Is Media Escapism, Especially Regarding Young Males And Computer Gaming Now A Greater Threat To The West Any Other Threat?

[Colmc54]

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[sp1814]

Absolutely not.

Not at all.

It's a...brand new idea.

[Marshwarble]

I don't believe it's brand new. Shoot em up games have been available in the arcades since the late 70s.

[vetuste_ennemi]

Moral and cultural relativism (and the succour they give to fascists and bigots) are greater threats. "Media escapism" is a symptom rather than a cause of anything.

[Colmc54]

I listened to a mother saying her sleep-deprived adolescent son brokevher arm when she tried to remove his gaming console from his bedroom. My brother on law is being similarly abused. So no problem then?

[ToraToraTora]

No.

[Milvus]

Your examples Colmc, seem to be more cases showing a lack of parental discipline

[Colmc54]

You don't live in a society where parental discipline is challenging for many working, often single parents. It must be nice for you. What's it like in your perfect world?

[fiction-factory]

When i was a teenager I used to listen to Radio Luxembourg and Casey Casem on Arnmed Forces Radio when I should have been sleeping.

[Old_Geezer]

This is clearly a non-serious question. Finding excuses for personal failures and bad behaviour is a common enough practice. And if the worst we have to cope with is computer gaming we must be living in Utopia.

[anotheoldgit]

AnswerBank is my media escapism, (I know I am leaving myself wide open here but since it is the festive season), am I a threat to the West?;0)

[dave50]

I know of grown men in their thirties and forties with families who play on these games most nights. I find it rather pathetic and immature.

[jackthehat]

No.

[sp1814]

Colmc54

I think your examples may be extreme.

One of the biggest games of the century is Angry Birds, and there has been very little in the news about outbreaks of avian attacks on pig farms.

[Mamyalynne]

I wouldn't be too sure - there's an angry mallard staring at me through the window.


Colm , your brother in law needs to get some help.