"Kids aren't as mind-numb and impressionable as people like to push them off as being..." You're right, most aren't and the (hopefully few) that are have and always be with us. I do think it's something we need to be aware of though. As always, technology is way ahead of any serious thoughts about its long term social implications. Who imagined a few years ago that the internet would be used to pump jobs overseas? I'm pretty much against censorship but I do favor favor age restrictions. By the time Johnny reaches a certain age, he's probably decided whether strangling prostitutes is his thing or not. I'm not totally sure about his kid brother though. Of course, the biggest problem, IMO, is the parents who spend so little time with their children that they're surprised that the kid was making pipe bombs in his room. Poser figures in games would be neat but I think it will be a while. Let's see what the game designers can do with the new 64 bit CPUs. What I'd like is a simple scripting language for creating Poser animations, something with built in primitives like walk, run, pick up, etc.

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken