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I am against banning anything like that, but I hope you also realize that some people would involuntarily waste years of their life and completely destroy thems
by hkai 8y ago
I am against banning anything like that, but I hope you also realize that some people would involuntarily waste years of their life and completely destroy themselves playing it. The addiction is real and harmful.
- cdblades 8y agoLet me know when India bans alcohol, high-calorie food, or any of the countless other things that can be abused.
- kbad1000 8y agoAlcohol is already banned in Gujarat and Bihar. One can only purchase it if they have arrived in Gujarat from less than 6 months using a rationed licence.
- kbad1000 8y agoNot many can buy high calorie fast food. I think the ban can atleast limit the use of the game, specially in public. I think the game is similar to alcohol addiction and keeps people poor by making them unproductive.
- skellera 8y agoThat is a terrible narrative to start passing around. Games are not keeping people poor. An extremely small population relative to total people playing may be addicted and it affects their lives but that should not be a reason to ban a game. Also, the point it not made with this situation. It’s a single game. Not all games.
- kbad1000 8y agoYou can find youths leaving everything to play 'this' game everywhere. It is not just the usual fun thing. I too play games, but I've not seen such thing; it is addiction.
- dsabanin 8y agoI would think being arrested is more harmful and time wasting, with way more serious consequences. Whoever came up with that law is simply an imbecile or dishonest about their motives.
- fvjft 8y agoThe options are not only "playing" and "being arrested", there's also the option of "not playing".
- sven93 8y agoIndia has 3 psychiatrists per million and 1 psychologist per 2 million people. On the other hand they have 150 policemen per hundred thousand citizens so what else is going to happen? Meanwhile the Tech companies and Telcos and Media(social/news/games/porn) are mindlessly falling over themselves to hook as big a chunk of the masses as possible with their dark patterns. The parents of most kids with a phone in India, barely know how to read and write, leave alone understand/supervise what the kid is doing on the phone. The size and scope of the mental health disaster unfolding boggles the mind.
- Yajirobe 8y agoWhy do you think it's a waste? And why do you think it's involuntary?
- thefounder 8y agoAddiction is a real problem. If affects the poor the worse, just like the drugs. It's a waste of time because in the end you get nothing but headaches. However I would support better regulation than banning them.
- skellera 8y agoPeople used to and still do waste much more time watching television. Do you feel that we should’ve regulated watching it as well? Please look to the US drug war to see why throwing people in jail for a problem they have is not the correct solution.
- thefounder 8y agoI didn't say to throw people into jail. Just to regulate them better(i.e sell highly addictive games only to people over 18) just like smoking is now regulated in the European Union. I don't think watching TV is as addictive as pc/video games.
- NullPrefix 8y agoBan the TV, throw people in jail for watching.
- imtringued 8y agoSo the government decides that it's better that they waste away in prison and they shouldn't have any chance of improving themselves at all?