Comments | drakoran: Michael wanted me to post my controversial argument so here goes.

drakoran

Michael wanted me to post my controversial argument so here goes.

Jun 13, 2005 20:49

Yeah so I was out today looking for some toy guns for my costume for the super hero party this friday as I am going as the Punisher. I was looking for some toy Uzi's or something similar maybe a one of the old blue M-16 lookalikes. Well come to find out from what I heard at places like Toys R Us and Party City is that apparently toy guns are some ( Read more... )

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nephilpal June 14 2005, 02:29:32 UTC

Word.

fatmaginbuu June 14 2005, 03:19:26 UTC

hhaha
preach it brotha
its funny cant buy the guns anymore as toys but we can play videos ganme where we shoot the fuck otu of innocent people
hypocrey of this antion hooah
eheh

joniphonic June 14 2005, 12:40:59 UTC

I'm not saying I disagree with you... but to be devil's advocate, the video games/ movies/ etc. are something a parent can control (at least hypothetically), whereas giving a child a tactile representation of a weapon might actually encourage the reality of more violent behavior.

I agree, though, that it should be up to parents what their child should be allowed to pretend with... I mean at that age I was pretending to slaughter orcs with a sword or a fireball, and look at me, I turned out fine LOL.

bodhipuff June 14 2005, 13:41:31 UTC

I SO agree with you. Here's my problem. We take away toy guns which can't really hurt anybody but we haven't made a fucking dent in reducing the amount of real guns in our world? Where's the logic in that. If anything it makes real guns all the more dangerous and appealing to kids.

djtiresias June 14 2005, 21:02:18 UTC

I don't think the toy guns matter one way or another.

People say the culture encourages violence or sexism. But I wonder, are there any cultures that don't? I've yet to study a culture that wasn't violent and sexist. The closest I've seen are some groups in Southeast Asia; but even there I'm not sure what to make of things. I think young men are just going to be violent and horny, and there's no way to kick it out of them. You can keep them from acting on it though, or channel it into something harmless (RPGs?).

... uglybastard June 16 2005, 05:37:23 UTC

Did you just attempt to solve societies problems with role playing games?

Re: ... djtiresias June 16 2005, 16:54:33 UTC

Hold on a minute, I need to check on my cold fusion reactor.

But seriously folks. I think humans in general, and males especially, are by nature violent. Doesn't mean we actually have to kill shit.

Re: ... uglybastard June 16 2005, 23:29:37 UTC

That's fine to say, but all forms of simulated violence are absolutely vilified by just about every group, most especially feminists. What is Grand Theft Auto if not a type of role playing game or Doom, which has been blamed for inspiring mentally deficient and unmonitored kids with killing their class mates. So if I don't want to play Dark Ages Paladin Crusader: The Wholly Uninteresting Quest For Mediocrity and choose rather to play Grand Theft Auto: Whore Murderer EX Double Pack Street Torture Edition as an outlet for my pent up anger at societies attempt to emasculate me then I'm a bad person?

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