Yea because people will learn how to shoot lasers from ther hands.
*looks back at Tom and Jerry where the attacked eachother with standard household items*
NOW THAT'S IMITABLE VIOLENCE!!
It's not that deep a look Butterfly, however I was exaggerating admittedly...i just want to point out that only one of the pokemon games has "animal cruelty" as a main theme, and none of them have a main theme of neglect. i believe you are confusing "main theme" with "present in the backstory." yes, there are undertones of parental neglect, and of animal cruelty, but only if you look deep into it. a main theme isn't something like that, it's something the story focuses on, and to my knowledge only one of the pokemon games focuses on pokemon cruelty.
^this.Thing is, you can't ban something that's a part of life. A parent might not want their kid to see blood and gore, but sooner or later they're going to see the grizzly aftermath of a roadkill incident. Or they're going to watch a nature show and see the lions and gazelles and the rodents and the birds of prey aren't best buddies either.
Still, if a kid knows deep inside what's right and wrong, they'll know what goes on in games is a whole other world outside reality, and gets turned off when the controller gets put down and the TV goes off. Same thing with movies, same thing with books. In fact, I'm quite surprised books don't have something similar to an ESRB, because I've seen a lot of books with a lot of extremely descriptive violence and plenty of foul language.
Teach kids what's right and wrong from both a legal and moral standpoint. Enforce things like the ESRB, and things should be fine. Sure, it's impossible to prevent all cases, but so far, it seems to be working well with the vast majority.
Also, kids who become obsessed with stuff like Call of Duty and try to imitate the game should be treated to a week of army boot camp. That should definitely help clear up any misconceptions.
This is just big government anti-freedom, it's been proven that video games don't cause violence or gangs.
This, plus to me censorship just comes off as a way for those in authority to feel like they have control over something, and to feel that they've accomplished something.
I mean how do any of these people rationalize cases of violence that predated video games?
Originally Posted by Ununoctium
This is just big government anti-freedom, it's been proven that video games don't cause violence or gangs.
Video games have ratings. The only problem is if the parents buy their 5-year-olds a modern warfare game of some sort that's rated T or M, then the parent is an idiot, and the kid is doomed anyway. If it's rated E, the kid probably won't pick up any bad habits.
I agree, I see a bunch of the kids I tutor in the neighborhood and their parents had bought them MW3 and got it for them at midnight. I can see why their children are always slacking off and need my services.
Atleast I have a secure job for 6 months (or until MW3 gets boring) :>
Teach kids what's right and wrong from both a legal and moral standpoint. Enforce things like the ESRB, and things should be fine. Sure, it's impossible to prevent all cases, but so far, it seems to be working well with the vast majority.