This violent-related essay for school i wrote. Check it out.

LuFeng · 03-01-2005

i hate to do this but i agree with jalil on this man. i mean from readin that and how you put it together you can so tell that a young person wrote this as a way to try and sway the sellin of video games to minors. i mean come on dude. so were takin your rights away for not lettin you buy an "m" rated game???? how bout this its part of growin up and earning the right!you ever heard the sayin freedom isnt free?? well its true and same goes for your rights, they arent always a given they are also earned. i mean you have to be 21 to drink, are you gonna write an essay with your other drunk friends sayin thats bullshyt they are takin your rights away cause you cant drink at 12 or 15 or whatever???

these games are mature for a reason.i mean can you just let US ADULTS have a few things of our own too???oh way its gotta all be about the kids right??

i mean come on if i was a teacher id give that a "D" for sure and thats bein nice. its filled with untrue facts, nothing to back the few facts that are somewhat true up and once again you can tell its written to persuade than to show facts and why it would benefit parents and kids and society alike.and so you know theres way bigger problems in this country than makin sure kids can buy an M rated game. i mean really how many games are there that have an M tag on them versus all other ratings....no that many so be happy!

and ppl wonder why us adults get irritated at kids on games like socom.just be HONORED you are even playin socom and that you might be able to play socom 3.you have to realize this....put this in YO paper...if they really wanted to keep them away from kids they could, but they dont. they simply put the "m" tags etc on them to save their own *** and allow them to make the game without too much flack.once that label is on there its up to the storesand parent buying/selling it to enforce not zipper or sony.

EDIT- i soooo had to add this, about "YOUR RIGHTS" i wanna here you tell yoru parents that over some shyt they dont let you have or do, now that would be a good movie clip to put up on the site. until your out on your own...you have no rights

WET · 03-01-2005

If every party took responsibility for their actions you would never get to play Socom.

Game makers put an M on their product.

Stores should refuse to sell to minors

Parents should be aware of rating system and act accordingly when purchasing games for minors.

I blame parents for not holding up there end of the bargain. I watch what my children are playing on PS2, why can't other parents.

You say you are mature enough to handle the violence and not be affected. That is ********. I see kids posting in here everyday about how they dream about Socom and talk about it at school and call each other n00bs. I think the game does affect you. You might not be shooting up your school, but you are definitely changed because of your experience.
Bottom line is that some children are not able to handle the responsibility of playing a game this violent. So they put a rating on it to protect them, the stores and YOU. If your parents think you can handle it and buy it for you that is great.

However selling to minors would be a huge mistake.

Say you buy the game and you have a firm grip on reality. Somebody else buys the game and maybe he doesn't. You go head to head online and pwn his n00b a$$. Oh by the way he goes to your school and doesn't like the fact that he lost. And by the way his dad doesn't have a gun cabinet for that .45 he keeps at home. Oh and by the way the ammo is stored with. By the way you live in a small suburb that has no metal detectors or security guards on post at the schools. And by the way he shoots your *** on the way to lunch that day.

But you pooned the n00b online! Damn straight! Cause you had the right!

KS_boba · 03-01-2005

WOW, So many opinions, first of all, im talking about gaming in general adn not just GTA, that was just an example. If you play violent games and you are not changed by it, what would your parents think? They will think that you are mature enough to handle things. If you cant, they they wont think that.
Its not a law minors cant buy M rated video games, there was never made. Actually my info and my essay isnt biased, I am not just on one side without knowing the other side, look at my second paragraph, it states my opposition. Its not like "OMG n00b, i pwned yall!" Did i say that, no..Man, if You guys(Lufeng and Jalil)oppose my point of view, please say it without going crazy over there, and maybe your not but damn in your sentence i sense a lot of hate

And Wet, did you even read my essay?It states that in like the third or fourth paragraph that i said there ARE kids who go crazy because of games, but the ratio of them to kids who do not go crazy are like 1 : 100000000000000000000000000000000000000.
But i do appreciate you guys making comments, thank you.
We'll see how much i get on this essay, its not That good but i doubt it will get a D-

Jalil · 03-01-2005

Exactley KS, there are kids that are effected by playing games. Sometimes it's only minor, such as it altering their behavior the way Wetworks said, affecting concentration at school etc. And sometimes it's something big and they end up shooting up a school, or becoming a criminal. So for this reason, the government only sells games that the esrb has deemed inapropriate if the parents are present and giving full consent. If they refused to sell M rated games to minors even with parental consent, thats prohibition, and could be rightly opposed with the arguement of "let the parents decide." If they sold the games to minors without consent of a parent that would be taking away the parents control. So that isn't a realistic goal. The government is actually being generous by letting minors buy games if a parent allows it, because often the game probably shouldn't be played by the child. Just think about all the 7 year olds that play socom online way too much because they have bad parents who let them. If any kid could buy these games it would be way more. It's just not a good idea, it's like wanting to legalize selling alcohol to kids or something.

WET · 03-01-2005

So what you are saying is that there is no law that says you cannot go into a game store and buy an M rated game?

I know you cannot go into a movie store and buy a movie that is rated NC-17. That is a law.

But did that ever stop you from seeing a movie that was rated NC-17? Probably not. You have probably seen plenty. So why do you care if they make it a law or not.

It's not prohibition to make a law that protects minors from substances, activities or media that can be harmful to them. That is why you cannot buy NC-17 movies, smoke cigarettes, or drink alcohol legally.

If your parents deem you responsible enough to handle these things that I have mentioned then that is their right to do so. However this does not mean that everyone is in the same boat as you.

These laws are in place to protect you and other people in your age group. Not to censor you.

If a fourteen year old kid could drink a fifth of vodka and drive a car like he was sober, should we legalize drinking for every age? No, that would be absurd. You have to look at the big picture sometimes. It's not about you. It's about that 1. That 1 in 100000000000000000. That law is there for him.

KS_boba · 03-01-2005

Wow, why are you guys comparing M rated games to drugs and alchohol? Its clearly drugs and alchohol affect teens much much more than games. And yes, tehre is no law preventing a minor going into a store and buy M games, thats why so many legislators are trying to make this into a law. ANd i dont care any law other than the game one, i only used others as a example. Exactly, if ever there should be a law, it should be taht 1 in 100000000000000000 instead of the whole 100000000000000000000000.

WET · 03-01-2005

Okay, we will agree to disagree and I know you will feel differently when you become an adult and have children of your own.

By the way, I thought you did a good job on your paper. You stuck to what you believe and gave reasonable arguments to back it up.

breath of life · 03-15-2005

KS_boba wrote:

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Wow, why are you guys comparing M rated games to drugs and alchohol?

Hmmmmm.........Maybe because MOST games are rated M for those two reasons right there. Thsoe two and Violence are the only reasons I have ever seen a game rated M or higher.

Well sex doesnt count. lol

DVD7227 · 03-16-2005

In this case this gets somewhat political in one case is that the parents b%t*h to much about their kids and what they watch and do. And the people who release the violent games are the almost the same as the people who release the violent films. Who do I blame the parents who take the situation to far? The corporations like Rockstar that released GTA series all went through b#t&hin parents. Can we change how games will be sold yes will it make a difference hell no. In some cases kids can get any video game they want all they need is connections. So for this parents who are against violent video games, theirs more guardians out there who watch what their children are watching and playing and don't take the situation all the way to the court.