Posted on 06/21/2005 4:14:56 PM PDT by CHARLITE
In his new book, "Porn Generation," Ben Shapiro points out that our culture is suffering from an over-abundance of smut.
What's even more disconcerting is that the raunchy stuff is getting ready to invade kids' video games.
The handheld version of Sony's successful video game platform, the PlayStation Portable (PSP), now reportedly has porn product that's been designed for it, which underscores the critical importance of parental responsibility in today's world.
Eight pornographic videos will supposedly be released for the PSP by a Tokyo-based adult video company, with a second Tokyo company planning to produce another three titles.
Through its spokesperson, Sony indicated that the PSP has a locking function that allows parents to stop their kids from watching adult videos on their game players.
To date Sony has shipped almost 3 million of the PSPs to Japan and North America.
The Left Coast Report suspects that if the trend continues we'll soon be seeing tawdry i-tunes for tots.
I wonder what sort of peripherals will be marketed with that.
I hope no one tells James Hirsen how many porn DVD's are available. He'd really flip out.
We got ours! My dear wife ordered some games from EBay. 2 of them were rated XXX. Oh well.
Luckily for me, I came to realize (as Jesus told me), sex outside of marriage is as bad (or worse) than heroin.
And, of course, the only way to really break from heroin is by the Holy Spirit. Same for gaining power over human sexuality.
I fairly sure I don't want to mentally travel down that road very far.
"I wonder what sort of peripherals will be marketed with that."
A joy stick of course.
Cool!
Time to get a PSP! :-)
(just kidding)
In case oldsters on the Forum haven't noticed, an awful lot of video games are purchased and played by adults. (College age, and yes, older.)
While we may decry the coarsening trend in our society's approach to sexuality, or feel that sexual content in video games is somehow worse in terms of inflaming the passions or provoking overtly immoral behavior than in novels (a feeling which I suspect has not empirical basis, but, I digress), the notion that sleeze is creeping into "kids' video games" is a bit overblown.
Some games are aimed at young children, some are targeted for adults.
Why must everything we have be safe for children?
Sounds like an RPR Ping to me!
I am gueesing by your Freeper handle that you served aboard destroyers. Am I correct in this assumption?
Some people are offended and need the nanny state to take care of them and do their parenting for them.
"...which underscores the critical importance of parental responsibility in today's world..."
Oh heavens no, you mean I must take responsibility for raising my own children, monitoring what they are exposed to via the internet, t.v. and video games, and teaching them why morality, honesty and integrity are important...
OH MY GOD, HOW THE HELL DO I DO THAT WITHOUT THE GOVERNMENT HERE TO HELP ME!!!! AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
:o) hehe... apparently we are on the same page with this, huh?
Which format is that? HD-DVD? Blu-Ray? Neither are available yet.
Okay I'm tired of the B.S. comments that parents can monitor their chidlren 24/7/365.
If you've had children you know better. Some kid that comes over to your house can be quite respectful. You call his folks and arrange for your child to go over to his house. Unfortunately you don't know everything there is to know about their family. It's impossible to.
Once over at their house, your child is give software to place on his device.
Please explain how a parent defends against this.
Some of you folks don't have a clue how the real world of children works. Are we really supposed to just give in to placing hard porn on devices that will unquestionably be handled by kids?
Can't adults get their kicks some other way?
It's a real shame to see adults demand access to porn on these devices. It's doubly sad to realize some of them are supposed to be conservatives with high moral standards and a dedication to seeing kids be able to grow up without access to these types of materials.
Is it more imporant for adults to see porn on the devices, or for our next generation to get a helping hand from adults?
UMD, Universal Media Disk. It's about 3" across.
"Oh my! I thought it said Donkey KONG!"
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