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So the teenager is being held to a higher standard, in video games, than the last President of the United States was in real life. Great.
by mattmaroon 18y ago
So the teenager is being held to a higher standard, in video games, than the last President of the United States was in real life. Great.
- tptacek 18y agoI don't know if "losing Call of Duty" is comparable to potentially winding up in The Hague. I'd call this good parenting. Obviously nobody gives a shit about game characters, but here's a dad who clearly cares about how gaming affects his son's perspective. I don't like my (9 year old) son play overtly violent games at all, so this kid is getting more flexibility than many others.
- Tichy 18y agoMaybe it is also a little weird and will make that kid being laughed at by his peers.
- tptacek 18y agoTeaching your kid to avoid being laughed at by his peers: mediocre parenting. Teaching your kid how and why not to give a shit if he's laughed at by his peers: good parenting. What's the lesson here? Ridicule trumps morality?
- gaius 18y agoAt the danger of swerving offtopic, the Geneva Conventions only apply in the case that mutual signatories go to war. Regardless of what the LPOTUS did or didn't do, that is not a factually valid criticism.
- likpok 18y agoActually, (I was looking this up earlier), it applies in the case that a signatory goes to war and the other side either a) is a signatory, or b) follow the Geneva conventions. Not that this changes the nature of the comment. It is a good point that the Geneva conventions do not protect nearly as much as people seem to think.