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Re: Children and Violence
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 30 Sep 2001 22:27:29 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> What, in your mind, is the difference between playing graphically violent >video
> games and playing cops'n'robbers or cowboys'n'indians as far as that goes?
> Particularly in the latter example, isn't it just celebrating the abuse of
> others? I guess at least you're getting excercize...
This is a great question!
A few days/weeks back Dan J, when asked about Hamas and Hezbollah training
kids with tinfoil wrapped wooden knives to kill Israeli soldiers, responded
that it was the same (or essentially the same) as American kids playing
violent video games.
Is that valid? Is there a difference in kind there somewhere or is it just
degree? I think there IS a difference in kind but can't point to the exact
border point.
For the record we have had a policy of no toy guns or knives in our house,
although it has had some leakage (the LEGO(r) Pirates have guns and
cutlasses, as do the Wild West guys and the Ninjas, etc.), it has held
fairly well. But we had some other leakage with video games. We don't have
Doom or Quake but we DO have Super Smash Brothers (it was bought without my
knowledge or approval but I haven't had the heart (or willpower?) to take it
away) on the n64...
I think it worked pretty well as a policy but my kids still do beat on each
other.
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| (...) One difference I see "in kind" is the "training" aspect of it. When I played cowboys and indians or whatever as a kid (actually, I think I did more "allies vs axis" WWII play than cowboys and indians), I was not being taught by my elders that (...) (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) For the record, I used outlet covers when my son was little and I imagine that I'll use them with the next one (due in only ten weeks!). And we have very high quality car seats -- the best that were available when we did our research, and (...) (23 years ago, 30-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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