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Post by skyfire on Mar 29, 2009 8:24:43 GMT -5
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Post by The Lazy One on Mar 29, 2009 8:33:52 GMT -5
He really just doesn't give up, does he?
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Post by schizophonic on Mar 29, 2009 8:37:50 GMT -5
Man, he is such a liar.
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Post by pdc1987 on Mar 29, 2009 8:43:48 GMT -5
Oh, this whole "violent video games make people murderers!!" bullshit again?
It was nonsense 10 years ago, it's still nonsense now.
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Post by m52nickerson on Mar 29, 2009 8:58:36 GMT -5
Thompson will not give up because the only way he can save face is to succeed.
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Post by gotpwnt on Mar 29, 2009 9:28:22 GMT -5
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Post by schizophonic on Mar 29, 2009 9:39:10 GMT -5
Oh, this whole "violent video games make people murderers!!" bullshit again? It was nonsense 10 years ago, it's still nonsense now. Don't forget the "muder simulators" or whatever he called them. Crime statistics have been slightly up over the last couple of years, but this is after a thirty year low. We're still more violent than most other western cultures, but....We don't even have the most violent media. |
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Post by MozMode on Mar 29, 2009 11:15:01 GMT -5
Oh, this whole "violent video games make people murderers!!" bullshit again? It was nonsense 10 years ago, it's still nonsense now. I hate that bullshit. Same as the music shit, when everyone was all in an uproar over violent lyrics, as if these kids don't spew profanities and "harsh language" with their buddies. |
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Post by schizophonic on Mar 29, 2009 11:34:21 GMT -5
I hate that bullshit. Same as the music shit, when everyone was all in an uproar over violent lyrics, as if these kids don't spew profanities and "harsh language" with their buddies. My dad used to let me listen to rap when I was young. His reasoning? It was probably no worse than what I hear on the playground. I mean, it may be a coincidence, but he was right. I heard "nigger," faggot," and "bastard" before I ever heard a rap or metal act say it. Learned "Motherfucker" from the school bus driver. Learned "fuck" and "shit" from hearing my parents cuss when something went wrong. Not exactly their faults. Plus, they're still nowhere near as at fault as the school system. |
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Post by Vene on Mar 29, 2009 11:54:17 GMT -5
I just don't understand what is wrong with profanity in the first place. I can berate somebody just as easily without using it. I also frequently curse and swear around friends in a friendly way.
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Post by The Lazy One on Mar 29, 2009 12:44:56 GMT -5
I hate that bullshit. Same as the music shit, when everyone was all in an uproar over violent lyrics, as if these kids don't spew profanities and "harsh language" with their buddies. My dad used to let me listen to rap when I was young. His reasoning? It was probably no worse than what I hear on the playground. I mean, it may be a coincidence, but he was right. I heard "nigger," faggot," and "bastard" before I ever heard a rap or metal act say it. Learned "Motherfucker" from the school bus driver. Learned "fuck" and "shit" from hearing my parents cuss when something went wrong. Not exactly their faults. Plus, they're still nowhere near as at fault as the school system. I'm a public school student. My language is terrible, and I partly blame the school system. When you're in third grade and your teachers are dropping f-bombs everywhere and when you get to middle school, everything gets shot to shit. I'm usually better about it on the Internet, because I hit backspace and clean up my language. But IRL? It's gotten really bad, and I have to constantly watch what I say, especially at home so I don't upset my parents. Well, what can I say? Swear as you like, it does not affect me. |
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Post by Doctor Fishcake on Mar 29, 2009 13:07:10 GMT -5
They could ban all modes of recreation except bible study and there would still be massacres.
Hell, massacres would probably skyrocket under that doomsday scenario.
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Post by Lady Renae on Mar 29, 2009 14:23:41 GMT -5
There's something people refuse to understand, and that is the fact that any given communicative production of humanity (language, art, etc) is inherently meaningless. Words, pictures, and most non-contact physical actions are nothing more than tools and symbol sets the meaning of which is defined by social agreement and acceptance. The only truth they can carry is that which we assign, and the only power they can ever hold over us is that which we give them. This is a simple anthropological fact. Emotive interaction and reaction is by its nature the very essence of self-fulfilling prophecy. The same is true for any given youngster's reaction to playing a video game or listening to a song. The way they behave following its play is (barring certain abnormal neurological patterns) entirely dependent on how they have been taught to perceive it. If they have not been taught, they will make a choice based on their life experiences which also have taught them how to perceive, though arguably indirectly.
Here's a little sample of truth in the form of a song from South Pacific:
You've got to be taught
To hate and fear
You've got to be taught
From year to Year
It's got to be drummed
in your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught
You've got to be taught
To be Afraid
Of people whose eyes
are oddly made
And people whose skin
Is a different shade
You've got to be carefully taught
You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are 6 or 7 or 8
To hate all the people
your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught
The same truth presented in that song in reference to racism and the like applies across the board to virtually all forms of human interaction and thought.
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Post by ironbite on Mar 29, 2009 14:31:36 GMT -5
Oh Jack....you still think you're relevant don't you?
Ironbite-YOU'RE NOT SO SHUT THE FUCK UP!
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Post by dasfuchs on Mar 29, 2009 14:36:33 GMT -5
According to his understanding, your fail plane was a result of Microsoft flight simulator |
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