The great Roman poet Catullus advocates prostitution, often accompanied by graphic descriptions of sex; Horace suggests that you sleep around with as many woman as you can, addressing practically each poem he writes to some other girlfriend of his. The Bible's "Song of Solomon" explicitely describes sexuality, comparing a woman's breasts to pomogranates. And practically all the ancient epics glorify war and killing- The Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Beowulf.Now, no one would suggest these respected stories are harmful to children, would they? Hell, these are the things they wished the children would read instead of playing GTA.
Anyway, woulnd't any legislation limiting the content of video games violate the first amendment?
If the hospitals can monitor at-risk patients, why not just monitor everyone such that immediate response can be enacted for emergencies? And if hospitals may monitor for health emergencies, why not just let the government get in on it to monitor for crime emergencies? In fact, why not just implant trackers into citizens for easier monitoring? Wow, this would be a great way to make the world a safer place for authoirty!
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On the other hand, ancient Rome based most of its technological achievement on preexisting ideas imported from foreign countries.
I'm glad they told me Chandrashekhar Khare was an Indian. I would have never guessed
The great Roman poet Catullus advocates prostitution, often accompanied by graphic descriptions of sex; Horace suggests that you sleep around with as many woman as you can, addressing practically each poem he writes to some other girlfriend of his. The Bible's "Song of Solomon" explicitely describes sexuality, comparing a woman's breasts to pomogranates.
And practically all the ancient epics glorify war and killing- The Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Beowulf.Now, no one would suggest these respected stories are harmful to children, would they? Hell, these are the things they wished the children would read instead of playing GTA.
Anyway, woulnd't any legislation limiting the content of video games violate the first amendment?
Slashdot is art? Doesn't art have to be declared by the artist? I can't imagine anyone wanting to declare this mess as art...
If the hospitals can monitor at-risk patients, why not just monitor everyone such that immediate response can be enacted for emergencies? And if hospitals may monitor for health emergencies, why not just let the government get in on it to monitor for crime emergencies? In fact, why not just implant trackers into citizens for easier monitoring? Wow, this would be a great way to make the world a safer place for authoirty!