mongoose wrote:
Gangster No:1 wrote:
Sorry chaps but I disagree to an extent.
I think the level of violence that children are shown on a daily basis through TV, DVDs, games and the media in general has played a big part in the level of random violence in our society in the UK today. I think it de-sensitises kids and makes them think that violence is a normal way to behave. You have to ask what is going on in kids' heads when they beat the fuck out of people and post it on You Tube. Games play their part in this as do the other things, but I could write a book on the other things so I'll leave it there.
If that's the case mate we'd all be psychos.
This is getting dangerously close to politics and ethics which are things I like to stay out of.
I'll leave it here tbh. Jack Thompson is a loon - the best thing any committed gamer can do is pray he continues. Whilst he keeps bombarding the media and the average guy with these stupid stories and ludicrous cases we're safe. The longer we can keep this guy in the spotlight the better. The last thing we need is someone competent, charismatic and intelligent leading a charge against games, that would cause problems for all fps gamers around the world
Daco
I think the increasingly psychotic behavior of many teenagers and young adults proves the point then. I don't remember gangs of kids kicking adults to death in the UK when I was growing up - do you?
I'm not blaming games on their own for that, but they are an acceptable part of kids seeing too much violence. How many parents / shops enforce the age rating for games?
Totally agree on the parenting comments but the fact of the matter is again that a large part of what your kids are exposed to is out of your control today. Families in the UK need two wage earners to afford the cost of living and kids spend more time with a nursery attendant and in the company of badly behaved kids than their parents.
Sorry to bang on and on about it but I really don't want to bring the Charlie boy up in England because I feel so strongly about how shit our society has become. But I can't blame games for that - they're just a small part of it.