Can't decide if this is bullying or low-level "justice"

[Viz]

Clearly correct. It's the parents and the bullies who are at fault

[Skodster]

I know no one said it, I was playing on your Daily Mail-esque reaction to a child playing games - UNDERAGE!

Age limits are there for some good reasons. They are are set by people with a good understanding of what harms young minds.

The majority of responsible and caring parents would not want their kids exposed to stuff like this. The kid shouldn't be there...end of.

[jdbwales]

These would be the same people who certified the Indiana Jones films, which showed hearts being ripped out, exploding heads in graphic detail, impalement on spikes, gunshot wounds and decapitation, PG? I'm sure they have a great understanding of young minds, yes.

The majority of responsible and caring parents would trust their child within limits - so long as the child understands it's a silly computer game and bears no resemblance to real life, I see no problem with this. Playing Donkey Kong never made anyone throw barrels at plumbers, did it? The child wasn't crying because he couldn't get an ultra-mega-killscore, he was crying because some twats tried to get him banned from one of his pastimes.

How would you feel if someone banned you from outdated, tabloid-friendly societal outrage? I bet you'd cry.

[uncle_psychosis]

The majority of responsible and caring parents would trust their child within limits - so long as the child understands it's a silly computer game and bears no resemblance to real life, I see no problem with this.

Yeah, there's absolutely nothing wrong with 7 year olds indulging in graphic representations of violence. No sir. Nothing to see here.

[RobDavies]

Yeah, there's absolutely nothing wrong with 7 year olds indulging in graphic representations of violence. No sir. Nothing to see here.

Like Tom and Jerry, you mean?

[uncle_psychosis]

Like Tom and Jerry, you mean?

Yeah, a cartoon cat and mouse hitting each other is exactly the same as a realistic representation of humans being blown up and shot.

I might let a 7 year old watch a documentary about animals reproducing, but funnily enough I wouldn't let them watch a hardcore porno.

I haven't watched the video, and don't care to, so I won't comment on whether not this was bullying. But anyone who thinks that playing an 18 rated game online against strangers is suitable for a 7 year old needs a serious reality check.

[RobDavies]

My twelve year old plays Black Ops 2. Online and campaign modes. He's mature, sensible and self-censors too - he won't watch "jumpy" horror films (Jaws, Woman in Black etc) but has no problem with gore, so I'm happy for him to watch stuff like The Walking Dead etc.

My eight year old also plays first person shooters (although not online - waaay too many twats out there) as do virtually every one of his friends. As far as I'm concerned, it really is no different from when I was eight and we used to run around pretending to kill each other with cap guns etc.

[SeriousCat]

havent watched the vid but if the kid cheated he deserved to be banned

loving the mary whitehouse bunch too - if these games had been around when i was 7 i would have been all over them - and i would have cried if i had been bullied - and i would have got over it

[stickyfiddle]

havent watched the vid but if the kid cheated he deserved to be banned

The conversations in the vid do suggest that he was cheating, in which case he should absolutely be banned, whether he's 7, or 17 or 67.

There's nothing worse than an unfair online game. Except AIDS. And pearloid scratchplates.

[SeriousCat]

The conversations in the vid do suggest that he was cheating, in which case he should absolutely be banned, whether he's 7, or 17 or 67.

There's nothing worse than an unfair online game. Except AIDS. And pearloid scratchplates.

if he was 67 he would still lose so thats ok - old people are limitlessly rubbish at everything all the time