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Currently there appears to be a trend in American Society to attack video game content, which is too sexually suggestive or violent. There is currently some national discussion on this issue as well as some political movement to do something about it; all of which is being over blown by the sensationalism of the mass television media outlets.
One thought is to use virtual and augmented reality to assist in the educational process of little humans so they do not play as many of these sexual and violent video games. In doing so these tools would provide properly censored content of a more positive nature.
Such concepts and solutions to get kids off of this negative content seem interesting and many believe these projects have merit. You see there is a growing number of folks who believe that video games lead to moral decay? And whereas this perhaps may be true in many regards, I must say I personally love the “Action Drama Genre” at the theatres. And you know life is not easy right?
So, if we make life appear to be honest, fair and loving when it is not really like that, are we in a way setting the kids up for failure in the future when they learn the truth about human character, Catholic Priests, dishonest politicians, disingenuous tenured teachers, poor work ethic bureaucrats and crooked cops?
Won’t these kids feel pretty mislead and lied too? As I study home schooling and the great benefits, I also believe watching little Johnny pull little Ann’s hair and fling sand in the eyes of little Bobby Hutchinson it seems to me that if these kids are all isolated from that and grow up, they will be used and abused as they go thru life. So perhaps video games prepare kids in a way as well.
If we all believe that Video Games lead to the Moral Decay of Society and promote violence, yet also believe that the world is full of violence and moral decay. Well shouldn’t we fix the world first and then simultaneously make the visual and virtual reality learning tools for the future to prepare our future leadership to deal with it? Think on this in 2006.
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