UK Politico: Videogames Contribute to Society's Ills

David Cameron, leader of the the UK's Conservative Party, lumped videogames together with music videos, films, and selfish fathers as aspects of society that are contributing to society's ills.

The solution, he suggests, is not the government's current "one dimensional" approach to crime, which is a "crackdown based on passing a new law," but rather a "three dimensional" approach that also reforms the police and strengthens the social dimension of family and communities:

We're never gonna deal with crime unless we look at the broader context and think yes, tough laws, strong action on the police, but also action to strengthen our society and that includes, I think, videogames and things like that where we do need to think of the context in which young people are growing up.

In discussing his "mini-manifesto," Cameron also emphasized the role that schools play in instilling discipline, good values, and respect for authority in children.He also mentioned the importance of impressing on parents that their responsibility for their children extends past their front door.

'Long-Term' Tory Pledge on Crime [BBC]