I'm not surprised. Few people remember that back in the 70s, many video game arcades also had age limits, probably due to local ordinances. I'd also suspect that many of these laws might actually still be on the books but no longer enforced.
I saw this elsewhere too and instantly though, "Where do these kids go if they can't go to the cybercafes?"
Obviously, the parents of these kids allow them to go out untill the wee hours of the night already. I doubt that will be curbed by shutting the cybercafes down at those times. Where will they go then?
I'd rather know where these punks are than have no idea. I'd think the police in that city would too. My thought was that they should just step up the patrols of those areas that seem hot. This ruling just seems to spread the issue out of a greater area rather than get rid of it IMO.
aaaand the straw dummy takes two to the chest. Good work. Lets all relax in a world where kids have easy acces to guns, but luckily no video games to teach them The Hate.
Oh, and I like this:
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A report found that 86 percent of people arrested at cyber cafes were juveniles, and 93 percent of the arrests were for truancy or curfew violations.
Gee, 86% of the people arrested were kids, where 93% of the arrests were for truancy / curfew? I bet theirs a high murder rate among murderers, too. And check the drunks for the DUI.
...any religion that rejects coffee worships a false god. -Numtini
I'm not surprised. Few people remember that back in the 70s, many video game arcades also had age limits, probably due to local ordinances. I'd also suspect that many of these laws might actually still be on the books but no longer enforced.
Bruce
Ownership Liabilities. Kids get beat up by other kids, parents want to sue arcade owner. et. al.
also...
I think that parents who were using cybercafes as day/evening care services will just find alternate locations to dump their kids off. Like shopping malls.
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