November 30, 200520 yr Tis a shame, and I now understand why you are so red good fellow, for I have a nine-inch-hoo-hah. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Did you just declare your love for me? DENMARK! It appears that I have not yet found a sig to replace the one about me not being banned... interesting.
November 30, 200520 yr Well, there's a marked difference between pixelated violence and somebody calling you rather derogatory names. . . . Different ballgame when you're the target. Yes, and it's true that victims typically react differently from witnesses. But so, too, is Pokemon a different game from Reservoir Dogs. Halo is rated for persons 17 & older. I, too, know 6-yr olds who've played it. (Coincidentally--or not--these kids also exhibit some of the worst impulse control I've seen in 1st graders). I also don't doubt that kids love guns (I did) and most grow up normal (whatever that means--acceptably inured to racism & violence?) But I immediately suspect parents who deliberately expose 7 yr olds to communities based on violence & manchild one-upmanship. Call me cynical, but I don't necessarily give Mr. De Leon the benefit of the doubt. I reserve that for his kid. I absolutely do not question the premise that racism can be psychologically harmful, but I think it's naive to expect a nurturing environment for grade schoolers on Halo Xbox Live. It's a prescription for problems, and Mr. De Leon should have foreseen that inevitability. I could see someone contentedly sitting through Pulp Fiction . . . <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'd be wary of anyone contented by that Ving Rhames rape scene. Who didn't squirm when Uma got that adrenaline shot to the heart? Perhaps I missed that chapter from Tarantino's Guide to Child Development.
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