Comments on: GTA game scares off burglars http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3272 p2pnet.net - reader powered Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:33:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3272/comment-page-1#comment-7696 Reader's Write Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:43:11 +0000 #comment-7696 I totally agree. This is similar to my comment here that some readers did not agree with http://p2pnet.net/index.php?page=comment&story=3106&comment=7286 The world is violent, and always has been/will be. To pretend otherwise is just naive. Murderous people far pre-date nintendo. I totally agree. This is similar to my comment here that some readers did not agree with http://p2pnet.net/index.php?page=comment&story=3106&comment=7286

The world is violent, and always has been/will be. To pretend otherwise is just naive. Murderous people far pre-date nintendo.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3272/comment-page-1#comment-7664 Reader's Write Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:30:04 +0000 #comment-7664 I think that we of the 'older' generation should stop for a moment and remember how we used to love watching the coyote trying to 'kill' the roadrunner, only to be seriously hurt in a very cruel way. Did this make us grow up violent? Toy 'guns' are pretty well frowned upon in this day and age, but I remember playing 'cowboys and Indians' and 'cops and robbers'. The goal was to 'kill' the other guy. It didn't make me, in my adult life, wish to posses a gun, for any reason. I think this is because I was brought up properly. And if anyone back then was to say that my parents weren't good parents, they'd be very far from the truth. Violence is all around...from news reports (should we censor our kids from that, or try to help them come to terms?). Movies...sex and violence. You can't 'censor' your children. You can't 'not' let them do/see/watch/play something because you think that it will somehow 'distort' their brains. Being a parent is a job, and that job is to guide them through this world, and to help them understand it. By shielding them you are doing them more harm, in the longrun. Kids will play the game, watch the movie, and read the news. The real question is 'do you want them to do that behind your back'? If the answer is yes, then I'm sorry.... That's the REAL scary part. I think that we of the ‘older’ generation should stop for a moment and remember how we used to love watching the coyote trying to ‘kill’ the roadrunner, only to be seriously hurt in a very cruel way. Did this make us grow up violent?
Toy ‘guns’ are pretty well frowned upon in this day and age, but I remember playing ‘cowboys and Indians’ and ‘cops and robbers’. The goal was to ‘kill’ the other guy. It didn’t make me, in my adult life, wish to posses a gun, for any reason.
I think this is because I was brought up properly. And if anyone back then was to say that my parents weren’t good parents, they’d be very far from the truth.
Violence is all around…from news reports (should we censor our kids from that, or try to help them come to terms?). Movies…sex and violence.
You can’t ‘censor’ your children. You can’t ‘not’ let them do/see/watch/play something because you think that it will somehow ‘distort’ their brains. Being a parent is a job, and that job is to guide them through this world, and to help them understand it.
By shielding them you are doing them more harm, in the longrun.
Kids will play the game, watch the movie, and read the news.
The real question is ‘do you want them to do that behind your back’?
If the answer is yes, then I’m sorry….
That’s the REAL scary part.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3272/comment-page-1#comment-7657 Reader's Write Mon, 13 Dec 2004 02:53:34 +0000 #comment-7657 It seems like those kids were really cool under pressure. Perhaps playing GTA helped them deal with this situation. ;) I think this grandmother should be applauded for allowing her grand children to play/watch GTA 3. Things might have turned out a lot differently if they were not playing the game at the time. Drake It seems like those kids were really cool under pressure. Perhaps playing GTA helped them deal with this situation. ;)

I think this grandmother should be applauded for allowing her grand children to play/watch GTA 3. Things might have turned out a lot differently if they were not playing the game at the time.

Drake

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