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I never even thought of that hero, but it does make sense.
I grew up watching violent anime, which made me love fake violence to the point where it was a concern for my teachers and parents, however, It never affected my disposition towards real violence. But hey, everyone is different and are affected by things differently.
Hate to be one of the many who say it over and over, but bad parents really are the primary influence on a kid's behavior.
...and before I even post the reply, I've noticed that Hero has already said it, and put it much better.
Yea, but its fucking HARD to be a parent. If I dont let my kid play GTA3, good chances he has a friend whose mom doesn't give a fuck and lets him play. That's the nature of the beast, and there's really not a whole lot that can be done about it. Whether it's a kid wanting to play a taboo videogame, or a teenager who sneaks out and lies to go smoke weed with his friends (cmon, who hasn't done that?) it's seriously a battle raising kids. Yes, a good parent can and should be able to "negate" the effects of playing GTA3, but hey we dont even know what they are.Quote:
Originally posted by Ichabod
Hate to be one of the many who say it over and over, but bad parents really are the primary influence on a kid's behavior.
But we do know most people are not good parents. That's just the way it is. So instead of videogame fans saying old, outdated cliche phrases like:
(A): THERE'S NO PROOF! THERE'S NO PROOF!
(B): The parents are to blame, not the games.
(C): Organized religion has killed way more than videogames ever did (or some other crap like that).
We should just realize that it can have something to do with it, that in fact it probably does, and then just try to see how it goes from there.
It's like the gun argument... "guns dont kill people, people kill people"... sure, but they're killing people with guns, guns make it so much easier! "Gun people" would be much smarter just to recognize the potential dangers of guns and deal with it from there, instead of shrouding the issue in a cloud of semantics and arguments that fly in the face of reality. Not saying you said it Ichabod, but Ive heard people say things like "what we NEED is good parenting in the USA!". Yea, thats great - for that matter, we also need The Fountain of Youth, moon cheese, the Book of Nod, no more email spam, the Holy Grail, a perpetual motion machine, the Shroud of Turin, and an army of sex slaves that look just like Catherine Zeta-Jones. It's just not gonna happen and we have to deal with that as such.
Well, you've already written out my response for me.Quote:
Yes, a good parent can and should be able to "negate" the effects of playing GTA3, but hey we dont even know what they are.
It doesn't seem like there is much more to be said about this topic. I'm sure TNL has had drawn out debates over it before, but I sure as hell didn't participate them. Or at least I don't remember participating :D
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