A national video game registry
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If people like her start pushing lunatic fringe ideas into the mainstream, I fear for the future of this medium.
If people like her start pushing lunatic fringe ideas into the mainstream, I fear for the future of this medium.
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Second, lolhassellback
Team America: World Police.
oh wait...
I wouldn't have bothered posting this if not for observing how relatively unknown groups (the "tea party", et al.) managed to push their way into the national spotlight because not enough people stood up to them. I'm sure you guys remember Jack Thompson. He never had a large enough following behind his lunacy but now that Fox is picking it up, there's a good chance that the echo chamber is going to ramp up the derp to a whole new level. If that happens, let's hope the ACLU will fight the good fight.
/Yes, I'm quite a raging liberal
//My apologies if that offends anyone, as that was not my intention
This is the same mindless psychobabble Fox and until recently basically every other news program has been spouting for decades about entertainment of all forms, violent video games, movies, tv shows, rock and roll, rap music...
This is nothing new and it is not going to go anywhere.
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Lots and lots of people play football. A very small percentage of them also kill people.
Lots and lots of people go to school. A very small percentage of them also kill people.
See what I did there?
All the recent shooters also ate food, got sleepy sometimes, and were constantly breathing!
Fox and Friends makes it sound like a kids show. Only most kids shows are more intelligent than this.
They were just trying to make it sound as if GTA was to blame for the mugging
I'm not saying gun control is the answer either. I've said this every time the topic appears; mental illness is the problem. Signs were there, and they were ignored. They guy is former military (potential for PTSD), and he was hearing voices.
A side note, I use to think Elisabeth Hasselbeck was kinda hot, in the survivor days, but she's proving how ugly ignorance can be. I can't imagine sharing a room with this woman for more than 10 minutes.
The timeline basically looks like this:
1) Tragic shooting happens
2) Left blames guns
3) Right blames videogames
4) Heated rhetoric and calls to action ensue
5) The issue is forgotten in 1-4 weeks and nothing is done
Surely the could point everything to tintin and captain haddock altogether.
1) Tragic shooting happens
2) Left blames guns
3) Right blames videogames
4) Heated rhetoric and calls to action ensue
5) The issue is forgotten in 1-4 weeks and nothing is done
Is it just me or does it seem wrong to you that nobody cares to examine the mental stability of the guy who did the shooting? Why does there need to be ONE (they never even considered multiple) factor in his environment that can be assigned ALL of the blame? Some people go nuts, for various reasons. It's not right, it's not good, but it happens. How about we try to provide a more stable environment so this doesn't happen, instead of trying to blame these kinds of things on a form of entertainment that is not only recognized officially as an art form, but is also bringing entertainment to millions around the world? Let's not even mention the revenue.
http://kotaku.com/after-mass-shooting-fox-news-host-wonders-if-gamers-sh-1335462866@stephentotilo
Also, This is local for me. Good thing the game was still in the wrapper. If they had played it first, they would have left the guy to die, and stole all his money. clearly.
http://www.bttoronto.ca/videos/2677162689001/
They don't want to touch that one because both political parties have, at various points in the previous decade, been responsible for some pretty unforgivable actions to tear down the mental health system in the US.
See, focusing on that might bring up their past unsavory activities. That's simply too much of a risk. So they whip up a frenzy about something else instead to try and keep people distracted.
I have heard of Reagan gutting the NIMH. It's a long read, if you're interested.
Look into what LBJ did during his presidency, if my memory is correct. After that, it might be worth looking into the federal court cases that were pushed by liberal groups to end medical institutionalization. Those rulings made it basically impossible to put somebody in involuntary long-term treatment because it was considered an infringement of their civil rights - even though it basically left the decision on whether or not to seek or follow treatment to somebody who was seriously mentally ill. Great bit of logic right there.
Where as just about anyone can blame a thing and claim that if we just restricted the sale of that thing our problems would be solved. Only to be stuck in a never-ending argument with others who feel that thing is not a problem so conversations naturally gravitate toward these topics and then get stuck on them.
It starts concerning me that our legislative body has members who don't rely on facts to make decisions. These same guys can easily make the leap of logic toward regulating video games and cutting into industry profits. I once heard someone say "You can prove anything by anecdote." I don't remember who it was, but it applies in this case. Maybe I'm worrying about nothing and you guys are right. I sure hope so.
"Starts"?
Oh, man, do I have bad news for you about members of Congress...
Poor choice of words on my part.
its turning into a televised reddit with very loud idiots reacting to internet posts and trends instead of really trying to find a story. Different angles in televised news seems to be thrown out the window, there is only one angle - which is the brand.
Really feel Fox News, CNN, the Voice, MSNBC, whatever... are all just forum trolls evolved into television personalities
//edit:
also want to add that between the ages of 2 and 4, i would walk around with my dad's voice recorder pretending to be Peter Jennings, and I would interview my dad, brother, or just talk about stuff. I loved that stuff, and really makes me sad as to what network news has become.
You certainly don't see them make it an issue whenever people go on killing spree's either.
Mostly the deteriorating mental health services is related to state budget cuts.
^ This!
And here I was thinking that long gone are the days of someone telling me that I can't massacre people with a chainsaw in a virtually simulated environment for more than 30 minutes. Awwwwwwwwww bollocks!
On a more serious note though, she said it herself when this sort of things happen, people look for something to blame it on. Some blame it on guns, some blame it on games, others find themselves watching a table tennis game of sorts and get a crick in there neck. Everyone has been listening to the same arguments being put forward for years.
how is a dumb blond moment like this taken seriously and plastered on the news?