Once John F. Kennedy said:

We set sail on this new sea of virtual worlds because there are new joys to be discovered, and new benefits to be won, and they must be won and used for the happiness of all people. For computer games, like all forms of technology, have no conscience of their own. Whether they will become a force for good or ill depends on us, and only if we occupy a position of wisdom can we help decide whether this new medium will be a source of delight or a new terrifying tool of manipulation. I do not say that we should or will go unprotected against the hostile misuse of computer games any more than we go unprotected against the hostile use of other media, but I do say that computer games can be designed and mastered without feeding the fires of addiction, without repeating the mistakes that we have made in extending our influence across this globe of ours.

Obviously, JFK did not say it, but I feel he would.

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