Banning Violent Games Tops Conservative's To Do List
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Quaidis said:
I find the best way to stop kids from getting their hands on Adult games tends to be... to have the damn parent's take some responsibility and stop blaming everyone else for why their children aren't turning out right when they're raising themselves.
Gawd. This is rediculous. You need proof that you're of legal age to purchase these games. That's all that's needed. That should be good enough, no one's at fault except the damn parent who buys this game for their kid, even after the clerk tells him/her that it's a M rated game.
Why should game companies and games in general have to pay for the ignorance and lazyness of bad parent's? The game companies did what they needed to do, this is just so irritating. Ugh! Honestly... it just sickens me to see people have to be punished because some moron doesn't know how to raise a kid, so they have to make everyone pay for it.
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The thing about the Boy scouts of America is they are (and yes I know this sounds like a conspiracy theory but trust me this is legit) run by the Mormon church, since the 80's, hence the sudden changes to enforce religious practice, exclude non-christians and homosexuals. The Boy Scouts also have a fairly comprehensive programme to make their members "upstanding, right-thinking citizens" (RE: Conservatives who will donate to them).Fronzel said:
The Boy Scouts are discriminated against by groups and companies who think a Tax-exempt organisation (run with a fuck load of public funds) that is actively, and very publicly, discriminatory is bullshit.
When you can prove that none of the pollution you generate in Texas makes it across the border into neighbouring states or countries, you can opt out of the EPA program.deth2munkies said:
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He's a hideous excuse for a human being who only supports the rights of those who are rich, white, christian, straight, and agree with him. He's a "libertarian" when asked, until you ask him about the rights of muslims, atheists, or homosexuals.Onyx Oblivion said:
Her anti-feminism is actually mostly directed at the movement, not actual feminine empowerment. Women deserve to be equal, not better, more or less... A viewpoint not shared by the vocal majority of the feminist movement.zHellas said:
On topic: This stuff never works out. People have been trying to ban violent media since speech. (Picture if you will primitive man using their first speech to tell stories of hunts, and one prude sitting in the corner telling them they shouldn't do that because their brother died in a hunt, and no context makes violence okay!) Censorship will often win out in western culture just because old society is scared to death that it may become obsolete. Things will probably get worse before they get better.
It doesn't say "Tops the conservative party's to do list", it says "Tops Conservative's to do list". The apostrophy in "Conservative's" indicates possession of an individual which is not the same as "Conservatives". If you plan on complaining about language use learn some first.Onyx Oblivion said:
A lot about feminism is bullshit, the same with any movement. An awful lot of feminist agendas (In the more retarded, self-obsessed groups) are about putting women first not seeking equality between men and women.Onyx Oblivion said:
Agree or disagree with it, calling all of Texas "childish", "crazy", and "insane" are not names that can be levied over a legal issue like this one. That kind of generalization and ignorance is what's wrong with a bunch of people and general discourse at low (random assholes on forum boards) and high (Fox News/editorials) forms of political thought.RvLeshrac said:
Aren't the really far out there Conservatives pretty much in the same group as Christians? I honestly don't see the difference between the two groups or most radical parties for that matter, they're all about the "let me tell you how you can live your life" sort of ideal.
No offense to anyone, I respect your right to an opinion and everything, but I find it hard to respect any view where you think (actually thinking I don't have an issue with, but enforcing said thought through various means) someone else should be prohibited from doing something that isn't directly harmful to someone else and after growing up with a number of different people, I haven't seen one person who was incited to violence by gaming who wasn't otherwise violent due to a number of far more contributing factors like family abuse (which afaik the often patriarchally-leaning Conservatives aren't necessarily against) and such.
No offense to anyone, I respect your right to an opinion and everything, but I find it hard to respect any view where you think (actually thinking I don't have an issue with, but enforcing said thought through various means) someone else should be prohibited from doing something that isn't directly harmful to someone else and after growing up with a number of different people, I haven't seen one person who was incited to violence by gaming who wasn't otherwise violent due to a number of far more contributing factors like family abuse (which afaik the often patriarchally-leaning Conservatives aren't necessarily against) and such.
I agree that parents really need to realize that games sometimes say Rated M for Mature, 17+ violent, etc. for a good reason. I buy games all the time and I am always having to show ID, and a few times my mother was with me, and the employee will say, Ma'am this is a M-rated game, it has violence, death, and nude people. So, unless you have a uncaring employee or parent, underage kids don't get the game
Videogames: "There shall be no sale, rental or arcade-playing of extremely violent videogames by children without parental consent." Explanation: Videogames are increasingly graphic and harmful.
What's wrong with that? Violent games can't be sold to children without parental consent in England and it works fine, stop making a fuss >.<
What's wrong with that? Violent games can't be sold to children without parental consent in England and it works fine, stop making a fuss >.<
I think they have more important things to worry about rather than trying to cover for shitty parents. How about we do this? A license to breed and raise children. You and your spouse go to a class to learn how to raise a child. You have to pass three exams to be allowed to have kids and must be of a certain IQ level to gain admittance. There! I just made your problems of violent videogames and other media totally negligible.
Don't these morons get it? If there are any children playing violent video games these days, they are doing it with parental consent. Either because their parents are ignorant, negligent, stupid, or any combination of there of.
Edit: They should be focusing their efforts on making the parents more responsible and aware, not going after the industry.
Edit: They should be focusing their efforts on making the parents more responsible and aware, not going after the industry.
Videogames: "There shall be no sale, rental or arcade-playing of extremely violent videogames by children without parental consent." Explanation: Videogames are increasingly graphic and harmful.Pretty sure we already have that here in the UK and probably in the US, hell I got my ID checked when I was 15 trying to buy a 12 in store. I was like "Well now, I'm 15, so I'm not old enough for a drivers licence and I'm not exactly gonna carry my passport around with me all day so what do you want from me?" (was very satisfied when I went back the next day with my passport and the guy behind the counter had to use a fucking calculator to work out how old I was) I mean THAT's fucking ridiculous. Same goes for all games, the fact is that the parents probably bought their kids the game so they gave their kid consent or don't give a shit. Besides that there is nothing more we can do except an outright ban, which is just stupid!