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Originally Posted by SpiritWarrior
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.
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And neither should M-Rated Games be in their hands either. Kids manage to get their hands on alcohol, so I suppose we should ban alcohol too. Oh! They also manage to get their hands on firearms. I guess we need to ban firearms!
Oh no! Some kids could get his hands on his parent's car keys and go for a joyride! Let's ban cars too!
What about lighters? Some kid could set fire to something. Let's ban lighters!
Do I need to go on, or can we simply agree "Let's ban it because a kid could get his hands on it" doesn't make much sense as an argument?
And no, the time argument still doesn't make sense. Kids shouldn't be in contact with these products so that would not be a restriction for kids, but for the legit adult customers. If you want to argue about limiting adults' access to adult products start another thread.