I am almost always a proponent of freedom, democracy, progress and all that. But what it comes to MMORPG's, I can't help but be glad that people will be required at one point to get some food and go to sleep.
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theramstoss
Canada242 Posts
I am almost always a proponent of freedom, democracy, progress and all that. But what it comes to MMORPG's, I can't help but be glad that people will be required at one point to get some food and go to sleep. | ||
Craton
United States17232 Posts
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Hong Kong4685 Posts
On April 13 2010 11:10 Antisocialmunky wrote: How will they determine who is a minor on an internet connection? Koreans have to use their KSSN to do anything online. So they know who's a minor and who's not. | ||
neVern
United States115 Posts
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snotboogie
Australia3550 Posts
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d_so
Korea (South)3262 Posts
On April 13 2010 21:12 snotboogie wrote: Government power only ever expands. This is totalitarianism. It always under the guise of "protecting the children". whatever. kids don't need rights and left to their own devices would become vegetables drooling in front of a screen. i'm all for it | ||
Puosu
6984 Posts
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On April 13 2010 22:12 d_so wrote: whatever. kids don't need rights and left to their own devices would become vegetables drooling in front of a screen. i'm all for it There are something called "parents". | ||
d_so
Korea (South)3262 Posts
rofl if there's one common theme of Korean parental stress it's trying to answer the question of "how do i get my son to stop playing computer games T.T" . Parents try but the results haven't been good. | ||
lOvOlUNiMEDiA
United States643 Posts
On April 13 2010 22:23 d_so wrote: rofl if there's one common theme of Korean parental stress it's trying to answer the question of "how do i get my son to stop playing computer games T.T" . Parents try but the results haven't been good. These parents and their children do not belong to the government. The government exists to protect their rights. As long as they aren't violating other citizen's rights they should be able to do whatever they want. Freedom always has a better outcome than planning. | ||
d_so
Korea (South)3262 Posts
On April 13 2010 22:29 lOvOlUNiMEDiA wrote: These parents and their children do not belong to the government. The government exists to protect their rights. As long as they aren't violating other citizen's rights they should be able to do whatever they want. Freedom always has a better outcome than planning. lol plz. i mean i understand where you're coming from but government controls a whole bunch of things from underage consumption. and that's really cute you feel that way about freedom, but try explaining how freedom is good to your "totalitarian" parents or "dictatorship" classrooms. | ||
QuanticHawk
United States32027 Posts
On April 13 2010 07:57 Jyvblamo wrote: THEY CAME FIRST for the MMORPGs, and I didn't speak up because MMOs suck. THEN THEY CAME for the FPSs, and I didn't speak up because they were really violent. THEN THEY CAME for the Fighting Games, and I didn't speak up because I didn't play them. THEN THEY CAME for me and by that time no one was left to speak up. hahahahahah | ||
7mk
Germany10157 Posts
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druj
137 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Niemöller | ||
Maedi
United States477 Posts
Enacting your beliefs and way of quality life to your children becomes your job and if you're the one letting them not follow through with their responsibilities and to rot in front of a computer, its the parent's problem. Prioritizing eating properly, brushing your teeth, sleeping and other things that are necessary to quality life should be, I hope to god, common sense. It's things like this that give gaming a bad name, however it's not up to the government to hand-hold us in being humans. It's our jobs (and our parents, if one is a naive 15 year old) | ||
Simplistik
1891 Posts
On April 13 2010 14:33 ulszz wrote: wow anyone actually endorsing this shit is completely retarded. i wouldn't care if it's gaming or any legal activity. regulating people like that is complete bullshit. I don't like restrictions like this, but people are being regulated by their governments all the time. It's neither new nor particularly extreme. | ||
dRaW
Canada5744 Posts
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Saturnize
United States2473 Posts
On April 13 2010 19:59 theramstoss wrote: To be completely honest: I am almost always a proponent of freedom, democracy, progress and all that. But what it comes to MMORPG's, I can't help but be glad that people will be required at one point to get some food and go to sleep. But if it is their choice to sit infront of a computer all day and play WoW who's to say that we should tell them what to do? | ||
supernovamaniac
United States3046 Posts
For everything else.... There's Mastercard. | ||
MuuMuuKnight
Thailand107 Posts
Also to add, in Thailand is it against the law for Internet cafe to allow students in DURING school times and late at night. This result in, kids using parents/grandparent SSN to sign up an account. And internet cafe offer cloths, for kids to switch out of theirs uniform during school hours. The system might not be the same, but this is just an idea how it was done here in Thailand. EDIT: The system was design for kids below 18, the rest have no restriction. | ||
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