Ha ! 'Slackers', 'lazies', 'losers' ...

[3DMonkey]

I was a massive consumer of video games and television for many many years. Most of them revolve around the worst kind of things possible. That is a fact. Sports do not involve killing, stealing, raping, materialism, greed, underage sex, glorification of drug use etc etc etc. Television and video games do. Are we going to defend that as an "art form" for young (very young) children to consume and become addicted to? I can assure you from ALOT of experience (all I wanted to do was play video games at one point in my life), that they DO effect both children and adults very strongly and subtley. This is certainly what the statistics and research suggest as well.

So, you have come to this conclusion. Now what do you do with it?

This is a genuine inquiry, Derek. I'm asking you what the conclusion means to you personally, how you feel about it, what changes you have made personally, and what changes you think may or may not be necessary globally. It has been brought to my attention that my inquiry could appear volatile. I'm only exploring your perspective, Derek. I mean no harm at all.