O queso... i wanted to say something for a while now but no one really much cares or i just havent found the right time to bring it up. While watching Hulu i saw a preview for the new Call of Duty Black Ops. It has a bunch of people fighting and shooting each other; from Kobe, well i think kobe, to an In'n'Out guy shooting people up with a tag of "there is a Soldier in all of us." I just want to say this is the WORST campaign i've ever seen... at least the worst timed one. If you dont know some idiots were trying to start a censorship of video games, and say who can and cant buy video games that were deemed violent. the law was so vague it was overturned. They were trying to make anything M rated or with gratuitous violence only be bought by adults which, ok good point, but making a LAW that makes parents and circumvent that is stupid. parents should be smart enough to think, huh... this game is too violent for him to be playing, i should TALK to him about it... But no they decided to go off the deep end and try and make violent video games the new cigarettes for those high schoolers out there...
I digress. With this law being split pretty evenly and three undecided, i thought it was dumb for a gaming company who was against this new law whole heartedly to put out a commercial that is showing that you do a "have someone wanting to kill others and get enjoyment out of it" inside of each of us, because isn't that the whole problem people have with video games in the first place? they think anyone who plays video games will kill them in their sleep? I just kinda put my face in palm and was so sad for those who actually did this commercial...
And i have to add one thing to this. There is actually a Jeep wrangler that people can BUY that is Call of Duty: Black Ops oriented... People are stupid... First they think of sparkling gay vampires then this. The latter days people, we live in the end of days...
Hey sorry for all the bad grammar with all the un upper cased stuff... its late and I honestly don't care what it is called... And my laptop has trouble with its shift button and pressing something at the same time.
What about parents having to be around to let kids under 17 into rated R movies in movie theaters?
ReplyDeleteok so you did throw me a huge curve ball, because i didn't think about that at all. BUT there wasnt the warning of a 500 dollar fine for selling it to a minor.. also there are so many ways around being able to go to a movie that R rated, by just going with some one who is 17...
ReplyDeleteI HATE TO SAY IT BUT MOST OF US PARENTS ARE PRETTY BAD ABOUT WHAT OUR TEEN PLAY ON THE COMPUTER. THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS WE SHOULD DO BUT DON'T. THERE WAS A COUPLE BUYING A GAME FOR THERE 10 YEAR OLD SON AND THEY HAD TO SHOW ID TO BUY IT. MOM WAS SHOCKED THAT IT HAD A RATING BUT DAD SAID IT WOULD BE OK. LOVE MOM
ReplyDeleteYea there are lots of ways around the R movie, but technically there isn't supposed to be. Technically you have to go with an adult...And it was intended to be a parent...But teenagers are too smart and cunning. Mom's right, parents can't control everything. I remember there was a CD I really wanted mom to buy me but it had parental warnings. She didn't say no, but she asked if I knew it had that. I'm sure she would have bought it if I pushed, but just her asking made me feel guilty enough to put it back. Not all kids sway that easy.
ReplyDeleteAlso, parents enjoy these games that have ratings. Kiddos see, kiddos want/do.
However I do agree that this law is silly like the law banning toys being sold in happy meals because it makes kids want happy meals and parents aren't people responsible enough to say no to their child.
It's all about parenting and the current swing in the parenting styles is permissive I.E. no boundaries and allowing everything. It leads to parents buying inappropriate content and food ... which should not be monitored by law.
Ya... I know that i didn't get it out well. My biggest problem is this is a HUGE fight for a law that can be used to fight something that is actually causing problems..
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