Re: Oil Nazis enact video games enforcement act

On Wed, 28 May 2008 14:23:39 -0400, tar~bal wrote:

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> "KK" <_KK_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Wed, 28 May 2008 14:06:48 -0400, tar~bal wrote:
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>>>> On Wed, 28 May 2008 06:56:29 -0400, tar~bal wrote:
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>>>>> "KK" <_KK_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> news:pan.2008.05.27.19.32.09.902508@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>> On Tue, 27 May 2008 15:30:33 -0400, tar~bal wrote:
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>>>>>>> "KK" <_KK_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 May 2008 12:43:11 -0400, tar~bal wrote:
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I just wonder what kind of person has a problem with video game
>>>>>>>>> ratings.
>>>>>>>>> Maybe 12 year olds?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Video game ratings are dumb.  They just make the kids want them 
>>>>>>>> more.
>>>>>>>> Same with album warnings.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That may be the case, but if they can't buy them unless they are 
>>>>>>> legal
>>>>>>> age,
>>>>>>> what does it matter?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you really think that the kids can't buy them?  Come on.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure kids buy cigarettes and booze all the time but putting an
age
>>>>> restriction does discourage it.
>>>>
>>>> Without the teeth of the cigarette and alcohol laws, it doesn't 
>>>> discourage
>>>> it at all.  The kind of kid who wants to play a game involving
shooting
>>>> hookers and running over cops isn't going to care about breaking a
rule
>>>> about video game purchases.  They can get them in the mail, anyway.
>>>
>>> Look, I'm not for new laws by any means.  In fact, I couldn't care
less 
>>> if
>>> it is enforced or not.  I think that the ratings are good guides for 
>>> parents
>>> to evaluate what games their kids get.  If my son comes home with a
game
>>> that is rated way above his age, I can make the decision to make him 
>>> trade
>>> it in or take it from him (and play it after he goes to sleep).  But 
>>> there
>>> isn't a rational argument against ratings.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>  I just don't see the problem with keeping
>>>>> material that isn't age appropriate from minors
>>>>
>>>> okay, I don't think this is an effective way to do it.
>>>
>>> It's a tool among others.  The first being parental responsibility. 
Part 
>>> of
>>> that can entail watching what ratings are on the games.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>.  I mean, they can't buy
>>>>> ****, they can't go into R rated movies, this is a new (kinda)
medium,
>>>>> and I
>>>>> just don't see the issue.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I did all those things, except cigarettes, before I was 16.
>>>
>>> Did your folks know?
>>
>> No way!
>>
> 
> See?   They should have been parenting instead of relying on silly laws
and 
> whatnot.  Is it any wonder you grew up to be a reprobate that listens to

> Howard Stern?

My parents were parenting, believe me.  I just made it very difficult.