The government can regulate all they want, but kids who want to get in trouble or experiment or expose themselves to the "dangers of the universe" will find a way. The big hand of the law can't hover over ever single child waiting to slap his or her hand before they reach for the next best hack 'em to pieces, kill the civilians, run over the cute fuzzy animgals video game.
Parents, to some degree, should be aware of what their kids are into, and at least monitor how much of this supposed damaging gore and destruction their impressionable young'ns are exposed to. My brother and I grew up blowin things to bits, running over the innocent motorcycle guys in Spy Hunter because we could, **and b/c it was hilarious**, but you don't see us plowing down pedestrians in the real world? (yes, games today are much more violent then Spy Hunter, but we'll snipe a couple innocents in those, too)
My supermom always made sure we had a handle on the virtual and the real... did the Columbine parents? They weren't even aware of their kids Internet use. duh.
So yeah, let's let the government make the rules so kids can keep breakin 'em while their parents are too blind or uninvolved and just overlook it.
Nice.
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The government can regulate all they want, but kids who want to get in trouble or experiment or expose themselves to the "dangers of the universe" will find a way. The big hand of the law can't hover over ever single child waiting to slap his or her hand before they reach for the next best hack 'em to pieces, kill the civilians, run over the cute fuzzy animgals video game. Parents, to some degree, should be aware of what their kids are into, and at least monitor how much of this supposed damaging gore and destruction their impressionable young'ns are exposed to. My brother and I grew up blowin things to bits, running over the innocent motorcycle guys in Spy Hunter because we could, **and b/c it was hilarious**, but you don't see us plowing down pedestrians in the real world? (yes, games today are much more violent then Spy Hunter, but we'll snipe a couple innocents in those, too) My supermom always made sure we had a handle on the virtual and the real... did the Columbine parents? They weren't even aware of their kids Internet use. duh. So yeah, let's let the government make the rules so kids can keep breakin 'em while their parents are too blind or uninvolved and just overlook it. Nice.