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knappe | 7 months ago

And I've seen video games cause people to destroy their lives.

What else should we arbitrarily ban based on this criteria? It doesn't seem to hold up to much scrutiny.

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bko|7 months ago

I'm not saying we should ban anything.

Sure video games can be unhealthy. Maybe I'm weird but I would much rather prefer my son plays video games 8 hours a day than watches adult content 8 hours a day. Let's stop pretending like they're comparable.

kavok|7 months ago

Is it the public’s job to police what your son does or is it your job?

deathanatos|7 months ago

> I'm not saying we should ban anything.

That's the context of this entire discussion though, that these things are being banned…

fc417fc802|7 months ago

> Maybe I'm weird but I would much rather prefer my son plays video games 8 hours a day than watches adult content 8 hours a day.

Isn't it the end result that matters? Presumably you'd like your son to become a functional adult. Neither of the scenarios you describe there sound like that to me (excepting perhaps "professional competitive gamer" but somehow I suspect most parents don't really approve of that outcome either).