> Maybe I'm weird but I would much rather prefer my son plays video games 8 hours a day than watches adult content 8 hours a day.

Isn't it the end result that matters? Presumably you'd like your son to become a functional adult. Neither of the scenarios you describe there sound like that to me (excepting perhaps "professional competitive gamer" but somehow I suspect most parents don't really approve of that outcome either).

I don't see how playing a lot of video games prevents being a functional adult.

It's no worse than reading a lot of books or watching a lot of TV shows, activities that are not disparaged as much.

I guess it comes down to time allocation. If you're spending "a lot" of time on it but not so much that it precludes conducting the rest of your life in a functional manner then why would spending the same amount of time on porn (or any other supposedly degenerate activity) be any different?

> I'm not saying we should ban anything.

That's the context of this entire discussion though, that these things are being banned…

Is it the public’s job to police what your son does or is it your job?