It's about that time of the week where we have an ill-informed opinion on the "dangers" of videogames from someone who is completely out-of-touch with reality. Enter Liberal Democrat Baroness Walmsley, who has thrown games and DVDs in with booze, weapons, gambling and drugs as one of the things that "destroy young lives."
"Knives, guns, certain games and DVDs, alcohol, solvents and gambling," she argues, "are all very harmful and can destroy young minds and young lives." Her nobleness was joined by the Conservative Lord de Mauley who added that all those things, including games, were restricted with good reason, due to their "various harmful effects."
Of course, the House of Lords is made up primarily of very old, very rich individuals who have no idea how Britain actually works, despite their power and elevated status. The idea of these pampered nobles talking about British culture like they know a damn thing about it is pretty bloody funny.
It's also amusing to see nobles talk about videogames destroying young minds, as if their generations of inbreeding haven't had a much worse affect on the brain.
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2:40 PM on 05.12.2009
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Dammit you beat me to it.
Bill and Marty: Can we accept that?
i see you fixed the mistake but im still posting this.
thinks = things
<sarcasm> shouldn't we just have a tick box with Mr. Dtoid flashing his metallic ass instead of these <inserts> Our very own emoticon or something of the sort.
Or maybe it also that the public school system is so simple that people dont even have to try and play video games to get challenged.
and you deny this is true jim? after having your life torn apart by nobi nobi boy and x-blades?
Is that the only way we'll be safe?!
I say tear down the House of Lords and build a rec center for the kids. (with an arcade)
2) We need the Lords at this present time - more than once they've stopped ridiculous legislation getting passed which we have no say in. Until it comes to the next election they're pretty much our only beacon of sanity in the legislatory system.
Any rules about brothers?
The government should be trying to improve kids' quality of life; educate them about and deter them from gang culture, stop incompetent parents buying GTA4, an 18+ rated game, for their 10 year old kids - not spouting headlines from the guardian.
If the people are dependant on a system that's fundamentally broken/unfair, then the people should wean themselfs of such a system or fix the system for the better.
But what do I know?
CAN I HAZ RECON? LOL BEWBS!
Rather a shame to see the gaming media jump all over this one.
the problem is that the industry is self regulating and dosent need goverment interference the problem is stupid parents buying the games for their kids
i remember when i was a elementary that parents were giving the kids who were under 10 porno but government cant stop stupid parents from doing that and its gonna be the same deal with video games there is no control over stuff that happens in your home
whenever i go into game stop there is at least one kid being denied the sale of a game that is rated m and all he does is go out get his mom and have her buy it for him
We are? How?
My point is, yes they are old and they wear silly wigs, but they're not inbred, they're not wildly out of touch, and as CALkulon said, without the house of Lord, Britain would right now be locking people up for 42 days without charge, and would be subject to all manner of Ministry of Love despotism.