| Naraku_Diabolos said: No, many people would not know what a helghast or whatever it is from the poster. Some people would just assume it is a firefighter back from the dead and smoking crack, hence the glowing red eyes and a mask with a nozzle. Put yourself in someone else's shoes who doesn't know a thing about this game. People aren't going to know what it is because they are living their own lives and not playing games. There are more things in this world than just video games. Video games are a form of entertainment, and no everyone appeals to the same form of entertainment. Remember that. Don't assume some woman is a 'sucker mom.' She has every right to be protective of her child and concerned of a poster that looks demonic because she doesn't understand what kind of game it is. I would've done the same to protect my child (if I had one now...) from stuff like this because I wouldn't want my children to be influenced or traumatized from seeing something look demonic. I can see what she's saying that the 'person' or 'entity' looks like. It looks like someone with a gas-mask on ready to cause a nuclear or biological warfare, in this case the mother might think it's a game on terrorism. Just look at it from a human perspective of what you see in our everyday lives and not in a video game. |
1: She should also have some form of respect for things she's unfamiliar with. No one should expect her to know who the Helghast are, but that doesn't give her the right to attack everything she's unfamiliar with. People like that can be bad for the world. I have a few friends that are quick to judge/criticize small things that they're never seen/heard and I find very stupid sometimes. Are your examples any different from dumbass people that think Obama is a terrorist from a Iraq with some plan to cause nuclear/biological warfare? I have a few friends that don't like him because of his color.
2: Though I can understand she's being protective, she has to keep in mind that the world wasn't made for her and her kid - when she goes walking down the street, she shouldn't expect to see a family-friendly city. She also definitely has to realize that she can't complain about everything she doesn't like. She will not win every case. I guess you and I are completely different on this part though.....if I ever had a kid, I wouldn't constantly shelter him from the world. You can't hide your children from things like this forever. It's only a matter of time before he's exposed to it all. What I would do is teach him what can and can't harm you. But, my ultimate goal would be for him to be able to look at somethin similar to a Helghast and not see it as "demonic", but instead as just another random face. I don't want a scared ignorant sheltered kid....I want a kid that'd become a smart man at an early age.
