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fatslob-:O said:

The teachers should stick to their own business since what those kids do outside of class is none of their own damn concerns!

Completely agree.



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Tachikoma said:
Samus Aran said:

My parents bought me Metal Gear Solid on PC when it came out and my uncle gave me a pirated version of GTA III and Wolfenstein: Return to Castle Wolfenstein on the PC. Later I got my parents to buy GTA: Vice City. I also got a pirated copy of Quake III Arena from my friend. And we played a lot of Soul Blade and Syphon Filter at his house.

What's so wrong with letting kids play violent games...

And yeah, I didn't grow up with Nintendo. :p (if we ignore Pokémon red, silver and Super Mario Land 1 & 2.)

Depends entirely upon the individual child, and how that child interacts with other children, and what the social structure between them is.

So like i said, nice in concept, i.e. "in a perfect world", but in reality it has no hopes of success as even if 90% of parents restricted their kids, they would still manage to play such games anyway.

Frankly, i find it somewhat hypocritical that a movie with scenes of violence and nudity are generally classed much lower than games, too.

What annoys me most is that they have no problem with brutal violence on tv like decapitation, but the moment a movie, tv show or game has a bit of nudity in it they cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

We wouldn't want our kids to see a nipple after all!



KingdomHeartsFan said:

Isn't it okay for a child to play a M rated game as long as the parent approves?  As long as the parents know about it and say its okay I don't see why teachers should get involved.  I played M rated games and I'm fine. 

Depends on the law in the country. In some countries it is legal to allow a minor to watch restricted content as long as you are the legal guardian. In other countries it is illegal to supply restricted content to an underage person under any circumstances.

My son wanted to buy Ass Creed 1 back when he was 12. I didn't realise it was restricted to 13 and over under our laws, so I sent him to the game store to buy it and they refused. So I went in to buy it (and my son came in with me) and the sale's person refused to sell it to me because I was buying it for my son, and the store is legally not allowed to knowingly sell even under those circumstances.

Of course I went back out of the store, gave the cash to my brother and he went in to the store alone and bought the game for me.

I have allowed my sons to play age restricted games, but only after I've played them and deemed the "offensive content" to be "not that bad". I do find that here at least games get age restricted for content that in movies and TV shows would not attract age restricted ratings.

As a gamer and a parent I think I have enough knowledge to know what's OK and what's no OK for my kinds. However I know lots of non-gamer parrents who have no clue what their kids are playing and they seem to ignore the age restrictions, and when it comes to movies and TV shows, where they are more clued up, they are fairly strict. So I am a bit conflicted about where the right balance is with parental control. If parents act with knowledge then it's fine, but if they are acting in ignorance then that's not fine.



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This really isn't going to help anyone. If anything, subsequent distrust and resentment will follow suit.

 

One more thing. Correct me please if I am wrong, but shouldn't this be in the 'Politics Discussion?'



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Samus Aran said:

What annoys me most is that they have no problem with brutal violence on tv like decapitation, but the moment a movie, tv show or game has a bit of nudity in it they cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

We wouldn't want our kids to see a nipple after all!

as rol says, the more you make something taboo the more desire to experience it grows.

same goes for the whole sexuality thing in my opinion, the more people try to bury the idea of nudity and sex being shown to teens and such, the worse the situation with rape and sexual assault will get, because the alure of something forced to be a taboo, pulls harder.



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I think most kids now days would consider not being allowed to play violent video games neglect and abuse.



This is the Game of Thrones

Where you either win

or you DIE

How ridicules.

I can't believe they actually used the word "play" in association with games when kids these days would rather watch them instead.



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Samus Aran said:
Tachikoma said:

I don't see this working, because the child could just as easilly see gameplay on youtube, watch/play it at a friends house, or see it on tv - or even just entirely make up instances of what they saw in the game, even if they dont have it, to be a part of the "cool" crowd, in which case the parents would be in legal trouble what things beyond their control.

Nice in concept, a minefield of failure in execution.

My parents bought me Metal Gear Solid on PC when it came out and my uncle gave me a pirated version of GTA III and Wolfenstein: Return to Castle Wolfenstein on the PC. Later I got my parents to buy GTA: Vice City. I also got a pirated copy of Quake III Arena from my friend. And we played a lot of Soul Blade and Syphon Filter at his house.

What's so wrong with letting kids play violent games...

And yeah, I didn't grow up with Nintendo. :p (if we ignore Pokémon red, silver and Super Mario Land 1 & 2.)


Mortal Kombat 3 was my first violent game i played when i was 5 years old then played Doom shareware version on my dad's PC.

And same here did not grow up Nintendo & Sega. =)



Teachers should NOT get involved in such a situation.



                
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What a terrible idea. Kid's parents let him play Halo? Don't blow the abuse whistle on that. Blow the whistle for the kid that shows up to school with a black eye and is acting strange. Kid somehow gets the game without parents consent (happens a lot) and school finds out he played M-rated games? HOLY SHIT ABUSE!!!! Jesus Christ I might as well send my future kid to a daycare for 12 years for the amount of babysitting they get. First you take away the soccer ball.......



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