The Social Impact of Gaming

"The Bart, The" writes "The Economist weekly is carrying a well considered special report on the current debate regarding morality and gaming." From the article: "Like rock and roll in the 1950s, games have been accepted by the young and largely rejected by the old. Once the young are old, and the old are dead, games will be regarded as just another medium and the debate will have moved on. Critics of gaming do not just have the facts against them; they have history against them, too."

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Re:What answer were you looking for?

[ScentCone]

Lemme guess, it makes you kill your friends, gives you brain damage, and is incredibly addictive, right?

Wouldn't it be easier just to stick with what I actually said? My point is simply that a rational, modest consumption of a really tasty glass of wine, or particularly refreshing glass of beer (or a G&T, of course) is pretty damn benign, unless you've got a glass liver. But smoking anything deposits nasty tarred up hydrocarbons in your lungs, just for starters. That's all I'm talking about: smoking anything, including the fantastic smelling stuff that comes off of my Webber while I'm grilling a piece of venison, isn't good for you.

As for the number of "places" that find it rewarding to argue the pro-marijuana perspective... well, I associate those efforts with lots of other resonant political and (counter-) cultural yammerings that seem to have an agenda beyond the somewhat amusing proclaiming of marijuana as the cure for all that ails the world. You know, sort of like saying that hemp is the best fiber for everything, including fiber optics