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Skilledblob
Germany3392 Posts
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FeUerFlieGe
United States1193 Posts
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Rafael
Venezuela182 Posts
They go to school when they wake up till they sleep practically. It's like they study 16 hours a day. | ||
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bLooD.
Germany470 Posts
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henzi
United States200 Posts
On January 28 2012 23:20 Ache0wns wrote: It's like burning a litter of kittens because one of them pooped on the floor and the hadn't proven it was done by a kitten :C | ||
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zalz
Netherlands3704 Posts
Western v Eastern views on government. I tend to lean a great deal more towards the west. The government shouldn't spend it's time on managing it's population to this degree. It's not the governments task to cultivate an army of perfect citizens. | ||
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sCuMBaG
United Kingdom1144 Posts
I could imagine that the government wants to protect kids who waste time (even more) and neglect their school/studies. Progamers will probably get a license to play, or get someone older to register smurfs. | ||
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Korlinni
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caradoc
Canada3022 Posts
On January 29 2012 03:10 zalz wrote: This simply comes down to whether the government should or should regulate it's citizen's lives to this degree. Western v Eastern views on government. I tend to lean a great deal more towards the west. The government shouldn't spend it's time on managing it's population to this degree. It's not the governments task to cultivate an army of perfect citizens. I have opinions on governments' relation to people as well, but even given that talking about it is bound to be a bit inevitable in this thread, I don't think the discussion has any place here simply because it's too easy for people to generalize and abstract until they miss the point, and end up arguing about a hypothetical government/society that they've created in their minds and doesn't actually exist. People missing the point here..... A better avenue of discussion would be, is this good in the context of Korea? well let's see... You have a newly assertive neoliberal movement in the education system which is trying to privatize and further standardize education with an increased emphasis on testing--- this is having the effect of increased exam pressure, increased competition for spots in highschools/universities, etc. As a result you also have parents that are really concerned about their children getting results in education, but you have a parallel opposition to the trend in education where people are really getting pissed off at the system. You have an education ministry that is increasingly under fire from people as to why the system isn't working as they've promised it would (increased hours spent cramming, increased stress/competition, but no increase in results for individuals), and they are eager to scapegoat other causes, such as gaming. (MEST, the ministry are the ones lobbying for this law)). And finally you have a pro-gaming industry, and a wider gaming industry that will suffer huge consequences as a result, but so far hasn't mobilized in opposition to this. | ||
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Fawkes
Canada1935 Posts
On January 29 2012 01:50 KoTakUEurO wrote: doesn't make sense. how do you expect to foster up and coming progamers when you can't even play =.=" Kids are the future...if they are all interested in video games and video games early, I worry for South Korea's future when the current population grows up. A similar but different scenario showing the importance of the future generation (work force) can be seen in North America...Baby Boomers are nearing retirement age, but the generation growing up is no where large enough to replace them. We will have shortage of positions being filled eventually. South Korea is planning for the worst I am guessing. | ||
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Nazeron
Canada1046 Posts
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zalz
Netherlands3704 Posts
On January 29 2012 03:42 Fawkes wrote: Kids are the future...if they are all interested in video games and video games early, I worry for South Korea's future when the current population grows up. A similar but different scenario showing the importance of the future generation (work force) can be seen in North America...Baby Boomers are nearing retirement age, but the generation growing up is no where large enough to replace them. We will have shortage of positions being filled eventually. South Korea is planning for the worst I am guessing. How are those similar? The baby boom is an inevitable fact of life and a very real thing we need to deal with. The negative influence of video games is hardly a well established fact. | ||
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Fighter
Korea (South)1531 Posts
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Taktik
Poland680 Posts
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Supamang
United States2298 Posts
On January 28 2012 23:04 Soleron wrote: Doesn't Kespa have any lobbying power? If Korea wants the world to see their culture through Starcraft, this needs to not happen. I can't believe they are imposing such restrictions in an otherwise liberal democracy. In the West, enforcing this is called "parenting" and if you do a bad job it is your fault not the government's. You can't really tell from the article how close a "proposed" policy is to actually being law. Ugh, really man? Since when did Korea want the world to see their culture through Starcraft? Its like claiming Japan wants the world to see their culture through anime or the US wants the world to see their culture through WWE. First, unless someone shows me otherwise, I'm inclined to believe that Starcraft is not as big as a lot of people claim it to be. Yeah there are national tv channels showing pro SC, but then again we have the "History Channel" here in the US and anyone who has at least an average IQ stays away from that bullshit. Second, even if it was as big as football for us Americans or, well...football for the rest of the world, thats not the only thing in their culture theyd want to show. Unless you actually believe that the majority of the Korean population follows Starcraft, its a bit strange to claim that Korea wants to show the world their culture through Starcraft. PS. "In the West, enforcing this is called 'parenting'." Really? Youre gonna condescendingly suggest that its an Asian thing to leave parenting to the government? sigh.... Edit: Not saying its good for the government to be imposing themselves on peoples personal lives, but I can't believe you think its a bad thing that kids will be studying more, exercising more, sleeping better, etc. instead of playing computer games. | ||
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RoKetha
United States211 Posts
I recognize that the Korean citizenry has some very severe problems with gaming addiction that we as outsiders cannot fully appreciate, but their problems also include too much pressure on children that results in psychological issues. The Korean government cannot expect teenagers to perfectly conform to their ideal. Nanny state laws like this are never good things, and frankly I don't see why this is necessary to mandate at the national level, thereby dragging in the many individuals who are doing well now, when software is already available for parents to do this sort of thing if it's needed. | ||
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Voltaire
United States1485 Posts
I hope it never happens (it probably won't) | ||
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YouMake
United States262 Posts
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Waxangel
United States33377 Posts
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TheBatman
United States209 Posts
People would go insane | ||
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