Games are bad because they imitate real life...

...is pretty much what a lot of people are saying. Case in point, the controversy surrounding GTA IV and just about any and all FPS's. It makes me sick, really.

Which is funny, because at the same time the media is getting more and more graphic itself with depictions of war, violence, crime, and all sorts of things. Oh, but let's make an attempt to sugar coat things, shall we?

Yea, if you find that as stupid as I do, then good. Ok seriously you can even stop people from watching the news, but face it, real life is flooded with violence, it's flooded with corruption, and it's just downright crude. For example, just the other day my friend got on a bus with a guy that had a gun simply sitting on his lap. More example you say? Just a concentrated case you say? Ok, here's more real life stuff, hen I was walking around town there have been several instances where I have had racial slurs screamed at me, cursed at, and hell once or twice (granted this was early in the morning) I have actually been grabbed, and had it not been for my spiked cuffs, I would have actually had to fight someone.

So seriously, your not doing your children a favor. If anything, your softening them up to become the next victims. And don't even get me started by trying to defend your points by saying, "If all parents start doing what we are doing, then we won't have to worry about toughening up our children," or saying stuff like, "This is exactly why we should eliminate the violent game epidemic," you might as well also try buckling down on art, television, media, oh wait, you already try to do that too.

Just stop wasting your time, and work with the industry instead of trying to become their greatest adversary, in turn becoming there best asset, because it is almost 100% human nature to do something that they being told not to. Does everyone remember the story of Adam and Eve and the Forbidden Fruit? Exactly.


Whatev, you keep doing what your doing if you seriously, in your convoluted mind, seriously are making a difference, or you know you just like trying to be an authoritative figure, then go ahead and keep doing what your doing. I know in a way, as long as you don't attempt to get them all out banned, the game industry thanks you. I mean you make more people want it more because all the ranting and raving, look at Manhunt 2. So much controversy that it sold a lot of copies it's first week. Of course, then everyone found out how horrid the game actually was, and then sales began to plummet.

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