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Posted by Le Chief on Wed Aug 29th at 8:31pm 2007

I dont think they should ban violent games. Soon, mabye 50 years, violent games will become acceptable.

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Posted by Crono on Wed Aug 29th at 9:50pm 2007

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I dont think they should ban violent games. Soon, mabye 50 years, violent games will become acceptable.
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Seeing as how far our penchant for violence has gone down in the last 2000 years ... I don't think 50 years is enough time for that result.


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Posted by Naklajat on Thu Aug 30th at 2:55am 2007

The boogie man is living in your nintendos.

Just like he was living in rock and/or roll and other such negro musics for the better part of the last century.

Video games are an obvious target for demonizing for the simple fact that they're largely uncharted territory, and many adults just don't 'get' them.

Persuasive Games: Why We Need More Boring Games
food for thought.

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Posted by Stadric on Sun Sep 2nd at 7:08pm 2007

I'm living in Chicago now, and one of the first things I got was a knife with a thumb-switch (go Chinatown). Now every time I leave campus I carry it in my right pocket. I haven't had to use it yet, but I don't plan on being caught off-guard. (That's an ironic statement.)


Also change the texture of the dock. Docks are rarely tile. -Facepunch
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Posted by reaper47 on Sun Sep 2nd at 8:13pm 2007

That's some seriously scary stuff. I had no idea what it's like to actually be afraid of getting attacked.

I always thought that "it's a safe place to live here" was a fairly lame statement, with only minimal differences to any other places within first-world countries, but I'm starting to really appreciate not having to care about things like that. Boy, the worst I'm afraid of are pickpockets (and I've never encountered them, either).


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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Sun Sep 2nd at 8:35pm 2007

Video games don't make me violent, it's people like that guy who do... It's always making me sick when politicians are trying to find a scapegoat to which direct the anger of the masses. Something to confuse the people away from the real problems long enough for them to enjoy their time in the government(some examples come to my mind, examples that include Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin).

I'm sorry to hear about your eye, Gwil. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif"> And I wish that your government will come to it's senses and search for the real reasons behind the rising youth violence and deal with them. If it were violent video games to blame, then this would be a problem everywhere not only in Great Britain or USA or some other hotspot in violent crime(this is by no means meant to be USA bashing, I just recently saw something that seems to have stuck on my short term memory).

Remember kids, it's not violent entertainment that kills people, people kill people(and that's how it's always been, even before entertainment).



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Posted by Naklajat on Mon Sep 3rd at 12:36am 2007

Chimpanzees have been filmed participating in what one could call 'war', a few chimps will cross into another group's territory and savagely beat vulnerable individuals, severely injuring or killing them. Think of the story of Cain and Able, the first murder; Jealousy drove Cain to kill his brother, not mortal kombat or GTA. Despite this ingrained tendency for violence, many people want to blame something else. If someone makes you very angry, you'll likely have violence thoughts, it's inevitable, it's instinctive, and it's a part of each and every human being. Some people for whatever reason, pathology or passion, go beyond violent thoughts and take violent actions. A person's brain doesn't have a fully-developed ability to make rational decisions until well into adulthood (mid 20's).

Another part of human nature is lying, giving false information to gain something or get out of trouble, and I think the cases of juvenile violence in which the aggressors say that video games gave them the idea or 'made them do it' are either examples of liars or very maladjusted individuals. Unfortunately they just fuel this insane demonization of a perfectly respectable medium of entertainment. Many people don't like to believe violence is instinctive, it's got to be caused by something external and video games happen to be the convenient scapegoat right now.

I'm of the opinion that a large portion of violent crime in the US is due in no small part to the drug trade, and the fact that it's illegal. (Not to mention the producer regions such as parts of Mexico, Columbia, and Nicaragua among others) It makes "criminals" out of people who would otherwise be law-abiding, drug-using citizens (how many people in America drink alcohol?), and history has shown that prohibition is just asking for organized crime. That's a whole other topic though...

Anyway, like I said, the boogie man is living in your nintentos.


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Posted by bengreenwood on Mon Sep 3rd at 1:54am 2007

Baron, I agree with you about violence being instinctive. In my opinion, one of the biggest problems in the world right now is this idea that a person's character is purely decided by their experiences. It just totally erodes the idea that people are individuals with their own characters and their own responsibilities.





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Posted by Stadric on Mon Sep 3rd at 8:10am 2007

There was no violence before video games? What a boring time to live in.

An example comes to mind from Farmer Boy. A group of older boys at Almonzo's school tease their new teacher, and even go so far as to resort to pointless violence. They are the stereotypical bad kids that seem to be at every school. The next day, the teacher comes in and whips the ever-loving s*** out of them with a whip reminiscent of Indiana Jones'. Problem solved.


Also change the texture of the dock. Docks are rarely tile. -Facepunch
As I Lay Dying



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Posted by Gwil on Mon Sep 3rd at 12:50pm 2007

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I'm living in Chicago now, and one of the first things I got was a knife with a thumb-switch (go Chinatown). Now every time I leave campus I carry it in my right pocket. I haven't had to use it yet, but I don't plan on being caught off-guard. (That's an ironic statement.)


Keep in mind having a knife is one thing, but if you pull that on a potential attacker would you

1) Have the confidence (or lack of conscience) to use it, or the confidence that it will scare them?
2) Have the confidence to know that they're not going to do exactly the same, strike the first blow and get away with your wallet and possibly your life.

Seriously, muggings - surely it is better to hand over the phone/wallet rathere than risk serious injury or worse?



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Posted by Stadric on Mon Sep 3rd at 8:45pm 2007

I always travel in groups, so if the attacker knows my party is armed, he'll likely want to get out of dodge. I also keep my ID and train pass in my front pocket when roaming the streets, just in case worse comes to worse.


Also change the texture of the dock. Docks are rarely tile. -Facepunch
As I Lay Dying



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Posted by $loth on Wed Sep 12th at 9:35am 2007

I think people are too blanketed in todays society, and the tighter controls he wants on the entertainment industry would only add to that.

Cut 24 hour drinking? No way, go european and lower the drinking age to 16. Though that would take decades because the idea of responsible drinking comes from the family.



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Posted by CoNny on Thu Sep 13th at 8:12pm 2007

I doubt that skinny drug addict would ban violant vidio games...and if he does there are 3 options

#1 beat the crap outta him till he gives em back

#2 kill him (my favourate :P)

#3 go to another country and rape something (this is my favourate now)






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