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The ESRB Gets An 'F'
GamePolitics reports on a failing grade given to the ESRB by the National Institute on Media and the Family. The report card did not look good for the ratings board, which almost immediately fired back at the organization. From that article: "The reality is that publishers understand that retailers largely choose not to stock AO-rated games, and so in the interests of producing marketable games, publishers will oftentimes revise and resubmit a game that was initially assigned an AO by raters in an effort to produce an M-rated game. When this happens, the process starts again from the beginning, and each new version of a game is reviewed independently. The call to issue more AO ratings has little to do with rating accuracy, and more to do with NIMF's real agenda, which is to destroy the commercial viability of games it deems objectionable. Unlike NIMF, ESRB's job is to be a neutral rater, not a censor."
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Edward Burr
Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool.
We are out there and we are probably more the majority then you think. We don't get any attention because we don't want to restrict your rights so we are not raising any flags because we are not vocal about your beleafs or lack of. And we are not raising any flags to the more Radical Christains because we are good christians. So we don't get on the radar. You should legally have the right to be athiest because otherwise can't be forced on you. Just as the oposit that I can't be forced not to beleave in God.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
NIMF!!! so if that was sounded out it would be??? NYMPH! I love it!
My mother was in the Army for a short time and really did wear army boots, so where does that put me?
In what brainwashed world is God more important then family?
I serve my family better by following God's mandates. It isn't brainwashing to think about that list before performing dicey actions.
Everything in life can't be prepared for. Can you prepare for a mugging? How about a car accident?
Every action can be prepared for. I defended against 2 muggings and 1 carjacking by displaying my weapon. I've never fired a shot in a stressful situation.
I know a few abused children that would take exception to this rule.
I didn't say admire. Respect your parents is different. Even with abuse there a ways to do this (my Pastor's child was abused by a grandrelative and he had a sermon on it).
Do you think that reasonable interest on a loan is theft?
Read Rothbard's "What has Government done to our money?" It's $5ish and explains the theft of inflation and taxes. A loan is a contract so any interest rate is fair as long as the rate is market driven and no Greenspan mandated.
It's pretty easy to be anti-zoning laws until somebody builds a toxic waste dump right next to your house.
If they pollute your land, it is trespass. I'm strongly against zoning laws as they've generally beenproven in my years of business to merely be instruments of favoritism and nepotism.
That community begins with your family includes your neighbors, your countrymen and ultimately the planet. I have a hard time putting a deity that I can't prove exists before that community.
I don't believe in generic communities. I believe in real ones where people know one another. I never want to be forced to teach, financially support, defend or congregate with anyone I don't directly know.
My church does more with my 10% voluntary tithe and 1 weekly day of service than your government does with your 50% forced tax payment. My church can help the crackhead quit and get a job, government wants them to continue breeding losers so government continues to grow and be needed.
Burrrnnned...you are the insult master!
PARENT'S GUIDE
# Sex/Nudity: sexually related dialogue; sexual innuendo; suggested sex off-screen; scantily clad woman
# Drugs/Alcohol: smoking; drinking
# Violence/Scariness: explosions; gunfire; brutal fighting often with bloody results
# Objectional Words/Phrases: approx. 13
This was taken from Roger's Video (canadian video rental place). It's there guide for Mr. and Mrs. Smith. They have guides like this for all their movies.
Funnily enough, they don't have it for video games.