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Syndicated Shrink Stands Tall For First Amendment Gamer Rights

May 01, 2006 08:32

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joyce brothers, free speech, game violence, first amendment, legislation, censorship

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Let me say yukimurasanada May 1 2006, 13:01:55 UTC

WTF! I would have never seen this coming, but well said Dr. Brothers.

maybe now people will have some sense sapper982 May 1 2006, 13:08:29 UTC

Seeing that its now Dr. joyce Brothers speaking for a general concern towards legislation, maybe parents who think lets jump on the legislation bandwagon will actually think before they start supporting causes and laws that could harm the very basis of this country.

Re: maybe now people will have some sense darkfalconer May 1 2006, 15:39:31 UTC

no, because it would mean embracing more personal parental responsibilities, keeping it in the legislation's hands means ‘its not my problem!’

Re: maybe now people will have some sense dustin1986 May 1 2006, 17:04:11 UTC

Is that a picture of a naked lady?

Re: maybe now people will have some sense deronimo May 1 2006, 19:26:16 UTC

What else could it be...?

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beardoggx May 1 2006, 13:08:33 UTC

"In the long run, children seem to be much more influenced by observing how their parents behave with each other, how they handle problems and crises, and what their ethics and beliefs are than by what they see or hear from others."

Exactly. Dr. Brothers gets it. Jack never could, as he's blinded by his egotism and hatred.

Speaking of Jack... billboy2000 May 2 2006, 12:48:08 UTC

Has anyone read this? Why do they continue to humour this guy??

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Right on except for two things... bigman_k May 1 2006, 13:08:43 UTC

Dr. Joyce got it right on except for two things. One, violent video games are not marketed towards children, and two, there is no evidence proving a casual link between violent media and violent or aggressive behavior in kids. Most of those studies claiming so are extremely weak, inconsistant, incredibly flawed and of course researcher biased.

Re: Right on except for two things... lordlundar May 1 2006, 15:23:37 UTC

Ahh, but she never said there was proof of a link. She simply said she belives there is a link, which is an opinion, and she never said otherwise.

A slight difference in interpretation, but what a difference it makes. :)

no surprises there ... verbinator May 1 2006, 13:15:53 UTC

At least if you've been around and in the game biz for a long time. In the 1980s Dr. Brothers was a supporter of the game Dungeons & Dragons, finding a great deal of value in it for young players.

And her message is pretty much the same as the industry message which sort of boils down to "Responsible parenting trumps all."

didn't know that, Paul gamepolitics May 1 2006, 14:05:50 UTC

Nice.

Now what does Dr. Phil say?

;-)

Re: didn't know that, Paul jdmdsp911 May 1 2006, 16:03:53 UTC

Nothing, Dr. Phil is a money-grubbing quack. Just like someone else we know.

Dr. Phil says...not much timed95 May 1 2006, 17:00:54 UTC

He mentioned the hot coffee thing (or maybe San Andreas in general) alongside Sin City in a pamphlet warning parents about the evils and temptations of college life for their kids going away.

Nothing else though, I would agree with the whole "money-grubbing" thing, but soften it to career stance/choices since it seems it's his sthick to be the guy looking out for mothers today or whatever but he doesn't seem hell-bent on lawsuits or directly sucking money out of places. I believe he relies more on self-help books then anything else.

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