Author: James Robertson
Date: 14:53:36 11/17/98
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On November 17, 1998 at 12:38:39, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On November 16, 1998 at 21:04:46, James Robertson wrote: > >>I disagree with you on every point. Why do we buy violent games? To satisfy >>our >>need to kill or destroy. Why do we buy games with sexual content? To tittilate >>us. The reason not to is because our character is changed. > >Perfectly fine. But a violent game is not necessarily a bad game in an >absolute sense, in the way a buggy game is. It is like including a brand of >cigarette on a list of bogus products. A smoker might see it there and think >that it is a bad cigarette, when the problem is that the reviewer has >something against cigarettes in general, and may have put it there because it >was a *good* cigarette. They are different; smoking a cigarette is not wrong; you may change the color of your teeth, but not of your heart. :) > >>People think that violent TV does not affect them. Then why are there >>commercials? >> >>Ditto for computer games. Your son is being molded by the games he can watch >>(but not play). He doesn't inhale! >> >>You mentioned that you do not "specifically" buy R-rated games. You choose >>them >>for some other reason: I presume for their "fun value"? What price is your or >>your son's character that you are willing to sell it for a few hours of fun!? > >I am being misunderstood here, I think. It is not that I buy the games with >sexual content for reasons other than their sexual content, but rather it is >that I don't buy them at all. I haven't had to make the choice yet for any >reason other than that the types of games I get don't tend to have signficant >sexual content. Ok; sorry. After rereading my message, I realized I had accidentaly said you buy R-rated games, something you never said you did. But every genre of games includes nasty ones (even chess, as KK's Krash list says), so to not buy games with sexual content, you have to actively avoid them. > >My kid seems fairly normal, although he did holler "Target acquired!" when I >told him to go get in the car this morning. :) > >bruce I have more stuff to add, but I have class now; when I come back I'll finish my reply!! James
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