You could also say drivers in general don't mature until about 21 or so and cars should be banned from those under 21.
Shhhhhh. Don't give them any ideas.
Joking aside, I agree with what you were saying about giving your kids the "straight dope". My parents were well meaning fundementalist christians who sheltered me and my siblings from the real world for as long as possible. When we did enter the real world we were totally unprepared for it and all of us got really fucked up by it. Most of us are through it now, but it taught me a valuable lesson about preparing your kids.
I have a seven year old daughter and I try to avoid making my parents mistakes. If she asks me a question I try my best to give her all the facts. The only danger is going too far and making the world seem like a scary place. Like most things in life the trick is to walk the middle path.
I agree with what you are saying, that some of the age limits are wierd. For example, over here in the UK we can start drinking at 18.
However, I think the law is actually a positive thing (bear with me on this). The "sheltered and puritanical" people that you mentioned have a lot of political clout and could do a lot of damage to the games industry if they are not dealt with. This new law is similar to the alcohol laws, there is an a age restriction and retailers have a duty to check the age of purchasers. If an underage kid does get drunk it is not the fault of the manufacturer, it's is due to the retailer not checking the age or someone else getting the alcohol on their behalf. With this kind of law the games companies will have a lot more freedom to make "adult" games because they cannot be held to blame if kids are exposed to them.
It may not be much fun for those who are too young to play the games, but at least they will have decent games when they are old enough, if the "sheltered and puritanical" people had their way you would be unable to play these games whatever age you are.
I was raised by christian fundementalists (lucky me). It made me fairly cynical about the whole thing. My parents seemed to have this weird denial thing where they would ignore all the nasty bits in the bible.
If anyone does disagree with what I posted please could they let me know and we can discuss it.
I'm wasn't trolling and I don't have a problem with christians. My post was simply a reaction to the common idea that the christian god is all goodness, love and happiness. If you read the old testament you will see a very different picture.
Westerners tend to divide things into good and evil, but Christianity isn't a western religion and the christian god is very complex and dualistic.
Same here. When I switched from windows to linux I chose redhat. After redhat announced the were concentarting on the business market I was going to use Fedora, but since I am switching I thought I may give Debian a go.
Yep, I've done that. I was sorting out a load of my stuff and anything I no longer needed I would leave in front of my house. Some items vanished overnight, but some were gone within minutes (this wasn't a classy area).
Microsoft, whose Windows operating system runs more than nine in every ten desktop machines around the world, is keen to keep its hegemony.
It says that switching to open source can damage a country's indigenous IT industry, because some varieties of open source software place restrictions on copyright and intellectual property.
It also says that it is a more reliable partner than smaller, less well-established open source distributors.
"Any policy that favours one thing over another isn't helpful," a Microsoft Europe spokeswoman told the Journal.
"It limits choice rather than increasing choice."
Microsoft says open source "limits choice". Pot. Kettle. Black.
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Corporations like dealing with corporations, it's that simple.
That may be a bonus for companies like Redhat. A lot of corporations might be wary of some Linux distros because they seem to be run by hippies. A recognisable corporation like Redhat might be more reassuring to them.
Schools have to provide children with skills that they will need in the real world. They teach them how to use microsoft because that is what they most of them will use in the workplace.
Once Linux becomes a major player in the business world then schools will start teaching it. You cannot change schools until you change business.
Some people have very long fuses, but everyone has a point where their animal instincts will kick in and then they will fight.
There are a few extremely rare people who will not put up a fight if they are attacked, but would they be able to stand aside if someone attacked their loved ones. I know I wouldn't. If someone tried to hurt my seven year old daughter I would do everything in my power to kill them. Not very civilized but that's human nature.
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Shhhhhh. Don't give them any ideas.
Joking aside, I agree with what you were saying about giving your kids the "straight dope". My parents were well meaning fundementalist christians who sheltered me and my siblings from the real world for as long as possible. When we did enter the real world we were totally unprepared for it and all of us got really fucked up by it. Most of us are through it now, but it taught me a valuable lesson about preparing your kids.
I have a seven year old daughter and I try to avoid making my parents mistakes. If she asks me a question I try my best to give her all the facts. The only danger is going too far and making the world seem like a scary place. Like most things in life the trick is to walk the middle path.
However, I think the law is actually a positive thing (bear with me on this). The "sheltered and puritanical" people that you mentioned have a lot of political clout and could do a lot of damage to the games industry if they are not dealt with. This new law is similar to the alcohol laws, there is an a age restriction and retailers have a duty to check the age of purchasers. If an underage kid does get drunk it is not the fault of the manufacturer, it's is due to the retailer not checking the age or someone else getting the alcohol on their behalf. With this kind of law the games companies will have a lot more freedom to make "adult" games because they cannot be held to blame if kids are exposed to them.
It may not be much fun for those who are too young to play the games, but at least they will have decent games when they are old enough, if the "sheltered and puritanical" people had their way you would be unable to play these games whatever age you are.
Heh. I thought that too.
I saw, I conquered, I came
I was raised by christian fundementalists (lucky me). It made me fairly cynical about the whole thing. My parents seemed to have this weird denial thing where they would ignore all the nasty bits in the bible.
You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake.
I'm wasn't trolling and I don't have a problem with christians. My post was simply a reaction to the common idea that the christian god is all goodness, love and happiness. If you read the old testament you will see a very different picture.
Westerners tend to divide things into good and evil, but Christianity isn't a western religion and the christian god is very complex and dualistic.
Are you talking about how god is perceived or the question of whether it actually exists?
Same here. When I switched from windows to linux I chose redhat. After redhat announced the were concentarting on the business market I was going to use Fedora, but since I am switching I thought I may give Debian a go.
My god someone is actually on topic. After wading through all the religious stuff I'd forgotten where we started. Thanks for reminding me.
I disagree, if you read the bible god has a pretty dark side.
He was racist.
He was sexist.
He was homophobic.
He condoned slavery and beating of slaves (even to death).
He killed nearly every single human on the face of the earth. (the flood)
There's so much more I could point out, but I doubt it will make any difference.
(for the greater glory of god)
Yep, I've done that. I was sorting out a load of my stuff and anything I no longer needed I would leave in front of my house. Some items vanished overnight, but some were gone within minutes (this wasn't a classy area).
Oh god, they've even got a page for the kids.
:-)
Microsoft, whose Windows operating system runs more than nine in every ten desktop machines around the world, is keen to keep its hegemony. It says that switching to open source can damage a country's indigenous IT industry, because some varieties of open source software place restrictions on copyright and intellectual property. It also says that it is a more reliable partner than smaller, less well-established open source distributors. "Any policy that favours one thing over another isn't helpful," a Microsoft Europe spokeswoman told the Journal. "It limits choice rather than increasing choice."
Microsoft says open source "limits choice". Pot. Kettle. Black.
That may be a bonus for companies like Redhat. A lot of corporations might be wary of some Linux distros because they seem to be run by hippies. A recognisable corporation like Redhat might be more reassuring to them.
True, but I dare you to start a project called Macdonald's.
Yeah, but we could make those words go a lot further by using 1337 speak.
F3d0r@ linux anyone?
Once Linux becomes a major player in the business world then schools will start teaching it. You cannot change schools until you change business.
I'm trying to imagine what my pc would look like with a 9" laserdisk drive. Not pretty.
True. Well spotted.
So are adults, we're just more discrete.
Hey. I've seen that movie and it didn't mention Watergate once.
(sorry, i couldn't resist it)
Some people have very long fuses, but everyone has a point where their animal instincts will kick in and then they will fight.
There are a few extremely rare people who will not put up a fight if they are attacked, but would they be able to stand aside if someone attacked their loved ones. I know I wouldn't. If someone tried to hurt my seven year old daughter I would do everything in my power to kill them. Not very civilized but that's human nature.