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Bully Gets In Trouble With School

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-rockstar-you-scamp dept.

The Miami Dade school district is moving to pressure Rockstar games over its upcoming game Bully. From the Next Generation article: "Last Thursday, a board committee unanimously approved the resolution. A full board vote is expected this Wednesday. Rockstar issued a written statement to the Herald, which said, 'We all have different opinions about art and entertainment, but everyone agrees that real-life school violence is a serious issue which lacks easy answers.'"

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  1. Re:First amendment... by Kombat · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Hahah, I could write an essay on logical fallacies entirely based on your post.

    argumentum ad antiquitatem (Appeal to Tradition)
    I think that bullying existed before this game, so what would removing the game do? NOTHING!


    hyperbole (exaggeration)
    You have a government body trying to remove content they don't like.


    straw man
    Are car manufacturers irresponsible for selling a product that some people use to kill others? Or is it the person driving the car thats responsible?


    ad hominem (Attacking the Messenger)
    People like you really piss me off


    ignoratio elenchi (Red Herring)
    companies are actively polluting rivers, lakes and land


    Add it all up, and it spells "you lose." But since I'm sure you'll need more convincing than simply pointing out you desperately used several logical fallacies to shore up your specious argument, let me ask you a question.

    Say Rockstar came out with a game in which you're a Nazi, trying to take over Europe. You get points based on how many Jews you gas. You and your friends all play this game and think it's funny. You joke with each other about "offing Jews" and such. Do you not think it's remotely possible that some people might actually start believing that Jews are somehow a lesser people? Or at the very least, don't you admit that Jewish people overhearing your "joking" might be offended, particularly if they or their relatives lived through the holocaust?

    "Screw 'em," right? After all, people were gassing Jews long before this fictitious game came out, "so what would removing the game do? NOTHING!"

    Are you sure about that?
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