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Games and Music, the New Book Burning

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the someone-needs-to-reread-fahrenheit-451 dept.

It seems that a Newport News, VA pastor finally got around to reading Fahrenheit 451 and has decided that it was a good idea. Despite several studies claiming the contrary, Rev. Richard Patrick is blaming violent video games and music for crimes that he say has affected 90% of his congregation in one way or another.

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  1. Books, games, music - not the only things ablaze by damn_registrars · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think we set the webserver at gamepolitics.com up in smoke as well...

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  2. Nevermind the politics... by object88 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... think of what burning all that plastic will do to the environment!

  3. Re:read the interview by clang_jangle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yep. Looks like the real headline for this summary should be something like, "Paranoid, Over-Caffeinated Gamers Fear Christian Wrath". Jeesh!

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  4. Re:read the interview by JustinOpinion · · Score: 3, Funny

    If people want to voluntarily burn their own property - more power to them. Where I live we call that freedom of speach. Where I live we also call that needless pollution.

    If you disapprove of a particular book (or video game, etc.), don't burn it: rather, just don't buy it in the first place.
  5. Re:read the interview by gcalvin · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's funny to me is that we in the west look at conservative mullahs in the middle east shutting down rock music and dancing, and we have a good laugh at how backwards they are. Then conservatives in the west turn around and try to ban comic books, or dungeons and dragons, or marijuana, or violent video games... ...and we have a good laugh at them too.
  6. Rev. Patrick is the Devil by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 2, Funny

    Rev. Richard Patrick is blaming violent video games and music for crimes that he say has affected 90% of his congregation in one way or another.


    So 90% of his congregation is involved in violent crimes (as perp or victim). Why doesn't he blame himself? He's the one responsible for protecting their souls. 90% is a high correlation. Maybe Rev. Patrick is the common factor that's responsible for these crimes.

    At the very least, he's insulting god by saying that rappers and videogame devs are stronger than god. But maybe god just doesn't have nearly as good an agent in Rev. Patrick as does the devil.
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  7. Re:read the interview by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Only 1 out of the 4 [comic books, or dungeons and dragons, or marijuana, or violent video games] are successfully banned in the US. Sounds to me that we're not continually falling for it.

    I think you meant "legally" banned. Surely you didn't mean "successfully."