ESA attempting to instill Anti-Piracy Education into Elementary Schools

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Why is it that everytime someone wants to change the behavior of society as a whole, they try to force it on the schools? Granted, it's the best way to reach people as a whole, but people need to wise up (ESA & JT) that children are raised by the people who brought them into this world (I.E. Parental Units/Test Tubes), not the schools.

I wonder if this curriculum will require a parental signature for the child to attend, kinda like Sex-Ed. Sure, it's not exactly the same thing, but it's still a moral issue. When it comes to morals, I should be the one teaching them to my kids. Not the schools.

Thoughts?

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My dad and I have discussed this issue a lot. Not with regards to anti-piracy but the more basic question: "What is/ought to be the role of primary/secondary education?" and "When parents are failing to perform thier duties of education/indoctrination to the norms of our society, should the school step in to take care of things the parents are not?"

This discussion arose in the context of a movie theatre. We were trying to watch a movie and kids (accompanied by parents) were just acting like asses, talking and getting up and down and just being obnoxious.

They don't teach classes called "How to Act: 101" or "Politeness" in school. Parents are supposed to cover this area. But when they don't doesnt it make sense for the schools to step in? Wouldnt society as a whole be better off? Is it too Orwellian to start enstilling "civility" through primary/secondary eduction when the parents are obviously failing?

I think its clear that our society is becoming more rude, and people seem to have less respect for a stranger than they did as recently as 20-30 years ago. Maybe I'm just getting old.
 
This is a scumbag move but it's sure to backfire.

By the time kids are old enough to download tunes/movies/games, they are listening to music by pseudo-rebellious characters such as gangster rappers and slutty pop tarts. With role models like these, they are going to laugh at the proposition that they should avoid downloading a tune off the internet because it is somehow "wrong" (defying the man always feels good, and long chains of causality are not a teenager's forte).

Much more insidious is the prescence of soda and snack machines in schools for young children. Asking kids to figure out for themselves whether or not they should really have that extra chocolate bar is asking for disaster.
 
Chances are, in 10 years or so when these kids really get into music and movies, the way we watch and possibly steal media will be totally different and the points made will be moot.
 
Representatives from the Entertainment Software Association
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Represenatives huh... yeah.

[quote name='pittpizza']I think its clear that our society is becoming more rude, and people seem to have less respect for a stranger than they did as recently as 20-30 years ago. Maybe I'm just getting old.[/quote]

I must be getting old too...
 
[quote name='Mr Unoriginal']Chances are, in 10 years or so when these kids really get into music and movies, the way we watch and possibly steal media will be totally different and the points made will be moot.[/quote]

Excellent point.

Who knows - by that point the issue could be moot because someone will have figured out how to give the people what they want at a price they are willing to pay. Capitalism has a habit of making martyrs out of those who cling to archaic business models.

The only thing saving the Recording Industry Ass. of America are their political cronies and huge lawsuit campaign.
 
Well, this is my "moral" code:

1) If you're gonna leech, at least seed for a week or two afterwards.

2) Know how to open the proper ports in your router.

3) Password protect your wireless internet.

4) Install PeerGuardian2. Enable all 5 lists.

5) Never install AOL, no matter how many free months they offer.
 
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