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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by allannienhuis on Monday August 30, 2021 @11:32AM (#28356659)
Not saying this is a good thing (in fact I think it's a silly rule), but: kids in the western world have their 'freedoms' restricted all of the time. There are plenty of things that kids can't participate in or see. Those are mandated by various levels of the state, for the safety/benefit of the child (ostensibly).

And parents are constantly adjusting the things their kids can or can't do, often requiring kids to ask permission to do most things. Its a way of protecting them from their immature decision making ability (with functional parents anyway).

So I think the aversion is more based on the surprise that it seems to go 'further' than we'd expect in the west, and politics/culture turns that into something to criticize the CPC (or whatever governing body responsible) for because COMMUNISTS!!!

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by Xplune13 on Monday August 30, 2021 @11:38AM (#28356741)
The main problem here is shoehorning of government between people's lives. Every parent has their own way of doing things. Some parents may allow kids to play longer, some may not but government should not be involved in this matter.

I don't think this is a case of "because..... communists". This move is rightly criticized in my opinion.

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by pessimizer on Monday August 30, 2021 @11:55AM (#28356945)
> government should not be involved in this matter.

But this is just a declaration, not an argument (there's nothing wrong with that.) Should parents be able to let their children smoke or do porn?

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by gmadsen on Monday August 30, 2021 @01:12PM (#28358094)
I'm fairly sure that US parents do have the ability to give their children tobacco and porn. They just can't purchase it themselves
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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by ragnarok451 on Monday August 30, 2021 @02:46PM (#28359365)
Depends on the state but at least in TX parents would be liable for a fine if caught giving their children tobacco (https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/tobacco/regulatory.php). Of course that's not enforceable but it is a limit the state is attempting to create. Wrt porn the parent comment was referring to "creating" porn, which is certainly illegal for a parent to facilitate in the entire US
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