Thai Government Comments On Gaming Curfew

Thanks to BBC News for their article discussing the reaction to Thailand's imposition of a gaming curfew for those under 18, as previously reported at Slashdot, meaning that, "For younger players [at net cafes] without the special [adult ID] logon, the game simply stops working at 10pm." Apparently, "The government say it has seen a significant drop in the number of nocturnal players since the curfew was imposed", and justifies itself by arguing: "But in the developing world, in Thailand, the parents, especially those parents who have teenage children, they must work very hard and they work until very late at night so they don't have the time to look after their children properly." But the BBC article wonders: "Is it really the government's job to decide what's best for the nation's youth after dark?"

Comments

Re:Kids after dark

[Yarn]

It's a politically motivated law. Grumpy Old Men(tm) moan about kids hanging around. Government say "Vote for us, we'll make it illegal". If the police actually enforced the law it'd be very unpopular, probably challenged under human rights law.

Re:Government responsibility

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

But the socialists have already perverted the meaning of government and now people expect certain services that they cannot live without. To cut taxes, you're going to have to cut services and people won't allow that.