Comments on: Evans-Jacquart ‘Boob Jobs’ Bimbo http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15471 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:45:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mostly Harmless http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15471/comment-page-1#comment-386879 Mostly Harmless Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:04:13 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15471#comment-386879 Andy, ”Cowboys and Indians” probably wasn't better. What's your point? "This is like saying violent video games cause violent serial killers, which is IMHO, bullshit." It's not just games. Violent content permeates virtually every form of popular media in existence. The effects are self evident to anyone who is paying attention. How many kids brought guns to school and shot up the place even 20 years ago? Just a fluke I suppose... Andy, ”Cowboys and Indians” probably wasn’t better. What’s your point?

“This is like saying violent video games cause violent serial killers, which is IMHO, bullshit.”

It’s not just games. Violent content permeates virtually every form of popular media in existence. The effects are self evident to anyone who is paying attention. How many kids brought guns to school and shot up the place even 20 years ago? Just a fluke I suppose…

]]> By: Andy http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15471/comment-page-1#comment-386549 Andy Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:38:27 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15471#comment-386549 When I was young, children played a game called [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboys_and_Indians"]"Cowboys and Indians"[/url]. The object was to "kill" the Indians with toy guns. Explain to me how that was better. When I was young, children played a game called [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboys_and_Indians"]“Cowboys and Indians”[/url]. The object was to “kill” the Indians with toy guns. Explain to me how that was better.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15471/comment-page-1#comment-385682 Reader's Write Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:35:19 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15471#comment-385682 So what? All of this is only relevant if you believe the assumption that acts on a computer reflect real life choices. This is like saying violent video games cause violent serial killers, which is IMHO, bullshit. They are right that people are over-obsessed about pedophilia, however who is to say what is appropriate at what age (including the act of sex)? Much of that is and should be dictated/decided by cultural leanings and the individuals themselves. Girls used to get married at the ages mentioned in the article all the time, and then they had sex after. It's the current cultural norm that we look down on sexual acts at varying younger age brackets, and I'm not saying I condone actions with those underage (actually I'm very against it), but we cannot make the jump that a girl giving herself a boob job online is going to go out and get a boob job in the real world, or even that it would encourage them to. Also, it is alluded that doing that sort of behavior online will also encourage them to go out and have sex. What ever happened to having sex when you loved someone and were ready? Are we as a society so inept that we assume our kids can be swayed to do anything because of a computer screen? Like you say Jon, if you really want to have that kind of control, exercise some parental controls and then STFU. So what? All of this is only relevant if you believe the assumption that acts on a computer reflect real life choices. This is like saying violent video games cause violent serial killers, which is IMHO, bullshit.

They are right that people are over-obsessed about pedophilia, however who is to say what is appropriate at what age (including the act of sex)? Much of that is and should be dictated/decided by cultural leanings and the individuals themselves. Girls used to get married at the ages mentioned in the article all the time, and then they had sex after. It’s the current cultural norm that we look down on sexual acts at varying younger age brackets, and I’m not saying I condone actions with those underage (actually I’m very against it), but we cannot make the jump that a girl giving herself a boob job online is going to go out and get a boob job in the real world, or even that it would encourage them to. Also, it is alluded that doing that sort of behavior online will also encourage them to go out and have sex. What ever happened to having sex when you loved someone and were ready? Are we as a society so inept that we assume our kids can be swayed to do anything because of a computer screen?

Like you say Jon, if you really want to have that kind of control, exercise some parental controls and then STFU.

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