Stephen King on Violence in Video Games

Banacek · 04-05-2008, 03:12 AM

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And if there's violence to be had, the kids are gonna find a way to get it, just as they'll find a way to get all-day shooters like No Country for Old Men from cable if they want. Or Girls Gone Wild, for that matter. Can parents block that stuff? You bet. But most never do. The most effective bar against what was called ''the seduction of the innocent'' when this hot-button issue centered on violent comic books 60 years ago is still parents who know and care not just about what their kids are watching and reading, but what they're doing and who they're hanging with. Parents need to have the guts to forbid material they find objectionable...and then explain why it's being forbidden.

When the man is right, he's right...

mkelehan · 04-05-2008, 06:52 AM

How dare he suggest that parents take an active role in their children's lives? Parents have enough on their plates without having to worry about how their kids are turning out. Vote Hillary.

Grifter · 04-05-2008, 07:00 AM

You can't be much more right than that.

GunnyMo · 04-05-2008, 07:05 AM

Goddamn, I love that man.

das_uberwaffen · 04-05-2008, 07:11 AM

This is why I love this guy.

Well, this and his amazing writing ability.

OUX · 04-05-2008, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by das_uberwaffen

Well, this and his amazing writing ability.

Wait, what?

GunnyMo · 04-05-2008, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by OUX

Wait, what?

Ah, it seems a Philistine has risen in this thread.

dirtbag · 04-05-2008, 07:57 AM

"Now for my 300th novel, a couple... is attacked... by a giant lamp monster!"

OUX · 04-05-2008, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by GunnyMo

Ah, it seems a Philistine has risen in this thread.

Philistines read Kurt Vonnegut.

Savok · 04-05-2008, 08:06 AM

That shit heap book permanently damaged the comic book industry, it's still suffering.

GunnyMo · 04-05-2008, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by OUX

Philistines read Kurt Vonnegut.

haha

No, long haired, goddamn hippies read Vonnegut.

Sandman · 04-05-2008, 08:29 AM

This man wrote Children of the Corn...he knows what he is talking about.

coincidentally, this post # ends in 666 (8,666)

Khash · 04-05-2008, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Savok

That shit heap book permanently damaged the comic book industry, it's still suffering.

What book? Surely you don't mean Gunslinger Born...

Suicidal ShiZuru · 04-05-2008, 09:11 AM

Thanks Mr Obvious.

OldeWolf · 04-05-2008, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Suicidal ShiZuru

Thanks Mr Obvious.

He wouldn't have spoken such obvious insight until he felt that parents in generals are becoming really incompetent toward raising their kids.

Well...he has spoken.

Johan · 04-05-2008, 09:27 AM

Far too many parents are incompetent. His wise comments will not change that reality. I know what will, however.

Nothing.

Savok · 04-05-2008, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Khash

What book? Surely you don't mean Gunslinger Born...

Seduction of the Innocent

IndependentGMR · 04-05-2008, 09:39 AM

H.Bogard · 04-05-2008, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by GunnyMo

Goddamn, I love that man.

QFT! SK FTW! AR!

Purple Santa · 04-05-2008, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by GunnyMo

haha

No, long haired, goddamn hippies read Vonnegut.

Hey...hey...us long haired hippies can love Vonnegut AND Stephen King

To the topic at hand...yeah, what he says makes sense. To bad no one would listen anyway if for no other reason, he's Stephen King and he writes those "horror books"...