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Edwards80:

--- Quote from: Malenko on May 24, 2010, 10:56:15 am ---I didnt mean to imply, I was merely asking for clarification.  It is hard to discuss this topic with you because your replies seem so black and white on such a grey issue. If I were raising a kid , why do I have to tell him to either obey all of the laws or none, isn't there a middle ground? For example, it's safe to speed a little and be prepared to pay if you get caught; but its still not ok to rape puppies and kill babies.

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Doesn't that create the risk that your kid will then start tongue kissing puppies with consent and only punch babies?

isucamper:

--- Quote from: Malenko on May 24, 2010, 10:56:15 am ---I didnt mean to imply, I was merely asking for clarification.  It is hard to discuss this topic with you because your replies seem so black and white on such a grey issue. If I were raising a kid , why do I have to tell him to either obey all of the laws or none, isn't there a middle ground? For example, it's safe to speed a little and be prepared to pay if you get caught; but its still not ok to rape puppies and kill babies.

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Can you give a list of laws that you would tell your child it's ok to break?  Would you even tell them it's ok to speed a little?  Sounds like you don't have kids (neither do I) but I think I would lean towards being overprotective and use the law as an excuse to tell them to drive 5 mph under the limit. 

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: BadMouth on May 23, 2010, 07:04:03 pm ---What software is the Global VR - Global Arcade Classics running?  The games are officially licensed, but it looks like hyperspin over MAME to me.
http://www.globalvr.com/products_gac.html

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It predates Hyperspin by quite a while and was actually copied before that in the Ultrastyle FE.

saint:

--- Quote from: isucamper on May 24, 2010, 04:32:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: Malenko on May 24, 2010, 10:56:15 am ---I didnt mean to imply, I was merely asking for clarification.  It is hard to discuss this topic with you because your replies seem so black and white on such a grey issue. If I were raising a kid , why do I have to tell him to either obey all of the laws or none, isn't there a middle ground? For example, it's safe to speed a little and be prepared to pay if you get caught; but its still not ok to rape puppies and kill babies.

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Can you give a list of laws that you would tell your child it's ok to break?  Would you even tell them it's ok to speed a little?  Sounds like you don't have kids (neither do I) but I think I would lean towards being overprotective and use the law as an excuse to tell them to drive 5 mph under the limit. 


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I have kids. The last thing I would teach them is mindless obedience to laws. I teach them that morality and the law are not always on the same side, and to use their judgment. For instance, we had a discussion on jaywalking. I gave them the hypothetical of jaywalking to save someone's life. I also teach them about civic disobedience, the costs thereof, and the value of doing so in the right circumstances.

This has already segued into a P&R discussion, so I'll end it with laws and morality are ideally, but often not, on the same side. One must weigh one's personal morals against the letter of the law and decide for oneself.

But ROMs are for the most part illegal, unless they're explicitly not (I wish StarRoms was still around).

--- saint

atomikbohm:
I am the very proud parent of 3 children.  My 7 year old and I constantly have discussions about doing the right thing and what that means.  I got to admit that he would be much better able to site examples of when the law is "just wrong".  One of my favorite stories about the clarity of a child's mind is after watching an Indiana Jones Movie he asked me why The Germans were the bad guys (I'm 1/4 Austrian).  I explained a little about the Nazi's and that they did some "evil" things.  He then asked why weren't they arrested by the German Police.  I had a very difficult time explaining that the police were Nazis too and that's one of the reason's we went to war (not the complete truth but it was close enough for the conversation)  

Laws do NOT = morality.  People MAY = morality.

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