Parents Group Denounces Supreme Court Decision
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This group can fuck right off. It's on your head what video games your child plays. You are far more to blame than anyone else for what your kids play. It's not like it's difficult to figure out if the kid is playing something you don't want him to.
OH noes, now parents have to be responsible for themselves! Think of the children!
NOOOOOOOO!!!
Really though, just be a better parent. You are scapegoating a media just so you don't have to be responsible. (WO)MAN UP!
NOOOOOOOO!!!
Really though, just be a better parent. You are scapegoating a media just so you don't have to be responsible. (WO)MAN UP!
Dear Parents Television Council,
May I suggest that you have a chat with your parents?
Ask them what they were doing when they were the same age as you are now.
Were they railing against the medical horrors of Operation, the exploitative Monopoly or the barbaric G.I.Joe?
Or were they playing games with their children, taking them to the park at times and hugging them when they got upset?
Because the Government can't do the latter for you. That's your job.
And failing in that is going to harm your precious little angel far more than any pixellated blood.
Yours sincerely,
Root.
May I suggest that you have a chat with your parents?
Ask them what they were doing when they were the same age as you are now.
Were they railing against the medical horrors of Operation, the exploitative Monopoly or the barbaric G.I.Joe?
Or were they playing games with their children, taking them to the park at times and hugging them when they got upset?
Because the Government can't do the latter for you. That's your job.
And failing in that is going to harm your precious little angel far more than any pixellated blood.
Yours sincerely,
Root.
I want someone respected in this industry to call them out on their inane idiocy and their incredibly faulty logic. They did jack shit on their research, using their lovely buzz words to cause up a fit for no reason whatsoever.
I know it's been said, but, you know, do your damn job as parents!
I know it's been said, but, you know, do your damn job as parents!
I don't see why there couldn't be a law restricting resllers from selling specific material to underage patrons. I agree parents need to do their job, but in the end, movie theatres do it, why can't you just tell resellers not to. I understand many of the US retailers still have a policy in place, but the govn't can't fine them for breaking their own internal rules. Maybe thats enough. Let's not go overboard yelling at parents who are asking for help. And really thats how I see it. They want to monitor their kids, but don't want to over parent, but so much is accesable these days. I honestly think it's gotta be tough being a parent, if one thing you want to have your kids not get access to things like this. Unfortunatley this group makes outrageous statements that makes the issues of real concerned parents. No one party speaks for everyone.
Seriously?? How about you BE a fucking parent, since you say you are. If your 12 year old kid is sly enough to get their hands on $65, and find a way to buy and PLAY an M rated game without you ever finding out, then props to your kid. He's gonna go places in life for being independent at a young age and thinking outside the box.
My mom and dad did not let me play an FPS till I was 16. Up till then I was only allowed to play Nintendo games like Mario 64 or RPG like the early Final Fantasy or stuff like Golden Sun.
AKA my parents parented me.
Also I am kinda glad I missed out on all crappy 90s shooters. I now get to play all the good 90s stuff thanks to Steam and roms.
AKA my parents parented me.
Also I am kinda glad I missed out on all crappy 90s shooters. I now get to play all the good 90s stuff thanks to Steam and roms.
Maybe I'm just missing something here, but can't parents still decide what not to buy for their children? I mean, M-rated games still aren't purchasable by minors without parental consent in the United States, right?
Someone help me understand why this matters. Parents are outraged because they have to actually be parents?
Someone help me understand why this matters. Parents are outraged because they have to actually be parents?
I couldn't buy M-rated game at my local game store. I really don't see why this law is necessary in any way at all. Most Walmart locations don't let kids buy M games to begin with.
I agree as well, it's ridiculous. How about, too bad PTC, suck it up -_-. It's not like the industry controls what your kids play, don't demonize them just because your didn't take the time to act like an adult (as the two above me said PARENT. YOUR. OWN. FUCKING. KIDS! It can't be that hard!). I've never even heard of these guys and quite frankly I don't give a flying fuck what they think.kayisking said:
Eri said:
Ooh, the PTC is bitching about something again, that's totally new.
Had a feeling they'd react like this, but they're pretty notorious for this kinda stuff, so not much of a threat.
They still annoy the hell outta me, they'd prefer it if all media was censored and "child friendly".
Apparently it takes less effort to ***** about and try to censor media than it does to actually do your damn job as a parent.
Had a feeling they'd react like this, but they're pretty notorious for this kinda stuff, so not much of a threat.
They still annoy the hell outta me, they'd prefer it if all media was censored and "child friendly".
Apparently it takes less effort to ***** about and try to censor media than it does to actually do your damn job as a parent.
paranoid parent,s of America is it that hard to throw the fucking game out and say NO to your kid when it want,s to play the new GTA.
Also allot of system,s have a parent lock.
Also allot of system,s have a parent lock.
Even if that above state were 100% true (I can kind of see the connection, but not fully), it doesn't make it the responsibility of the government to police the games and it's doesn't make it the game industry's responsibility to stop selling these titles. They aren't for kids. It really is the parents job to monitor what a child is playing. It just seems like common sense.bombadilillo said:
If these games gotta go, then rated R (and many PG-13) movies need to get the boot too. But that's that's just crazy.
Fuckin' idiots. It's easier to them to do this kind of shit than it is to actually raise their kids properly? No wonder kids are getting dumber when they have dumb parents.
I don't know how it works else where, but at my store if the game is rated M, the computer makes us ask for I.D. And we have to scan/swipe it. If we enter the birth date, it locks us out and our supervisor has to come over and manually approve it. We have no way to get around it. If the birth date is too young, the computer won't let us sell the game.
On the rare occasions I go to Game Stop, they also ask for my I.D. if I'm buying a M rated game. I'm curious what companies aren't following this, because it seems standard everywhere I go.
On the rare occasions I go to Game Stop, they also ask for my I.D. if I'm buying a M rated game. I'm curious what companies aren't following this, because it seems standard everywhere I go.