Finally, proof of Intelligent Design. Clearly God intended it so that if you ever needed to put the Solar System in your mouth, it would be angled perfectly so that it would slide right in.
"Apparently they even used bloggers as part of the operation, as relayers of misinformation!"
*Whew!* I knew it! I knew that there was no way that they would have let Bush be President. I told my friends "I think that it's some sort of misinformation campaign, maybe they're just testing us!", and I was right! So now that it's over, do we get to find out who the real guy in charge is?
I want to reply in some way to this, but I'm not sure that I can. Are you even reading what I've been saying? Am I just saying stuff, you're translating it into "troll" and then spitting it back at me? I don't understand you at all.... I guess I assumed that the connection between CS (violent video games) and real life violence was the topic here, which is what my thread was originally about. Perhaps you could inform me as to what the topic is about if it is not about violent video games, their influence on kids, and subsequently, their prohibition. I eagerly await your explanation as to what I'm supposed to be talking about? And NBC? What in the hell are you talking about? Again, you must have missed the point that most American news companies suck a fatty, but then again, maybe you think that they tell the truth, you don't seem to be able to comprehend my posts, which, to the best of my knowledge, are in plain english....
Why does it seem like there's an awful lot of ignorant people online today?
My only question is: Will they actually release it? How long ago did they start working on it? Reworking on it? Altering it? Creating Worlds of Warcraft? The new one is going to have to be REALLY good to make up for the anticipation.
Wow, again, your inflammatory remarks are flattering, since this is just mindless posting to a story that everyone has read and moved on. However, I love how you always assume that you somehow know how I arrive at my opinions, are you Santa Claus? Are you watching my every action? Perhaps, I'm missing the hidden print in my reply that said "Oh yeah, and I'm using the domestic version of CNN for all of my opinions cos obviously they would know WAY more about the middle east conflict than their correspondents that are ACTUALLY IN the middle east!" I must have missed that bit? Do I need to reread that with "Show Source Code" on, in order to catch that comment, or do I just need to lack common sense and have a greater need to flame? Just wondering. Funny how there's more logic up my ass than in your head.;)
Ah yes, and my point was not that CNN doesn't have a world presence, because as you point out, they do. I would assume that most would agree that CNN's coverage sucks most of the time, which is why our dear German friend probably wouldn't want "facts" from CNN used in a legitimate discussion. I'm american, and I certainly wouldn't want CNN's coverage to be the only coverage used.
And again, I'll state my own "irrelevant opinion". To, in any way, link video games to violence, is just excuse-making. Whether you define it as violent video games as having prepared the shooter, or caused the shooting. In the end, when it goes to court, your opinion is no different than the opinion that "flight simulators prepared the Sept 11 pilots" and therefore should ban flight simulators. To say that violent video games prepped killers, as far as the mass media is concerned, is the same as saying that violent video games are the cause and should be banned. Personally, I think it's just excuse-making. There's a link, just like football is to blame for prepping OJ Simpson, just like medical training prepped Jack the Ripper. To purport a link between video game violence and real life violence, is to make excuses, to fog the issue, and to give credance to the enemies of the gaming industry.
CNN the world news leader? BAH! Obviously you are the one who has never left America. The entire conflict in Israel is a wonderful example of how horribly one sided CNN coverage is. If you only read and believe the CNN coverage, then I daresay that the Palestinians have no cause for fighting at all, they are simply mindless terroristic zealots and the poor Israelis are just innocent victims. Posh!
And as for any link between violence and violent video games, I totally agree. I think that the only reason Napoleon tried to conquer all of Europe was because he had played WAY too much Age of Empires. Sure, that was way before there was even TV, but since all this violence happened in Medieval Times, obviously there had to have been violent video games and Marilyn Manson, right? Otherwise, where did all these people learn to be violent?
Oh yeah, that's right, it's human instinct to be violent.
Violent video games are merely an branching of violent human emotions, not the cause of them. Anyone with a shred of intelligence knows the difference.
Wait, wait, the best part is when you're in a real life counter terrorism situation and you can't help but give up your position by yelling "Hey sniper fags! Quit camping, you homos!" Boy, I bet that's how our boys soundly defeated them Afghanistanians! ;)
That is patently untrue. If you think it is true, than you must know some pretty stupid kids, or you yourself was a child of very limited intelligence. Of course, the best place to go to for information is a military organization! They have a wonderful history of telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth! If you don't believe my sarcasm, read this: http://www.morons.org/articles/6/1411
If nothing else, *I'll* still be reading Neal's book well into the late 21st century. And as you said, he's young still. Thus far, he has proven that he only gets better with time.:-)
Hear, hear! This is one of the most pathetic examples of corporate brainwashing I've ever seen. Of course it's all right that Symantec patent software upgrades, more money for you...Of course, someday, when Symantec (which will, by then i'm sure, be owned by Microsoft) patents thinking, i'm sure you will not mind paying them for the privelige of thought, because that is just good business, right? It's nice to see that some people think that creativity means getting there first with a patent form.....
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Finally, proof of Intelligent Design. Clearly God intended it so that if you ever needed to put the Solar System in your mouth, it would be angled perfectly so that it would slide right in.
"Apparently they even used bloggers as part of the operation, as relayers of misinformation!"
*Whew!* I knew it! I knew that there was no way that they would have let Bush be President. I told my friends "I think that it's some sort of misinformation campaign, maybe they're just testing us!", and I was right! So now that it's over, do we get to find out who the real guy in charge is?
I want to reply in some way to this, but I'm not sure that I can. Are you even reading what I've been saying? Am I just saying stuff, you're translating it into "troll" and then spitting it back at me? I don't understand you at all.... I guess I assumed that the connection between CS (violent video games) and real life violence was the topic here, which is what my thread was originally about. Perhaps you could inform me as to what the topic is about if it is not about violent video games, their influence on kids, and subsequently, their prohibition. I eagerly await your explanation as to what I'm supposed to be talking about? And NBC? What in the hell are you talking about? Again, you must have missed the point that most American news companies suck a fatty, but then again, maybe you think that they tell the truth, you don't seem to be able to comprehend my posts, which, to the best of my knowledge, are in plain english....
Why does it seem like there's an awful lot of ignorant people online today?
My only question is: Will they actually release it? How long ago did they start working on it? Reworking on it? Altering it? Creating Worlds of Warcraft? The new one is going to have to be REALLY good to make up for the anticipation.
Wow, again, your inflammatory remarks are flattering, since this is just mindless posting to a story that everyone has read and moved on. However, I love how you always assume that you somehow know how I arrive at my opinions, are you Santa Claus? Are you watching my every action? Perhaps, I'm missing the hidden print in my reply that said "Oh yeah, and I'm using the domestic version of CNN for all of my opinions cos obviously they would know WAY more about the middle east conflict than their correspondents that are ACTUALLY IN the middle east!" I must have missed that bit? Do I need to reread that with "Show Source Code" on, in order to catch that comment, or do I just need to lack common sense and have a greater need to flame? Just wondering. Funny how there's more logic up my ass than in your head. ;)
Ah yes, and my point was not that CNN doesn't have a world presence, because as you point out, they do. I would assume that most would agree that CNN's coverage sucks most of the time, which is why our dear German friend probably wouldn't want "facts" from CNN used in a legitimate discussion. I'm american, and I certainly wouldn't want CNN's coverage to be the only coverage used.
And again, I'll state my own "irrelevant opinion". To, in any way, link video games to violence, is just excuse-making. Whether you define it as violent video games as having prepared the shooter, or caused the shooting. In the end, when it goes to court, your opinion is no different than the opinion that "flight simulators prepared the Sept 11 pilots" and therefore should ban flight simulators. To say that violent video games prepped killers, as far as the mass media is concerned, is the same as saying that violent video games are the cause and should be banned. Personally, I think it's just excuse-making. There's a link, just like football is to blame for prepping OJ Simpson, just like medical training prepped Jack the Ripper. To purport a link between video game violence and real life violence, is to make excuses, to fog the issue, and to give credance to the enemies of the gaming industry.
CNN the world news leader? BAH! Obviously you are the one who has never left America. The entire conflict in Israel is a wonderful example of how horribly one sided CNN coverage is. If you only read and believe the CNN coverage, then I daresay that the Palestinians have no cause for fighting at all, they are simply mindless terroristic zealots and the poor Israelis are just innocent victims. Posh!
And as for any link between violence and violent video games, I totally agree. I think that the only reason Napoleon tried to conquer all of Europe was because he had played WAY too much Age of Empires. Sure, that was way before there was even TV, but since all this violence happened in Medieval Times, obviously there had to have been violent video games and Marilyn Manson, right? Otherwise, where did all these people learn to be violent?
Oh yeah, that's right, it's human instinct to be violent.
Violent video games are merely an branching of violent human emotions, not the cause of them. Anyone with a shred of intelligence knows the difference.
Wait, wait, the best part is when you're in a real life counter terrorism situation and you can't help but give up your position by yelling "Hey sniper fags! Quit camping, you homos!" Boy, I bet that's how our boys soundly defeated them Afghanistanians!
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That is patently untrue. If you think it is true, than you must know some pretty stupid kids, or you yourself was a child of very limited intelligence. Of course, the best place to go to for information is a military organization! They have a wonderful history of telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth! If you don't believe my sarcasm, read this: http://www.morons.org/articles/6/1411
F is more fun because every time that you use it on the RIAA and MPAA's sites, you get to say "Boy am I going to F them!"
Ah, the simple pleasures.....
Go to the Mexico tourism site and "F" them!
If nothing else, *I'll* still be reading Neal's book well into the late 21st century. And as you said, he's young still. Thus far, he has proven that he only gets better with time. :-)
Hear, hear! This is one of the most pathetic examples of corporate brainwashing I've ever seen. Of course it's all right that Symantec patent software upgrades, more money for you...Of course, someday, when Symantec (which will, by then i'm sure, be owned by Microsoft) patents thinking, i'm sure you will not mind paying them for the privelige of thought, because that is just good business, right? It's nice to see that some people think that creativity means getting there first with a patent form.....
I imagine this exact second has already been chosen by about 40 people already, but i'm too lazy to scroll through all those replies to find out.....