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07/13/09
Also, WTF with that kid and the gun? At least teach him how to hold it correctly. I know they are trying to make the point that the videogames aren’t training, but they don’t need to let him get a rifle recoiled in his face.
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All this was was them preaching to the choir.
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I would have added a few scenes with the kid trying to, not only hit a target, but figuring out how to load the weapon, take the safety off etc. I sure as hell don't know, hopefully one day guns will come with an 'R' key.
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The rest of the world will not accept it before it gets a more logical name.
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Yeah, but then you got Rugby and those Soccer Riots...
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Anyway, yeah the kid thing but is it kinda sick for me to say "What a wimp"? Seriously, ITS A DAMNED GUN! Either the kid grew up without testicular fortitude or he's been babied. My moneys on the last one. Sorry if you don't agree but if your gonna cry your brains out over firing a gun; you really outta be doing something other then playing FPS'
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Take your pick. I don't think there's a kid in this world--even ones that are around violence on a greater scale, like South Africa or some Asian contingent with child soldiers that don't freak out and cry their eyes out either the first dozen times they're forced to shoot one off.
Guns are loud and powerful. It's like sticking a kid in a cage with a mountain lion and telling the kid to wrestle it to the ground--they can't handle the situation, because they know it's bigger than they can handle.
And I'll bet you didn't have an ounce of "testicular fortitude" at his age either, short of picking on the kid smaller than you in class.
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Other than that I don't think video game violence is any worse than any other kind of fictionalized violence. That would include violence in books, plays, TV, movies, music, newspapers or anything else. Or pressure in society - peer pressure, religion, the military, etc. Fact is that if you sow the seed in somebody's head about violence you could be said to have increased the chances of it happening. I see no reason to pick on video games unless someone is crusading to ban to all forms of violence everywhere else.
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I was scared for him watching him hold the rifle against his cheek before he shoots.
Parents need to decide what the progression of their kids and video games is. I've always felt like i would let my sons play kid games when they are kids, teen games when they are teens, and adult games when they are adults. However, I soon realized that my sons may be a little bit more mature and if I see in them a true understanding of reality and a video game, then they can play the games they want because they are of a higher understanding.
We will see.
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I've never handled a gun before and I hope I never will, but in the hands of a 9 year old, that rifle will kick back big time.
I know that if I ever have kids, I can try and censor things from them, but why? It's all a matter of telling them that it's not real and letting them come to their own conclusions.
I mean, I watched Looney Toons when I was a kid, do you see me hitting people with hammers or shooting them? Fuck no, that shit hurts. Most kids can differentiate fantasy from reality, you'll god damn well know if you have a fucked up kid who can't.
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Dont forget falling anvils and bugs bunny eventual homosexual makeouts with the hunter
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Every generation has its evil that kids find entertaining vs what parents think is bad for them.
I just happened to grow up in a time where Warner Brothers cartoons were still shown every day, along with The Transformers, He Man, She Ra, and Thundercats, G.I. Joe, Atari 2600, Colecovision and Intellivision.
Parents were complaining about all of that stuff rotting the brains of kids.
A group of little blocks shooting blocks at a group other little blocks were the downfall of mankind. Arcades were a considered a breeding ground of teen mischief. And arcade owners were as bad as drug dealers for luring in kids just to make a quick buck.
The same holds true today. Myspace and online game play is considered the breeding ground for teen mischief, and so on.
What people don't understand is that kids will always seek out what entertains them. It is up to the parents to teach their kids what is right and wrong. I don't know anyone that attempted to drop even a plant pot on someone. Why, because we knew that it would cause great harm to the person we did it to. And we would be in for a world of trouble to boot.
And for the 1 or 2 friends that did not have proper parental guidance that hung around with us. Peer pressure would kick in and we would simply tell the friend that he was nuts if he thought we would go along with whatever bone headed idea he thought up.
But I've ran into far to many parents that claim they don't have time to watch everything that their kids do. And no, they can't. But they lay a good moral foundation, they don't have to watch them every minute of the day. They will know that when something new comes along the kid will be able to ask them self a couple of questions to get the answer if they should do this new thing or not.
The first question I would ask myself is how would I explain to my mother why I thought doing whatever I was planning on doing would be a good idea. And if I could picture a look of WTF were you thinking on her face. It was a pretty good indication that I needed to find something else to do instead.
The problem is not video games. The problem is parents not being parents.
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Was that guy a licensed/trained instructor or just an army vet who had his own rifle?
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I'm thinking this may be the only time we can say it's most definitely just for the Blu-Ray player.
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This is funny, but... Yeah, it's not exactly hard proof of our side, is it? It's more mockery than proof, and you can mock anything. Doesn't make what you mock WRONG.
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I think he picks up and plays all violent games (so that he may know his enemy). Twice.
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Sure, the show is really biased and isn't exactly a fair argument, but that doesn't mean it never makes a good point. The football analogy is food for thought.
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I was kinda worried about the kid...he was doing that "sway back and forth" thing that little boys do when they're highly uncomfortable (...and undermedicated) ...he even cried at the end :(
Aside from all that...this shit was hilarious! Seeing him Indian-style in the grass with a sniper-rifle after all that triangle non-sense nearly made me piss my pants -_- He resembled the Snorlax that blocks the road in the original PokeMon :D
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Jack Thompson's hatred for video games is like my hatred for religion, it's ungodly!
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I am insulted as a non-nut job attorney that he is still referred to as such when we have already dismissed him.
True the episode is pure entertainment but many points are true such as you will find consoles and shooter games in almost every house, along with soap and towels. Also the fact that violent youth crime has gone down while (it is assumed) that all these kids are playing FPS.
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