{"id":509,"date":"2010-03-05T20:37:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T09:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/?p=509"},"modified":"2010-03-05T23:50:35","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T12:50:35","slug":"senator-michael-atkinson-mr-anti-bean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/senator-michael-atkinson-mr-anti-bean\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Atkinson – Mr Anti-Bean"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bit late tonight as I was out seeing “The Blind Side” with the missus. It’s actually not a bad film at all so consider putting it on your shortlist when you next go to the cinema! Since we went to Gold Class, there weren’t enough ads to squeeze out a quick entry putting aside the fact my 3G reception was terrible and my battery was well on the way to zero.<\/p>\n

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Attorney-General Michael Atkinson is at it again after it has been revealed that he has funded a group (to the tune of $33,000) called the “Australia Council on Children and the Media” trading under the name of “Young Media Australia”. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that this group believes that there is a link between violent games and youth violence as it matches the stance that Atkinson currently has against introducing the R18+ rating for video games in Australia.<\/p>\n

Psychologist Dr Wayne Warburton said that violence in video games have an effect “much greater than the effect of smoking on lung cancer<\/em>“. That’s all well and good but let’s put this in perspective – this “council” are saying “Charlotte’s Web” with a G rating is unsuitable for children to watch unattended.<\/p>\n

It’s a film with talking animals people. Is there something wrong with Hi-5 perhaps?<\/p>\n

No wonder screwed up children become screwed up adults because they aren’t allowed to experience loss, they are wrapped up in cotton wool and shielded from the harsh reality of which one day they will need to become a part.<\/p>\n

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It seems that a lot of people so far tend to agree that video games don’t cause violent behaviour. What do you think might trigger people to lose the plot if video games aren’t the root cause?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A bit late tonight as I was out seeing “The Blind Side” with the missus. It’s actually not a bad film at all so consider putting it on your shortlist when you next go to the cinema! Since we went to Gold Class, there weren’t enough ads to squeeze out a quick entry putting aside … <\/p>\n

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