Comment Re:These laws will never last (Score 1) 60
You're serious?
While I wasn't alive 100 years ago, the kids of today have exactly zero fear of anything because parents are unwilling (or unable) to punish their kids. I know of a kid who doesn't go to school periodically because he doesn't feel like it. His parents try to punish him? How? They have to work, and so short of taking him to work, they have exactly zero control of what he does during the day. They could theoretically disconnect internet access and disconnect cable at home, but then they're punishing themselves too and I'm pretty sure they don't want to do that. If I did that as a kid, I really don't even want to think what would've happened.
I'm not saying video games are the cause of this (as a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure they're not), but the fact that parents aren't as involved with their kids is involved. First amendment rules don't apply to everything and this isn't as much of a square peg in a round hole as most people are painting it to be. There's a reason why you don't see pornography on broadcast TV and it has nothing to do with the goodwill of the TV stations (the FCC would step in). The real difference this does have is that videogames are purchased for private use, so the parents should be able to tell what their kids are playing.
Of course, some parents are lousy parents and that's where some people think the government should step in, considering unlike the music or movie industry (and I'm not saying they have perfect systems either), the videogame industry doesn't seem interested in regulating themselves.
Somebody should be watching the kids though.
While I wasn't alive 100 years ago, the kids of today have exactly zero fear of anything because parents are unwilling (or unable) to punish their kids. I know of a kid who doesn't go to school periodically because he doesn't feel like it. His parents try to punish him? How? They have to work, and so short of taking him to work, they have exactly zero control of what he does during the day. They could theoretically disconnect internet access and disconnect cable at home, but then they're punishing themselves too and I'm pretty sure they don't want to do that. If I did that as a kid, I really don't even want to think what would've happened.
I'm not saying video games are the cause of this (as a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure they're not), but the fact that parents aren't as involved with their kids is involved. First amendment rules don't apply to everything and this isn't as much of a square peg in a round hole as most people are painting it to be. There's a reason why you don't see pornography on broadcast TV and it has nothing to do with the goodwill of the TV stations (the FCC would step in). The real difference this does have is that videogames are purchased for private use, so the parents should be able to tell what their kids are playing.
Of course, some parents are lousy parents and that's where some people think the government should step in, considering unlike the music or movie industry (and I'm not saying they have perfect systems either), the videogame industry doesn't seem interested in regulating themselves.
Somebody should be watching the kids though.
