[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Nope, in a nutshell your point was parents should be responsible for what their children access, when i pointed out how on a practical level this was pretty much impossible you got all snippy and as per threw a few insults, and accused me of trolling, you then agreed with TS on much the same point I made, and then claimed you were talking about Mary Whitehouse types in an attempt to ingratiate yourself with him, in between all this you told me I should be worried about who my kids were mixing with Not sure if I was supposed to be insulted by that but I am not

This is the post that you quoted of mine

It's incredibly easy to monitor and limit what your kids are doing online. There's settings on consoles that can prevent them from talking to strangers online or receiving messages and i'm sure there's passcode options so that kids can't simply switch off safety measures unless they know the code. Hell I'm fairly certain you can limit games with older age certificates so that child accounts can't access them.

There are plenty of options out there for parents that don't want their kids playing violent games or interacting with people online.

The advent of Smartphones haven't made monitoring children harder, it's easier than it used to be since there's **** tons of apps for monitoring children with technology that didn't exist before smartphones were a thing.

Finally, the act of pushing out a baby does not make a person superior to people who don't have kids nor does it give you a wealth of information that would otherwise be inaccessible to people without kids.

If parents are that concerned about what their kids are doing then there's plenty of options available to them as long as they can...you know... be bothered to do more than just complain.

I made an important distinction there that you completely missed because, as per usual, you didn't read my posts properly. 'For parents that don't want their kids playing violent video games' not ALL parents.

You also cut off one half of that post in which I made the same distinction again.

Originally Posted by Dezzy

It's up to parents to decide whether their kids are mature enough to handle mature content. It's easy enough to monitor what kids are doing and playing so if their parents have a problem with violent video games, it's up to them to moderate what they play.

You can't be all like 'Violent video games are bad for children but I can't be bothered to keep an eye on what they're playing!'

It's a parent's responsibility to know what their children are doing.

Another distinction that I made which you ignored or more likely didn't read.

Originally Posted by Dezzy

You made a whole lot of assumptions there and none of them are correct. Try to actually read what I've said and not shove your poorly comprehended assumptions down my throat

If you are going to complain about violent video games, you can't expect the world to change for just for you. If you don't want kids to access violent video games then you have to be pro-active otherwise you have no grounds to complain if your kid plays or watches something you didn't want them to. You want to have your cake and eat it and guess what? You can't.

If you're that concerned about violent video games but not so concerned about who your child might be hanging out with then your priorities seem a bit borked. Your argument works against you, in that regard.

When have I ever mentioned anything about abductions or accidents? I've only ever said that parents shouldn't complain about violent video games if they can't be bothered to even look into something as elementary as parental controls. You have a habit of diving headfirst into the deep end with illogical and bizarre points that don't really relate to the topic when you are on the ropes.

Some more examples of me making a distinction that you ignored because it invalidated your reasons for your attacks or more likely you just didn't read. In case it's the latter I've also quoted the big post that I know you didn't read properly and even highlighted the distinction as well as own opinion on children and violent video games since you obviously couldn't be bothered to read it properly before.

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I stand by my comment, Parental controls are easy and if your children are hanging out at someone else's house and you have a preference of the type of games or things they might play or watch then it's down to you to inform the other child's parents. It's common sense. If you are the kind of parent that doesn't want your child playing or watching things that are meant for a mature audience then you simply can't blame those things for existing, If you don't want your kids to see something then it's down to you to make sure they don't. I'm not sure why you are having so much difficulty with that.

I think it's dumb to shield kids like that, it's better to make sure they can differentiate between the game and reality and understand that violence in real life is not okay. I was always allowed to play and watch what I liked and I (like so many people) never had any problems because I knew it was just a game or a film or whatever.

I remember that thread and I love how you're throwing my comments out of context. I was basically being victim blamed in that thread because I said the customers are not always right and that people who work in retail have to deal with abuse from customers regularly and people were saying that, if I got abused then it was probably my fault as someone who works in retail. I said that you couldn't understand what it's like to work in retail and dealing with abusive customers if you've only ever been a customer. That's a fair comment, I wouldn't presume to tell a builder what it's like to build a house or tell a surgeon how to operate.

Parenting however is not a job and anyone can experience it and you don't have to have your own kids to understand what it's like to be responsible for a child or make suggestions.

Your last point is ridiculous and complete nonsense and it confirms something for me. You don't really know what you are arguing for or against in this thread since your main priority seems to be scoring points against me because you have just completely switched your stance on a dime in order to make one of the biggest reaches I've ever seen to suggest that I'm insulting Chewy when that's blatant to everyone that i'm not. Go back and read my posts PROPERLY and you'll see that I'm in agreement with Chewy. The 'bubble' comment is proof that you haven't really read or understood anything I've said since you think I'm endorsing strict observation over children when I'm not. Like I've said a few times, you can't blame something for existing if you don't want your children to see it but aren't willing to use the tools at your command to stop them. It's an easy enough point, or it would be if you actually read posts properly.

Step away from your device, take a breather. Go form an actual opinion on the matter that isn't 'I hate Dezzy so I'll oppose him on everything whether it makes sense or not'. it's apparent that your input in this thread is purely reactionary to me rather than you having any interest or an opinion about the subject matter since you actually haven't shared an opinion on it at all. Your first post was in support of jibes made be Sheriff towards me and every post sicne has been in response to me.

Do you actually have an opinion on the subject matter?

Your entire argument in this thread has been based on your own misunderstanding of my posts. I'll ignore the rest of that post of yours since it's just baiting and you've taken this topic off topic enough.

Now, do you actually have anything to add to the discussion of violent video games and themes? I'd love to hear your opinions on the issue.