Why won't anyone think of the children?

[Weakness]

On 2007-02-22 16:23, RyukiZero wrote:

Val, you shouldn't talk. I'll tell your girlfriend >:E

;;>.> At the moment I don't think I could piss her off any more then she already is. Besides, she already knows I look at porn, she told me it bothers her and I don't believe I am allowed to say the exact words on the site, but it boiled down to something naughty.

[-Ryuki-]

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No comment.

[Mattardo]

I may sound like a cranky old man, but parents these days need a whuppin. Sure, ya can't watch your damn kids 24/7 : because you're negligent little selfish brats who achieved parenthood with 30 seconds of moaning and the inability to spring for a $1 condom! Yessuh, in my day, folks waited tuh get married until they had a little common sense. My son Billy turned out to be a ragin' wife beater who couldn't hold a job! Ya know why? I'sa tell ya why! 'cause I beat his mother in front of his face every dern darn day and never made sure he did his homework. Yup, too worried about mah wife sleepin with the milkman, to worry about Billy's homework! Yessuh! ... But seriously, the majority of the population shouldn't be reproducing, let alone raising them. It used to be that the smartest, bravest and ablest people were guaranteed by the community a mate, to continue the line in what was best for the community: more smart, brave people. Now, anyone can have a child regardless of whether they can deal with it. Then they whine at the government for help,and boohoo when little Billy catches nudy flicks of cinemax at night and try to sue Cinemax. Parental Locks, people....parental locks. And a belt. Yep, boy howdy.

[Shinzakura]

On 2007-02-22 18:35, Mattardo wrote:
I may sound like a cranky old man, but parents these days need a whuppin. Sure, ya can't watch your damn kids 24/7 : because you're negligent little selfish brats who achieved parenthood with 30 seconds of moaning and the inability to spring for a $1 condom! Yessuh, in my day, folks waited tuh get married until they had a little common sense. My son Billy turned out to be a ragin' wife beater who couldn't hold a job! Ya know why? I'sa tell ya why! 'cause I beat his mother in front of his face every dern darn day and never made sure he did his homework. Yup, too worried about mah wife sleepin with the milkman, to worry about Billy's homework! Yessuh! ... But seriously, the majority of the population shouldn't be reproducing, let alone raising them. It used to be that the smartest, bravest and ablest people were guaranteed by the community a mate, to continue the line in what was best for the community: more smart, brave people. Now, anyone can have a child regardless of whether they can deal with it. Then they whine at the government for help,and boohoo when little Billy catches nudy flicks of cinemax at night and try to sue Cinemax. Parental Locks, people....parental locks. And a belt. Yep, boy howdy.

Oh, you're not the only one that thinks these things. My mother-in-law's a high school teacher and according to her, the only thing worse than her students are their parents, who expect the school/society/somebody/anybody to raise their little hellions for them.

The truth is, she's not the only one who sees that. At my workplace, I hear tales upon tales about "adults" who are too busy climbing the corporate ladder/rechasing their youth/being a wage slave/insert excuse here to really focus on their children.

I have an eighteen-year-old brother who's going to college this fall. My parents never worried about what "filthy, violent" games he played, because they either monitored them, or in many cases, actually played with him (not coincidentally, my mother really kicks ass with Charlie at Street Fighter Alpha 3). When I was growing up, they didn't have to worry about what I was exposed to, because they monitored and watched it as well. THAT's responsibility.

And no, you can't watch your children 24/7. But if you take the time to at least do the job 16/7, those remaining 8 hours a day are going to be harmless bumps and bruises we call growing up in a normal household.

[Weakness]

On 2007-02-22 19:04, Shinzakura wrote:

Oh, you're not the only one that thinks these things. My mother-in-law's a high school teacher and according to her, the only thing worse than her students are their parents, who expect the school/society/somebody/anybody to raise their little hellions for them.

The truth is, she's not the only one who sees that. At my workplace, I hear tales upon tales about "adults" who are too busy climbing the corporate ladder/rechasing their youth/being a wage slave/insert excuse here to really focus on their children.

I have an eighteen-year-old brother who's going to college this fall. My parents never worried about what "filthy, violent" games he played, because they either monitored them, or in many cases, actually played with him (not coincidentally, my mother really kicks ass with Charlie at Street Fighter Alpha 3). When I was growing up, they didn't have to worry about what I was exposed to, because they monitored and watched it as well. THAT's responsibility.

And no, you can't watch your children 24/7. But if you take the time to at least do the job 16/7, those remaining 8 hours a day are going to be harmless bumps and bruises we call growing up in a normal household.

/Clap.

Someone who understands.

My mother has been a public high school teacher in the shitty little suburb I grew up in for almost 30 years now. She can attest about the parents, as well as the children.

One time I was there moving boxes for her, and one of her children called her a bitch. Now he got a quick punch to the nose by me (I mean, I am her son), but I couldn't even imagine how the hell you even get raised to say things like that to someone older/in authority.

I am in the EMS field, so I deal with the extremes of stupidity, but it is shocking even to me some times how irresponsible people can be. I have seen people get shot, stabbed, had hands cuts off, all with the most retarded reasons you can fathom.

I don't really know where I am going with this. But for all those people who blame games/movies/whatever for the corruption of the children I pity you.

My brother, sister, and myself all came out remotely normal. Why? My mother and father actually paid attention to use enough to make sure we didn't screw up too bad. I mean yeah, we have all gotten in our fair share of trouble, but my brother is officially a war vet now and an electrical engineer, and I just got my EMT-B and am going to school to get my Paramedic.

Any parent who blames someone else for the faults of their children, shouldn't have children to begin with.

Edited to add my little rant.

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[Carbinne]

I think SFA2 Charlie is cool as hell but damned if I can consistantly pull off Somersault Justice, which is a shame because AFAIK that super is leaps and bounds (har har get it) better than his other supers.

[AC9breaker]

I personally prefer Remy from 3rd Stike. He's got more style to spare plus he's got that nice little jumping sliding kick thing. Great for advancing.

[-Ryuki-]

On 2007-02-22 19:36, Carbinne wrote:
I think SFA2 Charlie is cool as hell but damned if I can consistantly pull off Somersault Justice, which is a shame because AFAIK that super is leaps and bounds (har har get it) better than his other supers.

Charlie is awesome.

Cammy's better.

[DurakkenX]

as far as the 24/7 thing well let's break it down a little...

kids should be sleeping 8-10 hours a day sooo automatically that kicks that time to...
14-6/7
then your kids should be in school about 6-7 hours so that knocks it down to
7-10/7
Most kids also get 1-4 hours of busy work from class a day as well so...
3-9/7
Let's not forget the fact that most kids also shower daily and take about an hour so that's
2-8/7
and if kids go to school most take about 30 mins there and back which adds to an hour so
1-7/7
How bout food...shyt that's
0-6/7
should i mention the time that kids spend on the phone and doing hair and such...and yes boys today DO do their hair and that equals prolly 2-3 hours a day for those miscelaneous things so...
-3-3/7

so you're telling me that parents cannot spend 21hours with their kids a week? and that's not even being with them all those hours it's just like seeing what they're doing... I find that hard to believe.

I don't know about the rest of the world, but all my friends tend to come from dysfunctional families that consider them the blacksheep, and they all say they wish their parents would have dished out more punishment. Hell according to the research the generation AFTER the 80s have personalities and morals most like their GRANDPARENTS.

Also if you've looked at all the information...THE ONLY THING that is bad about video games is that they make you sit around which is quickly becoming less and less true. Everything else is positive and is the source for much of the improvements we are seeing in various aspects.

ONE CANNOT ATTRIBUTE VIOLENCE TO VIDEO GAMES for the simple fact that violence in video games, which has grown in more general popularity as, and Movies has GROWN, yet violence and general teenage unrest has gone down. Yes there have been major violent events too, but what kind of fucktard parent doesn't notice a disturbed kid who is building weapons and changing their look over a short period of time?

I'm not saying that those people who are referenced in that article are right, but let us not blame the idiots that let that happen.

Oh and btw...the major advocate of games being banned said he would pay anyone that would make his idea of "blah blah blah blah crazy random violence" into a game and someone did it and then he recanted. and refused to go through with it. I don't know about you but I'd rather put more faith in the person with the creativity to create a game then a politician who can't back up his words.

It seems to me that the youth are more intelligent, more responsible, and more in touch with government and economy than just about any adult out there. Perhaps I should go quote what was said by the 13 year old and what was said by the 30+ year old. One spoke a few well thought out sentences while the other could barely make a sentence and just repeated themselves.

And don't even get me going on the education system of this country or the history...I'd be willing to bet that 75-90% of what 90% of the people believe is absolutely wrong about history.

[Randomness]

You're doing it all wrong. Assume a kid gets home at 3 PM. Alot 30 min. for dinner, 2 hours for homework and chores, and you have 5:30+ free. You can't count showers and such that happens before school.