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And I've seen video games cause people to destroy their lives. What else should we arbitrarily ban based on this criteria? It doesn't seem to hold up to much
by knappe 1y ago
And I've seen video games cause people to destroy their lives.
What else should we arbitrarily ban based on this criteria? It doesn't seem to hold up to much scrutiny.
- bko 1y agoI'm not saying we should ban anything. Sure video games can be unhealthy. Maybe I'm weird but I would much rather prefer my son plays video games 8 hours a day than watches adult content 8 hours a day. Let's stop pretending like they're comparable.
- fc417fc802 1y ago> Maybe I'm weird but I would much rather prefer my son plays video games 8 hours a day than watches adult content 8 hours a day. Isn't it the end result that matters? Presumably you'd like your son to become a functional adult. Neither of the scenarios you describe there sound like that to me (excepting perhaps "professional competitive gamer" but somehow I suspect most parents don't really approve of that outcome either).
- mgaunard 1y agoI don't see how playing a lot of video games prevents being a functional adult. It's no worse than reading a lot of books or watching a lot of TV shows, activities that are not disparaged as much.
- fc417fc802 1y agoI guess it comes down to time allocation. If you're spending "a lot" of time on it but not so much that it precludes conducting the rest of your life in a functional manner then why would spending the same amount of time on porn (or any other supposedly degenerate activity) be any different?
- kavok 1y agoIs it the public’s job to police what your son does or is it your job?
- deathanatos 1y ago> I'm not saying we should ban anything. That's the context of this entire discussion though, that these things are being banned…