Recreation War on video games

I have heard that there is this lawyer, who at the time I cant remember his name, is trying to put a ban on video games in the US because "they corrupt the youth and provokes violence." If they ban video games, wouldnt they have to ban tv as well. Doesnt it influence the youth as well and provoke violence. What do you guys think?

 

it will be a war if it even comes close to happening THEY WILL FEEL THE WRATH OF NIGHTMARE

 

A foolish ideal that will never come to pass. That lawyer is a fool to try to do something something that is so stupid. They will never ban video games from the US. Not only does it bring in a VERY large income, the American people will not side with him. Except for old people. They hate the youth.

 

appart from the fact that its just so stupid is the fact that its just simply impossible to do. even if he does manage to somehow miraculously convince the govt. to ban video games, what is the govt. going to do about the billions of people who own games? go to every single house in America and check? plus the fact that children arent the only people who play video games...there are just as many adults who play them too. so how are they gunna know whos games are whos? [insert sarcasm here] yes yes its a brilliant idea to ban video games which is the only source of bad influence on young people today! wow i love having all of America wanting to tear a piece outa me!! it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!! now if you'll excuse me its time to go watch people blow eachother up on the news with my family! [end sarcasm]

silly lawyers ^_^

 

Three words.

Jack friggin' Thompson.


Am I right?

 

true very true never is it going to happen because of the income plus..who says the prez doesn't play games

 

How unrealistic...

Those who get warped with game violence just have no discipline. Have that and you're fine.

- Shen

 

The only reason gaming could be a problem is because parent's don't set proper controls on it. They buy the games, sometimes ignoring the age labels, and then expect the game to take the kid off their hands for a few hours. The problem is not the games themselves, but improper parenting. If parents took the time to think about what they got their children, and to take the time to make sure that they were playing something acceptable, rather than, say... Grand Theft Auto whatever, then these types of problems would be a lot less common.

Why ban video games when they're only part of the problem? It's like banning music because some of it has swears. Or banning milk because some people are lactose intolerant.

 

So far his main targets are

GTA: San andreas. - Hot coffee mode.

Killer 7. - A scene of a woman making love to a man in a wheelchair?(unsure of this one)

The Sims 2. - Saix.

 

Then if violence and such would be the influence, guess what parents? It's called the ESRB! Read the reccomended age! Don't let a 10 year old play San Andreas just because the brat says he's mature enough to handle it!!

-Seishin

 

I really hate it when people blaime something else. Video Games don't kill people. People kill people. We should just ban ourselves. It is the person who did it. If they can't tell what is right from wrong then put them in the mental hospital with all the other looneys.

 

That would make the parent responsible not the child since the parent gave the game to him or her. The problem is never the game but the parents who are to damn lazy to pay attention to what they give there children.

 

this guy is a complete idiot
oh ideo games hae iolence he says(my key that makes the first letter in what this guy wants to ban isn't working for some reason. sorry for the confusion)
yeah they do
well,
THAT'S WHAT THE AGE RATINGS ARE FOR
SO THE YOUNG KIDS WON'T PLAY THE IOLENT "M" RATED GAMES
he just wants to ruin it for all of us when it's parents fault for letting their younger children play games out of their age limit
[start sarcasom]oh yeah we should ban games because of iolence oh and we should ban the internet because it has games and sites the promote and show iolence like newgrounds.[end sarcasom]
this idiot is crazy

 

I bought Halo 2 (Rate M=17+) when i was 15. Why would they let someone do that?

At least Wal-Mart is safe enough to ask for ID on ratings such as those. Other stores won't.

-Seishin

 

Any parent should know what their kid bought. No matter what they get or where they get it from. I know in the states if a child works the parents can take the kids money if they choose too. At least in certain states.

At least half the teenage boys have porn shoved under their mattress. They are really reading those for the articles. *rollseyes* All places should card no matter what or loose that privalege and parents should put things away. ANd if the parents believe the child won't get it then don't buy it. It can be made simple enough.

 

This is true. Like on the T.V. one day a teenager's grandma bought him a copy of GTA:SA and didn't mind all of the blood, violence, gangs and drugs, but she went crazy when she saw her grandchild watching the, uh, "Special Scene" in the game. Know what your kid is playing people!

 

this stuff makes me wanna tear someone's throat out with my teeth.
(this cant be helping my case, but usually im pretty calm lol)
i agree, there are some things that shouldnt be forced on kids, but the argument that these games makes one more honorable can be made just as easily... what do you do when you see someone pulled apart and dragged through the streets? you say "wow. thats 'messed' up..." and you want to stop it. the more you see the more you dislike behavior like that.
a friend of mine grew up in a family of drug-addict, child abuser, sexually.. er.."free" parents and she has the strongest morals i've seen in a lot of people.
What you see does influence you, but HOW it influences you depends on yourself. "evil" scenes desensitize weaker people who would rather ignore things, further corrupt people who already have sadistic or arrogant tendencies, and motivate people who hate seeing it done.
the games are not the problem, no matter how loudly rich overprotectice soccermoms scream it.

it's the kids.



edit: oh and have ya noticed that all the countries that blow up other countries with little reasonable provocation tend to be more worried with food than the high score on freakin Tetris?

 

Really, to sum up this whole War on Video Games thing, just don't let your kids buy M-Rated games. Really, parents go out and buy their kids Grand Theft Auto and say "Have fun!" If they would just stop to look at why it's an M-Rated game, this kind of thing wouldn't happen.


-Ian