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Brown to ban video games?!
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<blockquote data-quote="Becky" data-source="post: 39696" data-attributes="member: 531"><p>This has always been a pet peeve of mine. It's irresponsible parenting that makes kids grow up bad, not TV or video games! </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, we now live in such a pass-the-buck society that bad parents (and anyone in general who likes to shirk responsibility) prefer to blame someone else for their mistakes, hence the government now telling us what to do lest there is public outrage. </p><p></p><p>That of course backfires because the rest of us (the responsible ones) don't want, or need, to be told what to do! Technically, the government can't win, someone will always disagree with whatever course of action they take.</p><p></p><p>I'm not trying to defend the government here. I hate censorship and like to think that I'm intelligent enough to decide what's good for me and my family and what isn't without intervention. However, I do think that in this litigation-happy era we have created a bit of a vicious circle. It's a sad state of affairs when one has to be overly strict just so they don't get blamed for something that's not their responsibility anyway. Only when the government is sure that they will not be blamed for things will they stop trying to control our lives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Becky, post: 39696, member: 531"] This has always been a pet peeve of mine. It's irresponsible parenting that makes kids grow up bad, not TV or video games! Unfortunately, we now live in such a pass-the-buck society that bad parents (and anyone in general who likes to shirk responsibility) prefer to blame someone else for their mistakes, hence the government now telling us what to do lest there is public outrage. That of course backfires because the rest of us (the responsible ones) don't want, or need, to be told what to do! Technically, the government can't win, someone will always disagree with whatever course of action they take. I'm not trying to defend the government here. I hate censorship and like to think that I'm intelligent enough to decide what's good for me and my family and what isn't without intervention. However, I do think that in this litigation-happy era we have created a bit of a vicious circle. It's a sad state of affairs when one has to be overly strict just so they don't get blamed for something that's not their responsibility anyway. Only when the government is sure that they will not be blamed for things will they stop trying to control our lives. [/QUOTE]
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