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Originally Posted by CaptHawkeye
That's the thing isn't it? Their actually is a grain of truth to the "violent video games encourage violence" argument. But that's only a PART of the enviornment the child is raised in. Guys like Jack Thompson and those like him are simpletons. Like all social problems, youth violence is a complex problem with complex causes. Guys like Thompson, CNN, and their kind are simpletons, and they want simple, easy answers to life's problems. Don't like abortion? Just pass a law and the problem is solved. Think booze is bad? Just make it illegal and everything is okay. Why is divorce rate so high? Because we're not religious enough. How do we curb youth violence? Get rid of violent games and movies. And so on.
Their IS a lot of violence in modern society. And therein lies the problem. Most of these ****ing baby-boomer parents are soft, weak and cowardly. They're afraid of taking any responsibility for themselves because it might damage their reputations or careers. They prefer to use the younger generations as scapegoats to cover for their own inadequacies. The only thing they ever do is project all of their problems onto everyone else. Everytime I see an idiots like these complain about "violent video games", it goes to show just how badly the baby boomers have failed as a generation.
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Exactly, the parents need to do their job. If games existed like this when I was growing up I know I would never would have been allowed to have it and if my parents found out a friend did and I was playing it over there not only would I have been banned from going over their house but I probably would have been in for some serious grounding when I got home.
Too many parents either don't care or they want an easy way to shut their kids up or they want to be their kids best friend. I used to think my mom was mean because if Halloween or a Friday the 13th movie was on she wouldn't let me watch it (that is just one example). I didn't understand why my parents did what they did when I was growing up and I thought they were mean but now as an adult I know what their intentions were and I am thankful for it.
I personally have no problem with a game like GTA IV but if a parent lets their kids have a game like that or (even worse) buy it for them the parents should get their heads checked.