how does playing manhunt, or not allowing it to be banned, affect your right to freedom of expression? in fact i dont see the "expression" that is coming from this game, dont get me wrong im a gamer, but i dont see the point of this game at all. and yes in the US for something to be banned it has to serve no social or scientifical purpose. the reason why not many things are banned is because people just call anything "art" and argue that it has a social purpose.
i thought democracy was basically a fancy form of mob rule...maybe im wrong though in democracy we talk about it and disscuss it and then its majority rules, and mob rule we skip the disscussion and majority rules. they seem quite similar to me. and example of said moajority rules would be child pornography, why is it banned? because most people find it offensive. thats all there is to it, im sure some people out there are unhappy about child porn bans but i couldnt care less
no, censorship does not need to be opposed at all costs. i hardly see how banning this game is going to keep you from being an informed adult who actively engages the government. you're right tho we can't wait for it to become fully corrupt, that's why we need to be active and informed in our government and about our government, which in the US where i live is not the case. that's something to spend our time on and work on, not disscussing whether or not a gratuitously violent game should be banned or not.
i understand the ideology behind them publishing whatever they want, that whole "freedom of speech" thing. but usually there has to be some value to what is being said, in this case published, and i just dont see that from this game, it seems utterly pointless and sure its meant for adults but why the hell would you want a game in which you realisticly stalk people and kill them in all sorts or imaginative ways?
sure they should publish what they want, but something just shouldnt be thought up in the first place.
as for the whole ban the bible thing...go ahead and ban it, i doubt the backlash will be a big as a bunch of tech nerds like us on slashdot...
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how does playing manhunt, or not allowing it to be banned, affect your right to freedom of expression? in fact i dont see the "expression" that is coming from this game, dont get me wrong im a gamer, but i dont see the point of this game at all. and yes in the US for something to be banned it has to serve no social or scientifical purpose. the reason why not many things are banned is because people just call anything "art" and argue that it has a social purpose.
i thought democracy was basically a fancy form of mob rule...maybe im wrong though in democracy we talk about it and disscuss it and then its majority rules, and mob rule we skip the disscussion and majority rules. they seem quite similar to me. and example of said moajority rules would be child pornography, why is it banned? because most people find it offensive. thats all there is to it, im sure some people out there are unhappy about child porn bans but i couldnt care less
no, censorship does not need to be opposed at all costs. i hardly see how banning this game is going to keep you from being an informed adult who actively engages the government. you're right tho we can't wait for it to become fully corrupt, that's why we need to be active and informed in our government and about our government, which in the US where i live is not the case. that's something to spend our time on and work on, not disscussing whether or not a gratuitously violent game should be banned or not.
i understand the ideology behind them publishing whatever they want, that whole "freedom of speech" thing. but usually there has to be some value to what is being said, in this case published, and i just dont see that from this game, it seems utterly pointless and sure its meant for adults but why the hell would you want a game in which you realisticly stalk people and kill them in all sorts or imaginative ways? sure they should publish what they want, but something just shouldnt be thought up in the first place. as for the whole ban the bible thing...go ahead and ban it, i doubt the backlash will be a big as a bunch of tech nerds like us on slashdot...