Recently, I've heard, as I'm sure you have, a lot of controversy on the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) video game series. Many people feel that GTA is too violent and sexually explicit for children and should be banned. Well, I have two things to say to these people....
1. You're absolutely right
2. You're completely wrong
The point I'm making is simple. This game is too violent for kids, but that's why you have the ability, actually the obligation to monitor what you child watches and does. I was born in 1984 and I never saw an episode of Married With Children until I was about 18 or 19 years old. Why? Not because it was banned, but because my Mother told me I was not to watch it, and in my house, when Mom or Dad said something, that was the final word on the subject. No argument, no debate. Should we have been able to watch Married With Children when we were younger, I don't know, but what I do know is that my parents didn't need Big Brother to do their parenting for them.
I'm also confused as to why this "sexually explicit material" is considered so offense and detrimental to children. Are people familiar with the game? It's a bloodbath! In the course of normal gameplay, in one day, by my estimate, a player intentionally murders about 200-300 people. Why are the majority of people in this country so adamantly against sex, while accepting such heinous violence as acceptable entertainment. I'm not saying the game should be banned because of the violence either, but that would at least be a more intelligent argument, if you ask me.
-Rob
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