Falco&Victory
Smash Champion
Ok, I know the title intrigued you, admit it. While reading the thread on gory games I was about to make some huge in-depth post, but I decided to make a new thread that does not entirely relate to the old topic, so if you're not into long reads then too bad.
Now, I'll start with my original point on gory games. Gaming industries, like it or not, are being sued for 'foul language', or 'too much violence', right? Now, if a parent bought a T or M rated game for little 10 year Robby, then how is it in any way the fault of the gaming industry? Same with movies that revolve heavily around discrimination and racism. Did the producer sit you down with a gun to your head and FORCE you to watch the movie? No, they didn't, you wear to lazy to read the review and realize the movie had unsuitable content for your children. To cover up for bad parenting, many parents are starting to sue media industries for foul content.
The internet is also a very controversial source. Parents have sent hate-mail and may even have started lawsuits against Nintendo and Sony for their internet browsers allowing children access to porn. How is it <i>any</i> different from a computer allowing access to porn? The systems come with a much simpler and more persistent parental control program to stop unauthorized access to the internet. Why not go sue companies that create computer monitors? Maybe it's because parents just want someone to blame, and maybe it's because the parents are over-protective(which is found to be socially unhealthy in a developing teen).
Skipping past the media, I'll be moving on to extreme sports. I love parkour(look it up on youtube, it's the best thing the French ever invented). Parkour is the best thing to ever happen to me. It is the best workout you will ever get, it is exhilarating, and it helps you get past yourself mentally. The problem with it? If you try something over your head you will most likely sustain an injury. The reason there aren't any parkour parks in America is because there would be so many lawsuits that the park would end up in debt. How is it that park's fault if a stupid kid tries to make a 20 foot-jump without sufficient practice and breaks his leg? I suppose the state should also be sued for allowing the growth of tall, climbable trees, right? I understand why the parents would be concerned, but in extreme sports safety is the number 1 priority. The people who do the sport are more concerned about their safety than the parents, unless they're just plain stupid. How come my local skate park hasn't been sued yet, but the local populace fights the creation of a parkour park? Without one I've been forced to practice my jumps and rolls off of a swingset/fort thing in my backyard, and I can tell you that the wooden beams won't be lasting more than another few years. With the park in too practice I'd be much more safe.
My point is why do parents insist on blaming someone else for their child's or their own stupidity? It's at the point now where the government is starting to side with those over-concerned parents. I feel that those parents make up the minority, but as they are the ones to give the government the most bother, they are the ones being taken seriously. The media, gaming industries, and sporting professionals are not the ones to lay the blame on here, it's the parents. I would understand if a kid was skateboarding and the ramp they were on collapsed, but that is almost never the case. It seems that parents don't realize that the media and everyone else is taking children's safety in mind. There are ESRB ratings for a reason, if you take a 10-year old to a PG13 movie then you have no right to sue, and if your kid attempts to fly like superman, yeah well you should get sued for giving your child stupidity genes.
Ok, I might have bashed a little bit, but I only speak the truth. Discuss.
Now, I'll start with my original point on gory games. Gaming industries, like it or not, are being sued for 'foul language', or 'too much violence', right? Now, if a parent bought a T or M rated game for little 10 year Robby, then how is it in any way the fault of the gaming industry? Same with movies that revolve heavily around discrimination and racism. Did the producer sit you down with a gun to your head and FORCE you to watch the movie? No, they didn't, you wear to lazy to read the review and realize the movie had unsuitable content for your children. To cover up for bad parenting, many parents are starting to sue media industries for foul content.
The internet is also a very controversial source. Parents have sent hate-mail and may even have started lawsuits against Nintendo and Sony for their internet browsers allowing children access to porn. How is it <i>any</i> different from a computer allowing access to porn? The systems come with a much simpler and more persistent parental control program to stop unauthorized access to the internet. Why not go sue companies that create computer monitors? Maybe it's because parents just want someone to blame, and maybe it's because the parents are over-protective(which is found to be socially unhealthy in a developing teen).
Skipping past the media, I'll be moving on to extreme sports. I love parkour(look it up on youtube, it's the best thing the French ever invented). Parkour is the best thing to ever happen to me. It is the best workout you will ever get, it is exhilarating, and it helps you get past yourself mentally. The problem with it? If you try something over your head you will most likely sustain an injury. The reason there aren't any parkour parks in America is because there would be so many lawsuits that the park would end up in debt. How is it that park's fault if a stupid kid tries to make a 20 foot-jump without sufficient practice and breaks his leg? I suppose the state should also be sued for allowing the growth of tall, climbable trees, right? I understand why the parents would be concerned, but in extreme sports safety is the number 1 priority. The people who do the sport are more concerned about their safety than the parents, unless they're just plain stupid. How come my local skate park hasn't been sued yet, but the local populace fights the creation of a parkour park? Without one I've been forced to practice my jumps and rolls off of a swingset/fort thing in my backyard, and I can tell you that the wooden beams won't be lasting more than another few years. With the park in too practice I'd be much more safe.
My point is why do parents insist on blaming someone else for their child's or their own stupidity? It's at the point now where the government is starting to side with those over-concerned parents. I feel that those parents make up the minority, but as they are the ones to give the government the most bother, they are the ones being taken seriously. The media, gaming industries, and sporting professionals are not the ones to lay the blame on here, it's the parents. I would understand if a kid was skateboarding and the ramp they were on collapsed, but that is almost never the case. It seems that parents don't realize that the media and everyone else is taking children's safety in mind. There are ESRB ratings for a reason, if you take a 10-year old to a PG13 movie then you have no right to sue, and if your kid attempts to fly like superman, yeah well you should get sued for giving your child stupidity genes.
Ok, I might have bashed a little bit, but I only speak the truth. Discuss.