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Thread #47544   Message #712653
Posted By: Escamillo
17-May-02 - 09:31 PM
Thread Name: BS: Dangerous games
Subject: RE: BS: Dangerous games
Well, I don't like the idea but I have to admit that the game of legally banning or not banning could be worse than the exposure of kids to violence and crime teaching games. I think we parents are still strong enough to set an orientation in what gets into our homes and what does not, as long as we have a significant PRESENCE in our homes.

In the extremes, talibans had banned music because it was distracting to the prayer, and the military in our country had many times banned political parties because the political dissent was dangerous for the organization of the nation. I don't want to sustain a parallel argument.

I'm still against the crime academy, be it for kids or adults, and if not legally, we should strongly show our reject. And never get convinced that something is as harmful as the intention of the people who use it. There are too many things designed or built or invented to be harmful.

Hesperis, I posted a message in that forum offering my old game, but I don't think that anybody would be interested in a piece of museum like that. Fortunately, there are lots of modern and brilliant educational games out there !

Un abrazo - Andrés