Parents in Furor Over Wii Zapper
Parents in Furor Over Wii Zapper
– January 21, 2008
Parents in Furor Over Wii Zapper
About the Author
Richard Clark (Co-Founder/Editor-in-Chief) has spent his entire life writing, reading, listening, and playing. He has a Bachelors in Theology from the Baptist College of Florida and has a Master of Arts in Theology and the Arts from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He lives in Louisville, KY where he is the classroom technology manager at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to writing at Christ and Pop Culture, he is also a staff writer for Kill Screen Magazine's website and has written for various other outlets such as Paste, Gamasutra, and Collide.
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Here’s your sign!
Seriously, what does it say about parents though. You know many parents do think like that that last person does. “Our kids have to have the most popular toys. We don’t want to crush their self-esteem by not providing for there every want and need. We wouldn’t be good parents if we did that.” It is a sad statement regarding the reality of parenting.
Although it bothers me when people get overly critical about video games, I think that parents really do need to think about they way such a gun will affect (or not affect) their child.
I agree with you Alan.
That being said, if we ever have a little boy he and I are going to shoot all sorts of bad guys with our make believe weapons of war! ;)
Articles like that make me want to look for a presidential candidate willing to seek an amendment to the Constitution outlawing parents. We could call it the Family Protection Amendment. It would protect families by forcing them not to exist – because you can’t have dumb parents if you can’t have parents, period.
Incidentally, I wonder if there was a single child given a greater propensity toward violence because of Duck Hunt on the NES.
I don’t like the taste of duck, and I played duck hunt. There might me something to that.
I instinctively want to shoot giggling dogs. You think that’s related?
No, Rich. I think that’s natural to humanity. It’s one of those few instincts that actually survived the Fall wholly intact.
Oh my…this discussion degenerated rather rapidly didn’t it?