http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050718/ap_
If you're going to have children, then YOU need to be responsible for them, not me, not the government.. *YOU*, *YOU*, *YOU*.
I'm sick of the air waves being regulated to protect your miserable brat from "sexually explicit material", when it's been proven over and over that the thing that really matters is the PARENTING. If the PARENT doesn't teach precious little Jamie to keep from getting pregnant, not seeing scary bad naked people on TV will do nothing to prevent it either.
Now the parents want to control video games.
Here's an idea ... READ THE LABEL BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR MONSTER THE NEXT THING HE POINTS AT. What is the matter with just saying "no"?
July 18 2005, 12:13:03 UTC 6 years ago
It takes a village to raise a child.
July 18 2005, 12:24:48 UTC 6 years ago
I'm tired of my rights being eroded because it's easier than really solving the problem.
I think the sanitization is actually making the problem worse, it just allows parents to feel less responsible than they already do. They keep trying to shove the burden of parenting onto the government or society.
I personally refuse to be responsible for children that I have no say in creating. The day that I get a vote on who is allowed to be a parent and who isn't, then I will happily be a part of that 'village' you speak of.
Until then, "your choice, your resposibility" is my motto.
July 18 2005, 12:31:05 UTC 6 years ago
July 18 2005, 13:14:05 UTC 6 years ago
- Rockstar says (cue Butthead voice) : "huh-huh, huh-huh, a sex game would be COOL in our next game."
- Rockstar puts in a sex game.
- Some Rockstar manager (cue Beavis voice) : "How the hell are we supposed to pass ESRB ratings with this?"
- So they disable the game. This means that without violating the software license, you will never see the game.
- The game, in "sex-game disabled" mode, gets an ESRB rating of (what-the-hell-ever-it-got).
- The game goes on sale. Please note that the sex game is STILL disabled.
- Some dude starts poking at the save-game files and reactivates the sex game.
- SCANDAL! OUTRAGE! HOW DARE THEY PUT IN A SEX GAME!
They put in a sex game, yes. They took it out, yes. Some clever Fool bypassed the removal, yes. Is this Rockstar's fault?
In the same way as "no lifeguard on duty" means "sue me for millions please."