tncorgi
April 13th, 2003, 5:20pm
Just read about these computer video games. Guess this is yet another reason for parents to look at the programs children can download from the web (FOR FREE).
KNOW MORE ABOUT A SHOCKING TREND SWEEPING THE NATION... HATE VIDEO GAMES.
http://www.know-more.com/stories/SF0304-06-hategames/meanmessage.asp
http://www.adl.org/videogames/default.asp
Imagine a video game that allows you to become a part of the Klu Klux Klan, where your mission is to shoot down Blacks and Hispanics.
Or you embark on another mission where the object is to enter a subway to find where Jews are hiding.
Civil rights leaders say parents MUST be aware…. These video games are not only available, they’re growing in popularity! Some can be downloaded free off the Internet… Others can be purchased for under 20 bucks.
According to Brian Marcus, Director of Internet Monitoring at the Anti Defamation League, “It’s the ADL’s position [that] we do not in any way seek to censor. What we do is seek to expose. We want to make sure that parents know about these games. It’s incredibly important for them to know that not only are video games out there that are dangerous to their children, but these are Web sites that are for racist groups,” says Marcus.
How popular are they? Marcus says a single game will initiate thousands of copies and it spreads from there. “There are no protections, so people burn copies of this and share them.”
Gerhard Lauck is a self-proclaimed Nazi from Lincoln, Nebraska. Lauck has been referred to as the Farmbelt Fuehrer. He says the games on his sites are making their mark.
“I think we did like 25 million Web site hits on our primary Web site alone, and we have lots of Web sites… We’ve also gotten up to a thousand downloads a day on a computer game when it’s first put on and it’s new,” says Lauck.
According to Lauck, “After Mein Kampf and the German books, the second most popular thing in terms of the downloads would be the games.”
What can parents do?
Hate-Filter: “The Anti-Defamation League has on our Web site a free hate filter”, says Brian Marcus.” This is something that’s downloadable, free. You put it on your computer and it goes into the browser and what it does is it blocks certain sites from being seen by children.’
To find out more about the ADL’s filter, click here.
According to Potok, “The best thing the parent can do is talk to his or her child about what these games represent.”
KNOW MORE ABOUT A SHOCKING TREND SWEEPING THE NATION... HATE VIDEO GAMES.
http://www.know-more.com/stories/SF0304-06-hategames/meanmessage.asp
http://www.adl.org/videogames/default.asp
Imagine a video game that allows you to become a part of the Klu Klux Klan, where your mission is to shoot down Blacks and Hispanics.
Or you embark on another mission where the object is to enter a subway to find where Jews are hiding.
Civil rights leaders say parents MUST be aware…. These video games are not only available, they’re growing in popularity! Some can be downloaded free off the Internet… Others can be purchased for under 20 bucks.
According to Brian Marcus, Director of Internet Monitoring at the Anti Defamation League, “It’s the ADL’s position [that] we do not in any way seek to censor. What we do is seek to expose. We want to make sure that parents know about these games. It’s incredibly important for them to know that not only are video games out there that are dangerous to their children, but these are Web sites that are for racist groups,” says Marcus.
How popular are they? Marcus says a single game will initiate thousands of copies and it spreads from there. “There are no protections, so people burn copies of this and share them.”
Gerhard Lauck is a self-proclaimed Nazi from Lincoln, Nebraska. Lauck has been referred to as the Farmbelt Fuehrer. He says the games on his sites are making their mark.
“I think we did like 25 million Web site hits on our primary Web site alone, and we have lots of Web sites… We’ve also gotten up to a thousand downloads a day on a computer game when it’s first put on and it’s new,” says Lauck.
According to Lauck, “After Mein Kampf and the German books, the second most popular thing in terms of the downloads would be the games.”
What can parents do?
Hate-Filter: “The Anti-Defamation League has on our Web site a free hate filter”, says Brian Marcus.” This is something that’s downloadable, free. You put it on your computer and it goes into the browser and what it does is it blocks certain sites from being seen by children.’
To find out more about the ADL’s filter, click here.
According to Potok, “The best thing the parent can do is talk to his or her child about what these games represent.”