Ok kiddies, listen up:
1. You can not fly. Not possible. You do not have hollow bones. You can not use wax to make wings. They will not work.
2. Television/Video Games are a made up environment for the people that can handle it. If you think you can go into your school with a bomb/gun thinking the when it goes off, everyone will magically reappear, then you are wrong. Entirely. You will kill people. And they will never come back. Ever.
3. Cops will chase you if you go 200 mph on the freeway. You will go to jail.
4. If you jump off of a three story building, then you will most likeley get hurt very badly, and/or die.
Ok, Next. Lets adress the parents:
As adressed to the *cough-cough UNSUPERVISED CHILDREN cough-cough* Video games are fake. If your child can not handle the complex ideas in a video game about killing someone and not being able to do the same in real life, then that child does not need to play the game.
Folks, it's all about parents paying attention to their kids. Of course, if your kid goes and jumps off a cliff because he did it in a video game, that means the parents are either not watching what their kids play/do. OR the parents think their child can handle it when they can't. Oh, and don't blame it on the company that made the game. Specific laws are set so that you can see what the content of the game is before your kids see it. ESRB baby, ESRB. Same goes with childs toys. Warning lables say wether or not supervision is needed, and if there is or isn't any small and swallowable parts in the toy. Even movies! They have very clear ratings that say if it is or isn't appropriate.
And besides that, use freakin common sense.
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Ok kiddies, listen up: 1. You can not fly. Not possible. You do not have hollow bones. You can not use wax to make wings. They will not work. 2. Television/Video Games are a made up environment for the people that can handle it. If you think you can go into your school with a bomb/gun thinking the when it goes off, everyone will magically reappear, then you are wrong. Entirely. You will kill people. And they will never come back. Ever. 3. Cops will chase you if you go 200 mph on the freeway. You will go to jail. 4. If you jump off of a three story building, then you will most likeley get hurt very badly, and/or die. Ok, Next. Lets adress the parents: As adressed to the *cough-cough UNSUPERVISED CHILDREN cough-cough* Video games are fake. If your child can not handle the complex ideas in a video game about killing someone and not being able to do the same in real life, then that child does not need to play the game. Folks, it's all about parents paying attention to their kids. Of course, if your kid goes and jumps off a cliff because he did it in a video game, that means the parents are either not watching what their kids play/do. OR the parents think their child can handle it when they can't. Oh, and don't blame it on the company that made the game. Specific laws are set so that you can see what the content of the game is before your kids see it. ESRB baby, ESRB. Same goes with childs toys. Warning lables say wether or not supervision is needed, and if there is or isn't any small and swallowable parts in the toy. Even movies! They have very clear ratings that say if it is or isn't appropriate. And besides that, use freakin common sense.