Quote:Original post by Konfusius
I hate it. But I don't object to it because it is obvious that many people rid themselves of their qualms when they go online.
Obvious? Says who? It's obvious to me that despite having some pretty disgusting content available online the overwhelming majority of people who have access to it don't have problems. You want to enact laws and government involvement for actions that a statistically insignificant group of people
might do, in the face of no evidence.
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Such as, holding conspirative antisemitic (just an example) meetings?
Haha, what propaganda piece has convinced you of this garbage?
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It seems apparent that you have no idea how free we are.
You're right, I know little about laws and freedom in Germany, other than a bit about how they have odd(to me) game rating requirements.
Quote:Hahaha, yeah it's funny.
I don't find it funny at all. Anything involving the government coming in and regulating the lives of private people is not at all amusing.
Quote:Games are bad for my social nerve (<---- EVIDENCE) , but at least I have good hand-eye coordination (<---- YOUR POINT HAS MERITS).
Now that is funny. phantom already destroyed that so I won't repeat. Do I need to link you to the definition of evidence? It seems you are having trouble with that part of the discussion.
Quote:That has even less proof to it than anything that has been said before in this thread.
Not really. Banning something that clearly contributes very little to the problem will likely have very little effect on the garbage you are trying to 'protect society from'.
Quote:It's called "taste". :P
Taste doesn't involve forcing it on others. Taste in this context means preference. It is not a moral high ground which you can just throw out there as a basis of how the government should regulate everyone else.
You are in effect saying "Government should regulate everyone based on my taste" That's complete bullshit.
Quote:From your argumentation I presume you don't have your HD full with exploitation movies and r*tten.com pictures. Else, you just wouldn't care about anything I've said. Can you follow?
No. Explain what that has to do with anything?
Quote:It isn't only about the kids, it's also about a standard in living.
Do explain how government involvement in how people privately entertain themselves is going to help standard of living. Enforcing your taste on others is more likely going to lead to the opposite.
You are clearly basing your entire viewpoint on your own taste, and not a shred of fact, statistics, or even slight evidence supporting games involvement in violence. It is truly an irrational position to attempt to force your personal viewpoints on others.