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10 years ago
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Yes, I know this is a very touchy subject. However, you know what? Censorship is a REAL problem. It fights a lot of people not just in the United States but AROUND THE WORLD as well. I'm talking artists of all mediums, political figures that are constantly put down by Censors so as to put the blinders on for many and it's just... Why? THAT is the biggest question? We see Violence in the news all the time, we hear about the crimes going on around us, we hear about who the next big President may be. Now I'm not saying ANY of this is irrelevant but what I am saying is that there are also people out there trying to tighten that noose around censorship but let me just throw a few things out there.
For movies, we have a rating system and I'm sure that a lot of people would say 'Well yes, and we follow this quite well! I'd never let my child-' and that's where I have to stop people right there: No, we don't do that because I've heard adults let their children watch movies UNAPROPRIATE for their age because they thought it was 'Okay' to do so. Same goes for games, how many people can say that someone UNDER the age of 18 is getting games like Call of Duty or Battlefield? Quite a freaking lot really, and another while it's cartoony is TF2. Violence. Blood. Gore. Sexuality and Sexualization. Nudity. The list of these things go on, and people claim that they're violent because 'I saw it in a game' or other poor excuses like 'I saw it in a movie.' I'm sure a lot of you will agree: Games/Movies don't make people violent, it is easily manipulated and domestic sheep (no offense to any Sheep here) that either have pent up anger or even faults of critical thinking and ACT upon violent tendencies that cause media to get attacked the way it does. Don't attack the art form, attack those that follow through with their stupidity rather than let them off free because 'LITTLE TIMMY SHOT JOHNNY IN THE LEG BECAUSE HE WAS PLAYING WITH A B B GUN AND PLAYING LIKE IT WERE CALL OF DUTY.' No, no, that stuff was happening BEFORE Call of Duty. Way back when in a time long since where we'd play 'Cops and Robbers' or some other form of that, and friends would get hurt, people mad and scolding happen. And it ISN'T just boys, so don't think I left the girls out either.
Rather than Censorship trying to make it harder, and harder, and harder for Art Forms to be seen in the United States, HOW ABOUT FOR ONCE THEY TRY TO ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEM OF ALL THE CENSORSHIP THAT PUTS ON THE BLINDERS IN OUR MEDIA? Apparently that's a hard concept to grasp because they keep trying to censor everything for a game rated for those that aren't old enough to 'understand' the themes in a game. Yet WHO is really at fault? The child? Nope. The Censor? Nu-uh. The Parents? OH HEAVEN FORBI-Yes. It's the parents. It is in ALL HONESTY the parents. I would not, FOR THE LIFE OF ME, buy my child Saints Row or ANY of the games (that's if I had a kid, but this is an example). Just as I wouldn't get a child Fallout or Grand Theft Auto. Seriously, the People and Children aren't the ones to be blamed, it's the parents of these Children who let this happen AND THEN either do nothing or flip out about it that need to be set straight. YOU did this to your child, that is YOUR fault, not the Censors, not the Developers, it is THE PARENTS. Shocker? No, not really. Will they admit it, pfft, admitting your wrong is just as hard as admitting you have a drug problem sometimes (terrible comparison but if the shoe fits) but the ones who need to accept responsibility and STOP acting like they're surprised about these things ARE THE PARENTS. They need to get a dose of reality in that, while a kid doesn't WATCH the news, they will listen and hear you. They have ears, and they do use them. If this keeps up, the only way we will ever get certain forms of art are from the Internet OR fan translations of media. I really despise how NONE of the parents that have done these things aren't charged for anything when in fact isn't what they do AGAINST what they say they're fighting? 'The Corruption of America's Youth', please... to blunt the truth our children are about as familiar with Sex, Drugs and Violence as WE are if not MORE. Our 'Youth' is VERY 'Corrupt' and we only have Society to thank for that.
I'm just really sick of people blaming everything BUT the problem itself which, again, is the parents themselves. Maybe write a Congressman or something about this stuff and even if there's some sort of LAW that is passed to where if someone under the age of the game title plays said game the parent of the minor is at fault and pays some form of penalty or that the purchaser of the product must have the one receiving the product present and if they are under the age for said product the seller must deny the purchase: PEOPLE WILL STILL WIGGLE AROUND IT because at heart we are deceitful creatures. I am not sorry if a parent reads this and questions my opinion because this is, like, my opinion man. However to be honest, video games are a reality escape as well as a social interaction when it comes to multiplayer games and that's not even making the bloody point that this is all just a fantasy world where we can not be ourselves or be the person we want to be. It's not real, but our governments and these dried up, old dunderheads keep saying how real it is when IT IS NOT. Seriously, I know I'm beating a dead horse on this one but doesn't everyone deserve the right to freely express themselves without fear of censorship? Accept the criticism of course, but whatever happened to people abiding by these rating systems set in place for Movies and Video Games? I'll be honest, the video game one was hardly used at first and only ever asked at the check out stand. Just a simple 'you know this game is rated X' and a simple answer of yes would let someone purchase a game if they were over the age of 18. Otherwise, that person needed a parent or guardian. If that question wasn't asked, the store got in trouble so it kind of became common place where I heard that asked at all stores that sold games. However... I have NEVER heard it asked about a MOVIE. So color me unimpressed that while we have these Censors up that even then they don't do their job. I'm not saying do away with them or be stricter/harsher on them: I'm saying stop making more hurdles for artists to jump over and just leave the art alone because all they're doing is killing these artistic mediums and scaring them away from the West. Imagine if you will a world where all we had were My Little Pony cartoons and Call of Duty games where you were only shooting people with tranquilizer darts. Imagine that the only way violent games make it to us are via PC? The Censors aren't killing us, it's those that want them to be much more harsh that are and are even being hypocritical of it themselves.
I know this probably wasn't the best place for a journal like this and yes I made an MLP based thing and I am a fan of the show and even I wouldn't like it, but I needed to get this out and off my chest because maybe someone will read it. Criticize me, agree with me, or whatever. PERSONALLY I don't care and you can certainly argue with me or even have a critical argument with me. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, especially when there's no clear right or wrong because the topic is so open ended.
Thank you all who made it this far,
-GB
For movies, we have a rating system and I'm sure that a lot of people would say 'Well yes, and we follow this quite well! I'd never let my child-' and that's where I have to stop people right there: No, we don't do that because I've heard adults let their children watch movies UNAPROPRIATE for their age because they thought it was 'Okay' to do so. Same goes for games, how many people can say that someone UNDER the age of 18 is getting games like Call of Duty or Battlefield? Quite a freaking lot really, and another while it's cartoony is TF2. Violence. Blood. Gore. Sexuality and Sexualization. Nudity. The list of these things go on, and people claim that they're violent because 'I saw it in a game' or other poor excuses like 'I saw it in a movie.' I'm sure a lot of you will agree: Games/Movies don't make people violent, it is easily manipulated and domestic sheep (no offense to any Sheep here) that either have pent up anger or even faults of critical thinking and ACT upon violent tendencies that cause media to get attacked the way it does. Don't attack the art form, attack those that follow through with their stupidity rather than let them off free because 'LITTLE TIMMY SHOT JOHNNY IN THE LEG BECAUSE HE WAS PLAYING WITH A B B GUN AND PLAYING LIKE IT WERE CALL OF DUTY.' No, no, that stuff was happening BEFORE Call of Duty. Way back when in a time long since where we'd play 'Cops and Robbers' or some other form of that, and friends would get hurt, people mad and scolding happen. And it ISN'T just boys, so don't think I left the girls out either.
Rather than Censorship trying to make it harder, and harder, and harder for Art Forms to be seen in the United States, HOW ABOUT FOR ONCE THEY TRY TO ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEM OF ALL THE CENSORSHIP THAT PUTS ON THE BLINDERS IN OUR MEDIA? Apparently that's a hard concept to grasp because they keep trying to censor everything for a game rated for those that aren't old enough to 'understand' the themes in a game. Yet WHO is really at fault? The child? Nope. The Censor? Nu-uh. The Parents? OH HEAVEN FORBI-Yes. It's the parents. It is in ALL HONESTY the parents. I would not, FOR THE LIFE OF ME, buy my child Saints Row or ANY of the games (that's if I had a kid, but this is an example). Just as I wouldn't get a child Fallout or Grand Theft Auto. Seriously, the People and Children aren't the ones to be blamed, it's the parents of these Children who let this happen AND THEN either do nothing or flip out about it that need to be set straight. YOU did this to your child, that is YOUR fault, not the Censors, not the Developers, it is THE PARENTS. Shocker? No, not really. Will they admit it, pfft, admitting your wrong is just as hard as admitting you have a drug problem sometimes (terrible comparison but if the shoe fits) but the ones who need to accept responsibility and STOP acting like they're surprised about these things ARE THE PARENTS. They need to get a dose of reality in that, while a kid doesn't WATCH the news, they will listen and hear you. They have ears, and they do use them. If this keeps up, the only way we will ever get certain forms of art are from the Internet OR fan translations of media. I really despise how NONE of the parents that have done these things aren't charged for anything when in fact isn't what they do AGAINST what they say they're fighting? 'The Corruption of America's Youth', please... to blunt the truth our children are about as familiar with Sex, Drugs and Violence as WE are if not MORE. Our 'Youth' is VERY 'Corrupt' and we only have Society to thank for that.
I'm just really sick of people blaming everything BUT the problem itself which, again, is the parents themselves. Maybe write a Congressman or something about this stuff and even if there's some sort of LAW that is passed to where if someone under the age of the game title plays said game the parent of the minor is at fault and pays some form of penalty or that the purchaser of the product must have the one receiving the product present and if they are under the age for said product the seller must deny the purchase: PEOPLE WILL STILL WIGGLE AROUND IT because at heart we are deceitful creatures. I am not sorry if a parent reads this and questions my opinion because this is, like, my opinion man. However to be honest, video games are a reality escape as well as a social interaction when it comes to multiplayer games and that's not even making the bloody point that this is all just a fantasy world where we can not be ourselves or be the person we want to be. It's not real, but our governments and these dried up, old dunderheads keep saying how real it is when IT IS NOT. Seriously, I know I'm beating a dead horse on this one but doesn't everyone deserve the right to freely express themselves without fear of censorship? Accept the criticism of course, but whatever happened to people abiding by these rating systems set in place for Movies and Video Games? I'll be honest, the video game one was hardly used at first and only ever asked at the check out stand. Just a simple 'you know this game is rated X' and a simple answer of yes would let someone purchase a game if they were over the age of 18. Otherwise, that person needed a parent or guardian. If that question wasn't asked, the store got in trouble so it kind of became common place where I heard that asked at all stores that sold games. However... I have NEVER heard it asked about a MOVIE. So color me unimpressed that while we have these Censors up that even then they don't do their job. I'm not saying do away with them or be stricter/harsher on them: I'm saying stop making more hurdles for artists to jump over and just leave the art alone because all they're doing is killing these artistic mediums and scaring them away from the West. Imagine if you will a world where all we had were My Little Pony cartoons and Call of Duty games where you were only shooting people with tranquilizer darts. Imagine that the only way violent games make it to us are via PC? The Censors aren't killing us, it's those that want them to be much more harsh that are and are even being hypocritical of it themselves.
I know this probably wasn't the best place for a journal like this and yes I made an MLP based thing and I am a fan of the show and even I wouldn't like it, but I needed to get this out and off my chest because maybe someone will read it. Criticize me, agree with me, or whatever. PERSONALLY I don't care and you can certainly argue with me or even have a critical argument with me. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, especially when there's no clear right or wrong because the topic is so open ended.
Thank you all who made it this far,
-GB
1. Parent protection: When someone is growing up a parent can try to keep things like violence and sexual themes away until the child is old enough to understand. Which is why the movie and game system age rating system was made as a warning people who do not want others to read or view the content. Though some people do not pay attention to that and buy Grand Theft Auto for their third grader and then complain that the game is too violent and should not exist.
2. Forced prevention: Now this is the wrong type of censorship that is seen in countries that do not want people to disagree with them. If someone has a different idea then instead of having a civil argument the ruling side just yells and screams that if you do not agree with ______ then you are stupid and or evil.
Forced prevention example: Currently in the U.S. censorship it has been seen multiple times that when a right leaning female or even a ex-muslim female that escaped extremists were scheduled to speak but instead of having their voice heard another group starts to cause as low as a petition to as high as a riot since they do not want to hear someone Else's opinion. The constant censorship of groups saying 'Do not listen to that person since they are *insert hate word that does not fit*.'. Instead of actually having a open mind and having a CIVIL ADULT counter argument. Now on campuses it went from paper petitions on things that exist like 'Save the Rain Forest.' to yelling at people to 'Get rid of word Master since it makes people think of Slavery.'. The term Politically Correct is replaced with the word Progressive so people will not think it is censorship, instead think it is the way we are supposed to progress as a culture by outlawing certain words or concepts so everyone will be forced to be like they were told is the only way to be.
If I say 'I watch Fox News' or 'I am Christian' then Progressive Close Mindedness as taught in pop culture will try to shut me up since they do not want to hear a opposing view. When in fact the best thing to do is to pay attention so that you can disprove the view that you oppose.
I will end my rant with a link to a critique of a Progressive Commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=une73Vc3z3Q