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Japanese Cure: 3rd Sundays, No Gaming
on 19.11.2008 at 18:13
Posted by Jorge Ba-oh (jb) 
Comments: 5 
Reads: 724
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Japanese, School, Violence, Video Games
Posted by Jorge Ba-oh (jb) Comments: 5 Reads: 724 Tags:
Japanese, School, Violence, Video Games Recent News
A Japanese school has a strange fix for video game violence: ban video games every 3rd Sunday.
An 11-year old schoolboy decided to mess about and stupidly stabled another pupil in the back with a pair of scissors and to prevent any more outbursts of violence have offered advice to parents. According to Destructoid, every third Sunday each month should be a day of complete rest - no TV, music or video games.
Would banning entertainment periodically really help tone down violence? Should it be down to the parents to bring up their
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L29 Wolfos
RAWF-EL!!
"...every third Sunday each month should be a day of complete rest - no TV, music or video games." That's not enough, it's not going to change anything. The parents need to step in.
"...every third Sunday each month should be a day of complete rest - no TV, music or video games." That's not enough, it's not going to change anything. The parents need to step in.
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L26 Thwomp
they definitly shoud bring up their shits... I mean children... better.
Found a shop in my town that only sells Belgian beer and chocolate. :D
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L93 Ash Ketchum
This is all the fault of that game developer in Arizona.
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back on the internets :D
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L87 Eggman
Japan always comes up with crazy shit.
No exceptions.
No exceptions.
Most games are a waste of time.
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If we were the last man and woman on Earth, I bet we could do it in public
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L68 King Boo
Next they'll say cancer cures AIDS
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