We are rearing our children in captivity — their habitat shrinking almost daily. In 1970 the average nine-year-old girl would have been free to wander 840 metres from her front door. By 1997 it was 280 metres. Now the limit appears to have come down to the front doorstep.
Tag: society
Video Games make kids Violent?
I mean, we’ve known for years that video games teach kids to kill. Locking, loading, and firing an assault rifle is almost exactly the same as pressing the ctrl key, after all. They’ve been secretly training us for years.
Instapundit.com – Valentine’s Day Thoughts on Marriage
This of course is a link to a link to an article about something, but what the heck, why not spread the love?
Papers, please
Go ahead, read this article from Slashdot, then read all the comments. Just think about it for a bit, and then, if you’re not steaming mad… let me know so I can start calling you “COMRADE.”
Why Nerds are Unpopular
This was my middle/high school experience. This guy hits the nail on the head with this one.