The outspoken Tory MP has claimed it is time to "garotte the Game Boy and paralyse the PlayStation"
how long did it take him to think that up? And it's DS now....
Outspoken Tory MP Boris Johnson has sensationally slammed videogames, and blamed them for the reason why children are reading less and less in today's society.
lol, text messages :O
Sorry, but i think you'll find that we are reading more than ever before ATM- not out of books, true, but we're still reading. You claimed we weren't. I'm right, you're wrong, GTFO
According to Johnson, 89 per cent of UK homes with children also contain a videogames console. He also claimed that the number of computer games per household were high in Britain, and more so than in any other EU country.
And? us buying games keeps the economy afloat. so how is this console thing bad?
Writing in the telegraph, Johnson claimed: "Millions of seven to 15 year olds are hooked, especially boys, and it is time someone had the guts to stand up, cross the room and just say no to Nintendo.
Yes, quite a lot are hooked. However, it's like smoking- the only way to stop people doing it is to educate them. A flat out ban will be impossible to enforce (I can think of a fair few places to hide something just bigger than 3 DVD's), and will not achieve anything.
Johnson has also blamed videogames for the reason why an influx of students are applying for University without the correct, or adequate writing skills. "I refuse to believe that these hypnotic little machines are innocent ... These possessions are not so much an index of wealth as a cause of ignorance and underachievement and, yes, poverty," he continued.
It's called a laptop. Yes, we've moved on from the bombe, though that was probably about when you grew up.
"The nippers are bleeping and zapping in speechless rapture, their passive faces washed in explosions and gore. They sit for so long that their souls seem to have been sucked down the cathode ray tube.
Flatscreen TV's, noob. Also, you're a politician, not a bloody poet!
"They become like blinking lizards, motionless, absorbed, only the twitching of their hands showing they are still conscious. These machines teach them nothing. They stimulate no ratiocination, discovery or feat of memory."
really? so me remembering a 4 digit pass key for a whole level of doom3 before realising I didn't need it was worthless and would never help me again in my life, should I need to remember a number for whatever reason (hey, maybe the page number of the book i'm currently reading... Yes, really. I was on page 167 this morning, now its 204. lol?) Also, ratiocination? who are you trying to kid? I floccinaucinihilipilificate your opinion. bitch.
While we're at it, surely the act of remembering "oh, when i get xyz i need to go to abc" is fairly important? And the improved reaction times from monsters jumping out at me is absolutely pointless, and will never serve me in real life (i mean, when do you need to react quickly? let's face it, not like someone will ever jump out in front of you while you're driving a car forcing you to... you guessed it! react quickly to avoid killing them.
Only Boris would be capable of such a tirade!
da troof.
I wonder what would have happened if he had been pulling out a socket for a light? would all lighting companies have been slandered by the media for making unsafe child killing products? I think not... It would have been regarded as an accidental tragedy, nothing more. What's with video games? why the hate?
how long did it take him to think that up? And it's DS now....
Outspoken Tory MP Boris Johnson has sensationally slammed videogames, and blamed them for the reason why children are reading less and less in today's society.
lol, text messages :O
Sorry, but i think you'll find that we are reading more than ever before ATM- not out of books, true, but we're still reading. You claimed we weren't. I'm right, you're wrong, GTFO
According to Johnson, 89 per cent of UK homes with children also contain a videogames console. He also claimed that the number of computer games per household were high in Britain, and more so than in any other EU country.
And? us buying games keeps the economy afloat. so how is this console thing bad?
Writing in the telegraph, Johnson claimed: "Millions of seven to 15 year olds are hooked, especially boys, and it is time someone had the guts to stand up, cross the room and just say no to Nintendo.
Yes, quite a lot are hooked. However, it's like smoking- the only way to stop people doing it is to educate them. A flat out ban will be impossible to enforce (I can think of a fair few places to hide something just bigger than 3 DVD's), and will not achieve anything.
Johnson has also blamed videogames for the reason why an influx of students are applying for University without the correct, or adequate writing skills. "I refuse to believe that these hypnotic little machines are innocent ... These possessions are not so much an index of wealth as a cause of ignorance and underachievement and, yes, poverty," he continued.
It's called a laptop. Yes, we've moved on from the bombe, though that was probably about when you grew up.
"The nippers are bleeping and zapping in speechless rapture, their passive faces washed in explosions and gore. They sit for so long that their souls seem to have been sucked down the cathode ray tube.
Flatscreen TV's, noob. Also, you're a politician, not a bloody poet!
"They become like blinking lizards, motionless, absorbed, only the twitching of their hands showing they are still conscious. These machines teach them nothing. They stimulate no ratiocination, discovery or feat of memory."
really? so me remembering a 4 digit pass key for a whole level of doom3 before realising I didn't need it was worthless and would never help me again in my life, should I need to remember a number for whatever reason (hey, maybe the page number of the book i'm currently reading... Yes, really. I was on page 167 this morning, now its 204. lol?) Also, ratiocination? who are you trying to kid? I floccinaucinihilipilificate your opinion. bitch.
While we're at it, surely the act of remembering "oh, when i get xyz i need to go to abc" is fairly important? And the improved reaction times from monsters jumping out at me is absolutely pointless, and will never serve me in real life (i mean, when do you need to react quickly? let's face it, not like someone will ever jump out in front of you while you're driving a car forcing you to... you guessed it! react quickly to avoid killing them.
Only Boris would be capable of such a tirade!
da troof.
I wonder what would have happened if he had been pulling out a socket for a light? would all lighting companies have been slandered by the media for making unsafe child killing products? I think not... It would have been regarded as an accidental tragedy, nothing more. What's with video games? why the hate?