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Post by jingles on Jan 30, 2013 20:28:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2013 21:20:57 GMT
Two thoughts here... First, no peer-reviewed study has found a link between video games and violence.
Second, I agree that children should not be playing these video games. They are labeled "Mature" for a reason. You can't even blame the stores because it is most likely the parents purchasing the game for their children. It all comes back to parental responsibility and there are many MANY parents in this nation (and world) that don't have any sense of what that is.
It goes beyond video games, however, and it sucks that they single those out. TV shows are violent and adult-themed, movies are violent and adult-themed and yet parents let their kids watch those many times as well.
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Post by FrithRae on Jan 31, 2013 20:58:20 GMT
Yes, it goes far beyond video games. Parents who say "no" to COD, but then take their kid to even "The Hobbit" - there is violence, killing, dying, war scenes...
If anyone watched an episode of The Following right now - its on "prime time" TV; its on a network - but I"m here to tell you its *very* violent and *very* graphic in its violence - in even the first episode I was a bit shocked myself how graphic it was. Trying, I guess, to compete with those "cable" shows - but what they don't get is its not the violence and nudity those cable shows get away with that makes them good - but the better writing...
And as you said Amon, they are rated that way for a reason. The punishment and limitations should not come down on the video game makers any more than the Rated R movie makers or the porn industry. The limitations, punishments, and responsibility should be given over directly to the parent.
You've got networks like "ABC Family"; who I have not seen a single show advertised on this network I could ever consider a "family" show, much less good for pre-teens or kids (so far I've seen shows about lying spoiled rich brat girls ("Pretty Little Liars" I kid you not..), "sex and the city" wannabes as teenagers, and shows about pregnant unwed teen families...)
Education is fine - more commercials talking about parental awareness of the ratings on their video games as much as their movies; is fine.
But again, you take a perfectly stable and happy kid they can snipe headshots all day and never go out and harm a fly. (Lord knows I did...headshots in videogames I mean...not killing flies..) There is no direct cause and effect; and there is far more feeding into this than just "graphic video games" or movies/tv shows...
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Post by xaeris on Feb 1, 2013 2:04:50 GMT
.........seriously?
CoD is a lot of things, but Realistic ain't one.
That aside, there's no proof or even any tangible evidence that these games are causing any of the problem whatsoever. Out of the millions of kids that have played CoD/BF games, how many again, actually committed violent crimes? What is the % of, what, a dozen or so out of several million, again? .0001% or something like that?
They already have ratings on games like those, and I don't really see there being any way to actually stop kids from playing the games, but yet still allow adults to play them, beyond what we already do with the ratings system and ID checks. If a parent buys a game like that and lets their kid play it, there's not much we can actually do to stop that.
And you don't EVEN want to get me started on the subject of "corruption of a minor" and the absolute sheltering of our teenagers.
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Post by jingles on Feb 1, 2013 16:28:35 GMT
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Post by woooooooo on Feb 5, 2013 16:18:01 GMT
Hell the halftime show at the superbowl was pretty adult themed. How many kids were exposed to that?
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Post by xaeris on Feb 5, 2013 17:33:35 GMT
Hell the halftime show at the superbowl was pretty adult themed. How many kids were exposed to that? IMO, I'd rather a kid see something like that, than all of the unwashed 300lb guys stuffing their faces with way more than they have any business eating, not to mention the drunkenness and disorderly conduct that goes on in the homes. That crap makes for a very poor role model, and is much worse than any adult-themed material that is present in the halftime show. |
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