Mom Calls For Ban On Underworld
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No no no, the mom's right. Mafia.org & Injustice.net.nz & all those other Organized Crime games made me a gun-toting, drug-pushing, money-laundering crimelord, so these videogames do have negative effects on people. Now excuse me, I have to go do a drive-by and buy some premium Colombian.
Everyone's kind of hit the nail on the head and hammered it through 17 yards' worth of wood on the whole 'she was a neglectful parent, stop blaming video games, etc.' view (which I agree with, sorry if it sounds like I'm ragging on you guys :c <3 ), but is it okay if I point out that I still think the game is really stupid? I mean...Drug dealing as a game? Bad parents or not, it still presents the IMAGE that game-players only care about murdering people for cars and drugs like they do in the virtual world. Even if the mother's argument is flawed, the gaming company could've at least avoided this by, uh, NOT MAKING A GAME ABOUT DRUG DEALING.
It's not even that fun, it kills off all the musicians and TV stars eventually, and it's, well, stupid. :/
The only 'drugs' I ever want to deal with continually are Mario's Super Mushrooms, and even then I hate people who label the Mario games as 'virtual drug-pushers'...
/selfrighteousmoment
It's not even that fun, it kills off all the musicians and TV stars eventually, and it's, well, stupid. :/
The only 'drugs' I ever want to deal with continually are Mario's Super Mushrooms, and even then I hate people who label the Mario games as 'virtual drug-pushers'...
/selfrighteousmoment
Really, your own daughter uses drugs irresponsibly and ruins her life and practically kills herself, and you blame videogames? You're her fucking mother! Even if she had a valid argument against videogames, she does not get to make that argument because she has proven much worse than the thing she is fighting against.
Not to mention how millions of people play these sorts of videogames, and her daughter "falls victim" to them. You really think the factor is the videogames? It's not.
Not to mention how millions of people play these sorts of videogames, and her daughter "falls victim" to them. You really think the factor is the videogames? It's not.
Aunty Ethel calls for a ban on mothers who want to ban games they deem offensive.
I played Dope Wars/Drug Lord years and years ago and it never made me try drugs. Peer pressure did that. Ah, good ol' peer pressure.
I played Dope Wars/Drug Lord years and years ago and it never made me try drugs. Peer pressure did that. Ah, good ol' peer pressure.
lol Niiiiiiiiiiicexitel said:
On-topic: Long answer "Nooooooooo..."
I've never been a parent or a druggie but i'm pretty sure bad parenting and being an naturally weak or an idiot have more to do with drug addiction than an iPod app
Like mother's milk ...AuntyEthel said:
Rich family, maybe?sms_117b said:
Anyways, I can kinda see her point but at the same time kids that would be THAT impressionable shouldn't be playing video games at all anyways.
I sympathize because of her daughter, but I doubt she played Heroine Hero and decided to shoot up. Video games aren't to blame...
She's not saying that Underworld caused her daughter to OD 7 years ago, she's worried that a game trivialising drug dealing is going to be available for download by lots of young kids with phones, not video games consoles, but phones & iPods, which lots of kids have or will be getting for Christmas.
She's doing it in her daughters memory & in the misguided hope that other parents wont have to suffer the same tragedy that she has.
I thinks she has a valid point, as anything which trivialises the drug trade & is widely available to impressionable youngsters on phones & MP3 players, and encourages 'social networking of drug dealing' could cause them to have a naive view on the dangers of drugs & make them experiment.
It's not just her who have condemned the game, but also leading drugs charities too, who have a lot more credibility than a hysterical mother who splashes her outrage in a Tabloid newspaper.
I know gamers have a tendency to be defensive when it comes to attacks on games, but this is different as it's a casual game on phones, and it's a bit harsh to accuse the mother of bad parenting which caused her daughter to experiment with heroin.
Drugs are an insidious thing & there are lots of factors beyond a parent's control which can cause someone to experiment with drugs, and with something like Heroin it only takes a person to experiment once for their life to be ruined.
I have the best, most loving parents anyone could ask for & I've still taken almost every drug under the sun at one point or another, completely without their knowledge & completely unrelated to whatever values they installed in me.
I said she has a valid point, but I also think she's missing the point that kids will still take drugs even if they haven't played this game, it's all part of the trials we face growing up in today's society and the mistakes we make as young adults.
She's doing it in her daughters memory & in the misguided hope that other parents wont have to suffer the same tragedy that she has.
I thinks she has a valid point, as anything which trivialises the drug trade & is widely available to impressionable youngsters on phones & MP3 players, and encourages 'social networking of drug dealing' could cause them to have a naive view on the dangers of drugs & make them experiment.
It's not just her who have condemned the game, but also leading drugs charities too, who have a lot more credibility than a hysterical mother who splashes her outrage in a Tabloid newspaper.
I know gamers have a tendency to be defensive when it comes to attacks on games, but this is different as it's a casual game on phones, and it's a bit harsh to accuse the mother of bad parenting which caused her daughter to experiment with heroin.
Drugs are an insidious thing & there are lots of factors beyond a parent's control which can cause someone to experiment with drugs, and with something like Heroin it only takes a person to experiment once for their life to be ruined.
I have the best, most loving parents anyone could ask for & I've still taken almost every drug under the sun at one point or another, completely without their knowledge & completely unrelated to whatever values they installed in me.
I said she has a valid point, but I also think she's missing the point that kids will still take drugs even if they haven't played this game, it's all part of the trials we face growing up in today's society and the mistakes we make as young adults.
Taking her side for a moment, the game made her child do drugs.
Then her kid was far to open to suggestion and her comatose (and eventual death) is marked as a victory in the war on ignorance and stupidity. Seriously, if one is dumb enough to try an addictive and destructive substance such as heroin then one deserves the medical repercussions.
This is Columbine all over again.
Someone please remind parents of what the job entails!
PS
The article states the drug of choice was heroin, but the pic included was of marijuana.
So much propaganda, it sickens me.
Then her kid was far to open to suggestion and her comatose (and eventual death) is marked as a victory in the war on ignorance and stupidity. Seriously, if one is dumb enough to try an addictive and destructive substance such as heroin then one deserves the medical repercussions.
This is Columbine all over again.
Someone please remind parents of what the job entails!
PS
The article states the drug of choice was heroin, but the pic included was of marijuana.
So much propaganda, it sickens me.
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That woman is talking out of her arse. There aren't always links between things, you know!
*flails arms*
Bah.
*flails arms*
Bah.