1. The people being enforced will find ways around these laws, naturally because it's considered unreasonable and overreaching in some regards.
2. In doing so, the government will selectively enforce these rules based on the limited amount of information or surveillance used to enforce these rules, so those who are busted for breaking them will pay the price, while others who are breaking the rules without getting caught will not pay the price.
I'm not trying to insult anyone's intelligence by breaking this down, but it's worth clarifying the scenarios.
While I agree with the GP's sentiment (it's very much overreaching into the private lives of its citizens who may wish to decide for themselves (or their family) how they spend their free, recreational time), the argument is no different from the fact that many DUI offenders never get caught while some do and pay the penalties.
I don't think this is a strong enough argument to mount a realistic protest against it, but it's a small factor that's unequivocally true -- many will get away with gaming longer than 3 hours anyway.
Gaming longer than 3 hours will give youth a good thrill at least. ;)
It is easy to read the above comment that way. Often people confuse governments with people. Americans vs American Government. Chinese vs CCP. Etc. We should be clear about the distinction because certain factions have a vested interest in promoting this.
Except that the comment itself drew a distinction between the government's decision, how the people will respond, and how the government will respond to the people's response. I could see confusion happening only if the reader gave up part way through.
It's better to give the other person the benefit of doubt, and in case of confusion to ask for clarification rather than making the more uncharitable interpretation of the possible interpretations and thereby questioning the morality of the other person.
> It's better to give the other person the benefit of doubt
I fully agree with this and actively encourage this behavior, but we also need to be careful with our words because 1) we're in a time that we're discouraging this kind of practice and 2) as stated above there are factions actively promoting confusion about this specific subject matter (specifically ones relevant to this conversation).
I would love if we could all argue in good faith and give the benefit of the doubt, but it should not be a working assumption.
1. The people being enforced will find ways around these laws, naturally because it's considered unreasonable and overreaching in some regards.
2. In doing so, the government will selectively enforce these rules based on the limited amount of information or surveillance used to enforce these rules, so those who are busted for breaking them will pay the price, while others who are breaking the rules without getting caught will not pay the price.
I'm not trying to insult anyone's intelligence by breaking this down, but it's worth clarifying the scenarios.
While I agree with the GP's sentiment (it's very much overreaching into the private lives of its citizens who may wish to decide for themselves (or their family) how they spend their free, recreational time), the argument is no different from the fact that many DUI offenders never get caught while some do and pay the penalties.
I don't think this is a strong enough argument to mount a realistic protest against it, but it's a small factor that's unequivocally true -- many will get away with gaming longer than 3 hours anyway.
Gaming longer than 3 hours will give youth a good thrill at least. ;)
Jokes aside, this policy sucks.