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[FONT=Arial]The games, more than marijuana, are veritable opiates for the children who are hooked forever. Given the chance, school children skip school and use their money for lunch and merienda to buy tokens instead. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial]If Mabel and the rest of her colleagues in the council really meant business, all they have to do is to pass a corollary resolution that would remove all the game software in internet cafes and close all the video games joints in the malls. They can even forget the truancy ordinance if they can do that.

Moreover, if they do not have the gall to do these, then just delete the games in the internet cafes and allow the operations of video game joints only during weekends and holidays. Let the operators cry violations of human rights but so many children have wasted their time and ruined their future and their parents’ money on the games. [/FONT]

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