Bring It On! .....

Violent video games are the best things ever invented. Where else can you fire off a headshot, rape and murder some prostitute, blow something up, break some bones or knock somebody upside the head with a crowbar and not get thrown in the slammer for it? Unfortunately, there are some people out there **cough** **cough** Jack Thompson **cough** who refuse to acknowledge this.

I would much rather some kid do all that stuff to blow off some aggression in a video game rather than in real life, wouldn't you? Parents are crucial to making that kid fundamentally understand that it's a fantasy that does not equate in any way to real life. That's what continually frustrates me is that somehow parents are completely abrogating their rights to parent their own children and let the government do it for them. That's how this country got in all this mess. BTW, this isn't a rant against all those hard working parents out there (especially single mothers wOOt!! wOOt!! much love, mama!) who lay down the banhammer and control their kids.

It seems like to me, parents complain that video games are too violent but then do nothing to stop their kids from acting them out or even being really afraid of them. Then they wonder why the authorities are throwing their kid in jail for something the parent (not not playing the video game) should have seen and/or stopped in the first place. And that sniveling bullshit line about "Oh I was too busy at work" or "I can never find enough time" doesn't cut it. The health and well-being of your kids is much more important.

Now, some 5-year-old shouldn't be playing Manhunt or Grand Theft Auto, but why stop a normal, well-adjusted, well-taught 13, 14, 15 year old kid from playing it? I figure, as long as parents watch their kids for any signs of negative behavior, they nip it in the bud. And simply teach them basics like right from wrong and fantasy from reality then, hell, let the kid play whatever he wants. Kids are flexible that way. Violent video games aren't responsible for bad kids, stupid uninterested parents are.

Anyways, lemme get off my soapbox and play Resident Evil!!!