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GTA Violence, the Media, and the Gamers
jvm writes "The Video Game Ombudsman and Curmudgeon Gamer currently have posts with opposing views on the recent and oft-criticized NY Post article about the violence in the Grand Theft Auto series of games. The Ombudsman discourages gamers from getting upset over the 'false and irresponsible' writing in the NY Post, equating it with a 'National Enquirer story saying that video games cause AIDS'. In response, this Curmudgeon says that's plain wrong, that gamers should 'stop dodging the issue' of game violence and 'start talking realistically about degrees of harm, freedoms, and responsibility'. So what's a gamer to do? Ignore the obviously clueless mainstream press or start the soul searching? Oh, and Penny Arcade has its own angle on the perils of dealing with the mainstream press, in response to how the noble Child's Play was represented."
I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars
(sorry, just bought the DVD, had to respond to your sig)
They were defending an evil system against one that was only slightly less evil. Let's not forget the US concentration camps for japanese americans, the british tactically useless civilian firebombing campaigns, and the useless massacre perpetrated by US nuclear bombs. Let's also not forget that Russia, despite being totalitarian and communist, was counted among the good guys in WWII. And finally, let's remember that the allied forces stood by doing nothing for years as the jews were persecuted in germany, and it was only when the germans started invading other countries that they fought back. WWII was not about ideology, it was about territory.
Good and bad reflect winners and losers, not right and wrong.
That's the OBVIOUS solution. To fix all our problems, all we need is more guns. Even a moron could see it.
Moronic right-wingers suck.
This is America, damnit. Speak Spanish!