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Originally Posted by Luvian
There is nothing wrong with the rating system and everything wrong with retarded parents not monitoring what their kids are doing.
It's not hard, just check what your kids are doing. Are they taking drugs? Are they watching porn? Are they playing mature games?
It doesn't take much effort to tell if Manhunt or Grand Theft Auto is suitable for your children. Any parents who have so much as read the box should be able to tell, or if they're really slow and don't understand the words "MATURE" and "DEPICTION OF DRUG, ALCOHOL, and SEX", they certainly should be able to tell from five minutes of gameplay.
The argument about time doesn't work. Mature games are like adult dvds. If you have an adult dvd you can watch it at any time of the day, and it's your responsibility to keep it away from your kids. As far as I know, video games don't get streamed live on cable tv yet. Or at least that's what Microsoft told me when they sold me an XBOX console.
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Well, there's something wrong if 14 year old kids are still obtaining these. In theory, the system works but please, it's broken as far as games go. The TV system isn't flawless but circumstantially it works better. I agree, check what your kids are doing. I agree, the parents are where it starts. But the video game industry changed in the last few years.
There were little (if any) video games that had ratings back in the day, and we cannot point the finger at parents simply because they are ignorant to the fact that video games are now rated like movie titles. It is the game companies that skirt this issue, because they know that if the restrictions were 100% adhered to, they would lose alot of money.
I will state again, this does not erase all responsibility from parents, but at some point the government needs to intervene, at least even running some commercials about "What games is your teen playing?" or offer some education classes for old-fashioned guardians who are "out of the loop" and cannot fathom all this newfangled thechnology. I'd hardly call all parents who haven't realized this danger "retarded".
The time thing still holds merit IMO. The R-rated DVD shouldn't be in the hands of a minor anyways.