Well said Leadworks
It depends on the person. People can be just as easily influenced by the people around them in a bad way even if neither party has violent/sexual/drug (whatever) video games.
I am not against the violence part. Halo, medal of honor,and stuff like that are ok. Violence can be used for good things like defending your country and what not. But drug abuse and rape in videogames is asking for trouble.
One of the things that disturbs me tho, and is wrong no matter how you say it is one day i was at a friends house helping him with something, and his brother was over, with his 5 year old daughter playing Gta San Andreas. An they were in a strip club. An the guy just let her play it. I was like Holy Crap.
don't think games cause violent behavior, except in borderline individuals who are easily pushed over the edge. It's more about making people passive and tolerant of all things destructive.
What is it with this idea of good parenting? Do you really think any parent has the power to prevent their child from playing a violent game, when they can just go to an arcade or a friend's house? If it's on the streets, there's going to be one kid who's parents let him do anything, and everyone is going to go to their house to play it.
The only way to protect your children from exposure to things you don't want them to have is to form a village like the FLDS people, and then the government will come in and take your children, or like in Waco they will just kill you. Or in Germany, the government takes home-schooled kids away from their parents.
What is it with this idea of good parenting? Do you really think any parent has the power to prevent their child from playing a violent game, when they can just go to an arcade or a friend's house? If it's on the streets, there's going to be one kid who's parents let him do anything, and everyone is going to go to their house to play it.
The only way to protect your children from exposure to things you don't want them to have is to form a village like the FLDS people, and then the government will come in and take your children, or like in Waco they will just kill you. Or in Germany, the government takes home-schooled kids away from their parents.
It depends on the person. People can be just as easily influenced by the people around them in a bad way even if neither party has violent/sexual/drug (whatever) video games.
I am not against the violence part. Halo, medal of honor,and stuff like that are ok. Violence can be used for good things like defending your country and what not. But drug abuse and rape in videogames is asking for trouble.
One of the things that disturbs me tho, and is wrong no matter how you say it is one day i was at a friends house helping him with something, and his brother was over, with his 5 year old daughter playing Gta San Andreas. An they were in a strip club. An the guy just let her play it. I was like Holy Crap.