Launch van Wii Zapper doet debat oplaaien
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The Zapper is white and elegant, all sleek curves and shiny surfaces…The name Zapper is a homage to the company’s first Zapper, an orange ray gun sold with the original Nintendo in 1985.
This new Zapper, the Wii Zapper, with its snub nose and smooth grip, is the prettiest submachine gun ever sold. If that’s what it is.
Bovendien uit zij een verklaring voor de mening van politici.
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The history of objections to toy guns is almost as long as the history of the toy, from Rose Simone, concerned Chicago citizen, who organized toy-gun-burning bonfires in 1934 and 1935, to the state senators in New Jersey who are stumping for a statewide ban on selling imitation firearms to those younger than 18…
A Chicago judge huffed in support [of Rose Simone], “When [the boy] gets used to pulling the trigger of a toy gun, it’s not a long step toward pulling the trigger of a real one…”
Wij zijn benieuwd of de discussie nog verder op gaat laaien. Wat is jouw mening over de relatie tussen geweld en games?