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Quoted from JBScar:

I sometimes check out the FUTURE PINBALL forum and there is kinda a hot topic going on over there that makes me just as upset as that guy in AUSTRALIA.
Here is what I wrote over there.
I am no psychic, but it takes a generation to TEACH a generation. Now, everything is video games and fight and kill everything that moves. And it all can be done at home or on the computer! When I grew up, I was outside more than being inside. I live in Canada, and when it snowed I was outside all day long, LOVE the snow. I got into sports, football, soccer, bowling. Ya, I played nintendo and crap when I was younger, but I never really liked it.
My dad, once in awhile, (not from me crying or asking him every 2 seconds) used to take me to BUFFALO BILLS ARCADE all the time. He always played pinball, and ya, I tried the JOUST and CENTIPEDE and PAC MAN, machines, but I really didn't like that IQ loosing, stoner kind of games.
Pinball ACTUALLY teaches you fast reflexes, hand to eye coordination, mathematics, physics, (won't go on because its just unbelievable.)
There was a story not too long ago in our news. In Ontario, Canada, a child was scolded for playing his XBOx too much and the parents had enough, They took the xbox away from the kid and he said that he was going to run away, so HE DID. He ran to some park not too far away and decided to run and hide up a tree. he got up the tree and was hiding there for a bit, then the branch that he was on broke and he fell 15 feet to the ground and fell on his back and neck. DIED from the injuries. He was like 12 or something.
That is just one of probably MANY stories from around the world about FRICKEN video and computer games. NEVER have I heard a story about a child or someone wanting to play pinball, then DIES because of it.
DON'T TURN ON THE TV WHEN A CHILD IS CRYING, BE A PARENT AND THROW A BALL AROUND WITH him/her AND GET OUT OF THE HOUSE! THAT'S WHY KIDS AREN"T INTERESTED IN PINBALL IS BECAUSE THEY ONLY LEARN WHAT THEY SEE AND TEXT AND PLAY! COMON!!!!!!!!!! DUMMY UP YOU GUYS!