a steak, and you eat a cheese burger, sure, you didn't get your steak, but at least you 'got your fix' of beef and you no longer have as strong a craving for that steak.
By removing these things entirely from a child's life, and vocally warning them NOT to play those kind of games, what is a kid going to do ? That's right, reverse psychology... they are going to do whatever they can to see what they are being denied. Denying them these games only piques their curiosity about them.
As another metaphor... If you want to stay healthy which do you do; Stay in a sterile bubble all your life, only to die from a small virus that snuck into your environment, or allow yourself to be exposed to lesser sicknesses and let your body build up it's own immunity, so when some deadly thing comes along, your body has a better chance of fighting it off ?
As a matter of perspective... I am involved with hosting one of the top 10 LAN parties in the US. These parties are known for hosting the myriad of ultra-violent games, all of which have a teen rating or higher... You know how many fights I have seen at the hundreds of LANs I have been to ? One. Compare that to the number of fights I saw in High School... it was almost a daily thing if you knew where to look. By the reasoning of these extremists who wish to ban violent games, we should also no longer allow our kids to go to High School, because it is obvious that it causes violence !
Phobos:
As a societal delinquent, I'm going to do my part to purchase Mature rated video games for minors.
But, I think I'm obsolete, since most kiddies are more familiar with computers than their parents are, and will ultimately end up just pirating the game, either through P2P networks or just their friends at school, as I did when I was young (more so because I didn't have any money of my own to buy the games).
Digs:
Outrage over something as arbitrary as games, movies, television...you all know what I'll say. Parental involvement, government enforcement of laws regarding sale of extremely inappropriate games, proper education. If a parent can't be assed to know a child's interests, it shouldn't fall to society and government, it should fall back on the parent. Like a hammer.
DavidGrohl:
But what about the people who instead of going on a shooting rampage, take their anger out with a nice game of GTA or some shooter?! What then!?
Newsbreak: Violence is soaring in Illinois against this videogame ban, random unshaven nerds have emerged from their nests armed with assault weapons, we're issuing a city alarm alert: DONT LEAVE YOUR HOMES!
but . . . if he thinks it'll work, let's not do something too rash to prove him wrong. :)
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