Whats happening to gaming?

[andrewpeirce]

rasone77 said:

The world is definately becoming more free with things that used to be taboo, unlike ssj12 I think this is a bad thing, in that, we have created a society (at least in the Americas) that is solely conserned with pleasing oneself without regard to consequences or responsibilities. Anyone who thinks that increased sex with multiple partners or wanton violence is a good thing obviously hasn't thought about the results of these things.

Teenage Pregnancy, the spread of incurable STDs, school-shootings, rape, armed robbery, and other violent crimes are directly related to the increase in instances of these acts portrayed in the media in general (not just video-games, and movies). All of these things listed above have increased dramatically in America and have done so ever since advertisers and media outlets stopped self-policing themselves and began releasing more contraversial material and IPs while standing on a podium of free-speech.

I don't believe the media to be the sole cause of the increase in unsafe and violent practices however, and before people start flaming me, it should be know that I personally don't have a problem with any of these things, nor do I object completely to questionable movies, video-games and advertisements. I do have a problem with people not talking to their children about sex, and violence in movies and monitoring what they are exposed to. By acting like it's not a problem, they run the risk of their children becoming disturbed by these images to the point where they act out, or participate in unsafe behaviors.

People are not going to change what other people do on a massive scale, but you can change the world around you by making an effort to change what you can. People in America are just too damned lazy to try, or they want to pawn off the responsibilty on someone else. Who in all likely-hood never marketed their product to Joe-Psycho-fifteen-year-old in the first place.

EDIT:

@Famousringo I don't think sex is inherently immoral, however, many of the reasons not to have sex with multiple partners are sound advice and should be seriously considered as a reason NOT to be sexualy hyperactive. In the same vien, pornography has ruined many relationships and should be considered taboo for anyone in a relationship where devotion is expected (unless both partners enjoy it of course).

There are also many studies that show the presence of two parents in the household is important for the stable development of children. In fact, one study done on convicts in the penal system, discovered that almost 80% of inmates had no father figure in the home while growing up. This is a huge problem that only becomes more compounded when wholesale sex with multiple partners becomes normal; at that point no one wants to be monogomous; marriage is treated as a joke and as a final death-knell to the freedom to bang anything you want. I think that does more damage to children and creates more criminals than all the images of violence in every video-game Rockstar produces.

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