You will also see in another post that I will reserve the right to determine if a movie is overrated though I agree that we need to be tougher about what the rest of the world allows my children to see. As for the movie he was not given the option.. "Hey we are going to watch Jurassic Park, it's Rated R, and has dinosaurs eating people in it (laugh)" "ok, I don't want to watch that"... "Hey, the movie's over" "Can we play the PSX"... "sure"...
had he wanted the option he wouldn't have been allowed, the point is that my method works for my kids.. They have no interest in it.. The rule stated above stands, but I would bet $$$ that I will never need to enforce it.
I agree that parents should get jailtime if their underage children cause felony crimes, shit even misdameaner crimes for that matter.. I don't want the government in my home, but I do want them outside of my home covering circumstances that I can not.. (Like purchasing M rated games in a retail store with his friends..)
I am all for putting the parents of all of the school age shooters in prison, they should be tried with their children for their children's crimes.
Before you ask,
Yes, if it were my son or daughter I would expect the same treatment.
No, it's not scary at all, I don't want retail stores to sell him violent sexual games, just like I don't want him to buy cigarettes, watch adult videos.. If there is a game that I feel is overrated, that is for me to decide, and I will buy it for him.. Just as I would take him to or rent an r rated movie if I felt it was overrated.. I hope they toughen the laws and make it more difficult for kids to get them, punish the retailer if a kid is allowed to buy quake 3..
fuck you, I am the farthest thing from religious.
there is no heaven there is no hell, when you die you rott period. I am a realist, if you are too fucking stupid to take care of yourself, and your family then someone else needs to do it for you.
we don't need columbine all over again, the parents of those kids should fusking rot in jail it's THEIR FAULTS their kids did what they did.
enuff is a fucking nuff
We put in a violent movie the other day in fact, and when I told my son what it was rated, and what it contained he went and played, and didn't come back until it was over, just because he didn't want to see people getting killed..
I'm thinking he would react the same away from home. Believe me I have thought of that..
... and it's not the stores responsibility to keep them from buying a pack of smokes, or a gun, nor is it the movie industry's place to prevent kids from getting into x rated movies, the evidence is all around, everyone needs to open their eyes, it doesn't take a scientist to see the effects.. While I agree that parents should be ultimately responsible there are 9 out of 10 parents that just don't care..
They (movies) are only regulated by the movie industry because the government didn't give them any other option.. It should be the same with the ESRB.. If no one wants to step up and create the same form of control that has been exercised in other areas of similar interest, then I am all for government intervention.. It has nothing to do with constitutional rights, my kids will have them when they become adults, until then tough shit.. If it's rated mature, and they bring it home, it gets broken into pieces in front of them, problem solved.. If I over hear that either of them were involved in some form of violent movie / game elsewhere they will be punished as if he had done it at home. And you know what, they have NO INTEREST in any sort of violence what so ever.. But yet they have more videogames than most kids can count..
If the parents did their jobs the government wouldn't have to.. I say that violent/sexual games should have the same laws as buying weapons / cigs / alcohol or going to the movies...
Can a minor get into a movie if he's under 17? Then why should he (or she) be allowed he buy a videogame that's just as bad violent / sexual / vulgar if not worse?
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You will also see in another post that I will reserve the right to determine if a movie is overrated though I agree that we need to be tougher about what the rest of the world allows my children to see. As for the movie he was not given the option.. "Hey we are going to watch Jurassic Park, it's Rated R, and has dinosaurs eating people in it (laugh)" "ok, I don't want to watch that" ... "Hey, the movie's over" "Can we play the PSX" ... "sure" ...
had he wanted the option he wouldn't have been allowed, the point is that my method works for my kids.. They have no interest in it.. The rule stated above stands, but I would bet $$$ that I will never need to enforce it.
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I agree that parents should get jailtime if their underage children cause felony crimes, shit even misdameaner crimes for that matter.. I don't want the government in my home, but I do want them outside of my home covering circumstances that I can not.. (Like purchasing M rated games in a retail store with his friends..) I am all for putting the parents of all of the school age shooters in prison, they should be tried with their children for their children's crimes. Before you ask, Yes, if it were my son or daughter I would expect the same treatment.
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No, it's not scary at all, I don't want retail stores to sell him violent sexual games, just like I don't want him to buy cigarettes, watch adult videos.. If there is a game that I feel is overrated, that is for me to decide, and I will buy it for him.. Just as I would take him to or rent an r rated movie if I felt it was overrated.. I hope they toughen the laws and make it more difficult for kids to get them, punish the retailer if a kid is allowed to buy quake 3..
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fuck you, I am the farthest thing from religious. there is no heaven there is no hell, when you die you rott period. I am a realist, if you are too fucking stupid to take care of yourself, and your family then someone else needs to do it for you. we don't need columbine all over again, the parents of those kids should fusking rot in jail it's THEIR FAULTS their kids did what they did. enuff is a fucking nuff
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We put in a violent movie the other day in fact, and when I told my son what it was rated, and what it contained he went and played, and didn't come back until it was over, just because he didn't want to see people getting killed.. I'm thinking he would react the same away from home. Believe me I have thought of that..
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Troll, come on people.. The truth must hurt huh..
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... and it's not the stores responsibility to keep them from buying a pack of smokes, or a gun, nor is it the movie industry's place to prevent kids from getting into x rated movies, the evidence is all around, everyone needs to open their eyes, it doesn't take a scientist to see the effects.. While I agree that parents should be ultimately responsible there are 9 out of 10 parents that just don't care..
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They (movies) are only regulated by the movie industry because the government didn't give them any other option.. It should be the same with the ESRB.. If no one wants to step up and create the same form of control that has been exercised in other areas of similar interest, then I am all for government intervention.. It has nothing to do with constitutional rights, my kids will have them when they become adults, until then tough shit.. If it's rated mature, and they bring it home, it gets broken into pieces in front of them, problem solved.. If I over hear that either of them were involved in some form of violent movie / game elsewhere they will be punished as if he had done it at home. And you know what, they have NO INTEREST in any sort of violence what so ever.. But yet they have more videogames than most kids can count..
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I have kids, and a brain.. Obviously you just don't know how to keep tabs on yours, sucks to be you..
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If the parents did their jobs the government wouldn't have to.. I say that violent/sexual games should have the same laws as buying weapons / cigs / alcohol or going to the movies... Can a minor get into a movie if he's under 17? Then why should he (or she) be allowed he buy a videogame that's just as bad violent / sexual / vulgar if not worse?
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