30th November 2004, 4:03 PM
Quote:Yes, media may have an impact on impressionable children and we should keep them away from some games. But the media and people like Leiberman overstate the impact, I think... the biggest problem are people who blame one media format without doing much with the others. Movies and music are probably more culpable. The problem really is that we are an open society and don't really want to ban things but we know that these things are having some kind of negative effect on children... so what do we do? Keeping them away from children as best we can is obviously the way to go at least at first and I'd say that overall it's working... not in every regard but it's improving.
The real question is how much things like games affect children. The answer is, it seems, that we don't really know. Maybe a little. More for people who don't understand the difference between reality and fantasy yet -- such people should not be playing violent games, I would think. Much less for people who do.
I blame the parents.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.