I dont play video games. I have the hand eye coordination of a watermelon.
I bought a Playstation and tried playing Lara Croft Tombraider (the first one) and I couldnt even get out of the first level. I was just running around aimlessly and eventually bats would kill me. Or I'd jump off something without enough running head start and die.
WEll anyways. I was watching the Tyra show. And they had this kid talking about what he liked most out of the video games - specifically, Grand Theft Auto. It wasnt stealing or racing the cars. This little middle schooler said his favorite part was hitting the prostitutes. ie, hitting the women.
Thats just nasty and wrong. I have a big *thing* against sexualizing your tweens and little girls. But I also see how we destroy little boykids too. Im not saying that Grand Theft Auto is responsible for violence against women but ... okay yeah I am.
PS. Just from a quick look on wikipedia, I also see that you can kill cops and the military. Seriously. Who buys these games for their kids? I know the answer is "a lot of parents". Im sure they are good people. But the mind is such a sponge at that age. Some people believe that post childbirth ... just the act of tearing the baby away from its mother's arm to wipe it off and suck its nose dry takes years to erase the damage done. If that is true, imagine the irreparable subtle and obvious harm these violent games do to young children.
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