tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post5949469689099211499..comments2024-02-21T14:18:09.212-08:00Comments on R World: Your Blogger's Sweeping Proposals to Lessen Gun ViolenceRon Davisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-44465309713731213882013-02-02T16:13:35.618-08:002013-02-02T16:13:35.618-08:00Good thoughts, Ron. Some reactions:
1. Instead o...Good thoughts, Ron. Some reactions:<br /><br />1. Instead of reversing X and R, how about just a separate rating for sex vs violence, say XV and XS? While grown-up explicit sex per se is fine, I'm not sure that's a sound argument for exposing our kids to it, and I don't see that we need to offer a quid pro quo here. Why trade something off? Just rate both appropriately.<br /><br />2. This one'd never work, Wilbur. Cheats and mods for popular games are everywhere... everyone would just install the (readily available) mod that disabled this feature. And market forces would drive games makers to make these mods very accessible and easy to implement. Instead... what if we replaced the simplistic ratings we use today with something like a "citizenship" score (needs a better name), which would rate how much a game might promote antisocial tendencies? With some education, and appropriate rating information ("Score: 10 - This game is highly likely to turn your kid into a raving psychotic"), parents might be more careful, or at least more aware. We could potentially also require a games registration database, which could subsequently be tied to criminal behavior, enabling us to hold parents accountable.<br /><br />3-5. Yes. #4 is tricky, because we're rightfully hypersenstive about anything that smacks of eugenics, but I'd support this.<br /><br />6-7. Yes. I'd also like to see a mandatory high school course in Logic & Critical Thinking, just like everyone has to take Health and Government classes. This will become ever more important as the barriers to entry for information dissemination continue to fall (a good thing), thus decreasing our ability to identify inherently more credible information/news sources (a bad thing). Our only hope is a skeptical populace. Today we have a hopelessly gullible one, ripe for manipulation by the most accomplished liars.<br /><br />8-12. You are clearly Hitler. Why do you hate freedom? That said, I think these are right on the money.Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17191330059512790147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-44315467962152252602013-01-30T14:55:05.265-08:002013-01-30T14:55:05.265-08:00Yes, Ron, we are kindred spirits. I like your sug...Yes, Ron, we are kindred spirits. I like your suggestions, but especially the fetal alcohol syndrome recommendation (or any kind of child born with drugs in its system)- neuter that lady. Each one of those severely disabled kids costs society many millions, to say nothing of the pain the kids themselves experience. Yes to universal background checks and full reporting of criminals and those with severe mental illness. Lastly, create the annual "Wayne LaPierre Award" for a leader who most fails to represent the views of a majority of those in his/her organization.Lifehikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087215544010279426noreply@blogger.com