Commentüs on: Gamers Line Up for Grand Theft Auto 4 http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/04/29/gamers-line-up-for-grand-theft-auto-4/ Follow FOX News reporters and producers around the globe to get raw, behind-the-scenes access to the stories making headlines. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:06:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Trickery http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/04/29/gamers-line-up-for-grand-theft-auto-4/#comment-10793 Trickery Thu, 01 May 2008 21:41:54 +0000 http://foxtracker.wordpress.com/?p=734#comment-10793 Michele hit the nail on the head with that post, Parents are to be responsible for their children. Running around blaming games, music, and television for the problems of kids really is a stupid thing. Take all three of those away and believe me nothing will change. Parents have total control over their children, if something goes wrong blame the parents. We have rating systems for games, movies, television, and music. They are all there for a reason, if you dont want your child dealing with any of it, be a parent. Blaming this stuff for a kids bad behavior is just passing the buck on POOR PARENTING!!!! Michele hit the nail on the head with that post, Parents are to be responsible for their children. Running around blaming games, music, and television for the problems of kids really is a stupid thing. Take all three of those away and believe me nothing will change.

Parents have total control over their children, if something goes wrong blame the parents. We have rating systems for games, movies, television, and music. They are all there for a reason, if you dont want your child dealing with any of it, be a parent.

Blaming this stuff for a kids bad behavior is just passing the buck on POOR PARENTING!!!!

]]> By: Mr. Bowman http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/04/29/gamers-line-up-for-grand-theft-auto-4/#comment-10765 Mr. Bowman Thu, 01 May 2008 11:53:05 +0000 http://foxtracker.wordpress.com/?p=734#comment-10765 Jill, you know what else contains violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language. The news. Cool, huh? Jill, you know what else contains violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language. The news. Cool, huh?

]]> By: Michele in Pittsburgh http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/04/29/gamers-line-up-for-grand-theft-auto-4/#comment-10713 Michele in Pittsburgh Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:36:50 +0000 http://foxtracker.wordpress.com/?p=734#comment-10713 I have already purchased this game (we also own all the other in the series). "Video violence" does not concern me. It is made up by "experts" trying to explain the bad behavior of some, or those who committ violent acts to place the blame on someone or something else. Should I feel guilty for "killing" a virtual person? The fact that you put the word killing in quotation marks is telling. No, it's a GAME. Did you feel guilty when you played the board game Risk as a kid and wiped out a whole country? Did you feel bad when you played Dodge Ball in gym class and slammed kids with balls as hard as you could? As the parent of teenage sons, the problem with their generation is NOT violent video games. (My kids have played these games from the start, as we do not censor....they are all high school graduates, attending college, get good grades and have given us no trouble). It is the lack of parental involvement in their lives, which leads to zero consequences for their bad behavior and finding others to balme when "Little Johnny" screws up. I have already purchased this game (we also own all the other in the series).
“Video violence” does not concern me. It is made up by “experts” trying to explain the bad behavior of some, or those who committ violent acts to place the blame on someone or something else.
Should I feel guilty for “killing” a virtual person? The fact that you put the word killing in quotation marks is telling. No, it’s a GAME. Did you feel guilty when you played the board game Risk as a kid and wiped out a whole country? Did you feel bad when you played Dodge Ball in gym class and slammed kids with balls as hard as you could?

As the parent of teenage sons, the problem with their generation is NOT violent video games. (My kids have played these games from the start, as we do not censor….they are all high school graduates, attending college, get good grades and have given us no trouble). It is the lack of parental involvement in their lives, which leads to zero consequences for their bad behavior and finding others to balme when “Little Johnny” screws up.

]]> By: JO http://onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/04/29/gamers-line-up-for-grand-theft-auto-4/#comment-10688 JO Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:48:29 +0000 http://foxtracker.wordpress.com/?p=734#comment-10688 People love their escapes People love their escapes

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