Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 14:49:13 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: gurab <c.raven@ukonline.co.uk> Cc: Nicole Harrington <nicole@nmhtech.com>, "advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG" <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Hopkins FBI] Message-ID: <3724D149.7DEDD047@softweyr.com> References: <XFMail.990426101302.nicole@nmhtech.com> <3724B945.1A2ED6BE@ukonline.co.uk>
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gurab wrote:
>
> You assume children play this type of game?
>
> I'd say you were very much mistaken, this type of game is aimed at a
> (very) late teen - early twenties (and upwards) age group and that for
> sure is not kids.
Only someone still a child himself would make this assumption.
> Also, to make so bold a leap and in the face of most current scientific
> opinion on these matters is itself somewhat naive. By that I mean
> blaming *violent* games for unbalanced children.
And this wonderful scientific opinion has produced the utopia we now
live in. Gee, that's a comforting thought.
> Its the moral minority that screws up children's heads IMHO not computer
> software. If the parents aren't interested / able to raise their own
> children to be productive and well minded young adults, then that is
> their (and subsequently society's) problem. A bad workman will always
> blame his tools.
It is the lack of shame and limits in our society that screws up everyone
associated with it, not just the children. Your failure to understand
this just reiterates your skewed viewpoint, the result of decaces of
unfortunate social engineering.
That doesn't mean FreeBSD should be not explored as a gaming platform,
however. How 'bout a nice sailing simulator?
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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