No mention of first person shooter games in relation to millitary readiness? Games like Quake and Doom are making our soldiers (and Canadians too) More prepared to actually fire a gun at somebody. Sure these games teach violence, but thats what the millitary needs.
It is fun to watch the 2 media sanitized contestants bitch and moan about needing to improve the millitary, and then whine about the violence in video games.
Violent video games = better prepared millitary
And the US really needs a better millitary cuz its gonna take more than a "Dream Team" to defend the Men's Olympic Gold medal in Basketball in 2004
The older I get the dumber kids get. I remember being a kid and thinking that the world was out to get me, I couldn't legally drive, I couldn't legally drink, I couldn't legally go watch R rated movies, I couldn't legally go buy Hustler, can't buy a pistol. Face it 13 year olds can't do squat without permission.
This is NOT a bad thing.
You have to realize that our social system in dealing with accountability has taken the path of removing the opportunity(or trying to) to do harm from those who can not be held accountable for their actions. It seems that there is sort of a double standard held aloft here. Teens should have the same rights as adults, but none of the responsibility.
The problem of course is determining the age of accountability. Should we let K-Mart and Walmart decide, or each state, or the feds?
But I would like to hear from someone who thinks that there should be no age controls whatsoever, that we should instead give children the presumption of competence and only react when harm is done. i.e. let a child bring a sawed off shotgun into a classroom, and only arrest the child after somebody has been shot.
Just because you can break the copyright laws by recording a radio broadcast doesn't mean you can do the same on the internet. The radio station PAYS to play those songs. It ain't free. The RIAA also has a dim view of magnetic tape media. DAT anyone?
As for the cd costs, I agree with you. The recording industry is really sticking it to the consumer here. I hate buying cd's from one-hit radio bands because the other tracks on the cd are usually a lot worse than the one that gets the radio play. So I am stuck paying 15 bucks for a cd with only one song that I like! Yikes! I like the idea a free forum to preview songs and new artists without having to rely on radio or tv to filter content.
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No mention of first person shooter games in relation to millitary readiness? Games like Quake and Doom are making our soldiers (and Canadians too) More prepared to actually fire a gun at somebody. Sure these games teach violence, but thats what the millitary needs. It is fun to watch the 2 media sanitized contestants bitch and moan about needing to improve the millitary, and then whine about the violence in video games. Violent video games = better prepared millitary And the US really needs a better millitary cuz its gonna take more than a "Dream Team" to defend the Men's Olympic Gold medal in Basketball in 2004
The older I get the dumber kids get. I remember being a kid and thinking that the world was out to get me, I couldn't legally drive, I couldn't legally drink, I couldn't legally go watch R rated movies, I couldn't legally go buy Hustler, can't buy a pistol. Face it 13 year olds can't do squat without permission. This is NOT a bad thing. You have to realize that our social system in dealing with accountability has taken the path of removing the opportunity(or trying to) to do harm from those who can not be held accountable for their actions. It seems that there is sort of a double standard held aloft here. Teens should have the same rights as adults, but none of the responsibility. The problem of course is determining the age of accountability. Should we let K-Mart and Walmart decide, or each state, or the feds? But I would like to hear from someone who thinks that there should be no age controls whatsoever, that we should instead give children the presumption of competence and only react when harm is done. i.e. let a child bring a sawed off shotgun into a classroom, and only arrest the child after somebody has been shot.
Just because you can break the copyright laws by recording a radio broadcast doesn't mean you can do the same on the internet. The radio station PAYS to play those songs. It ain't free. The RIAA also has a dim view of magnetic tape media. DAT anyone?
As for the cd costs, I agree with you. The recording industry is really sticking it to the consumer here. I hate buying cd's from one-hit radio bands because the other tracks on the cd are usually a lot worse than the one that gets the radio play. So I am stuck paying 15 bucks for a cd with only one song that I like! Yikes! I like the idea a free forum to preview songs and new artists without having to rely on radio or tv to filter content.
Too bad the RIAA and Napster can't both lose.