sad, pathetic and ignorant...the lot of you. And to think that I thought that/. represented a more educated to outlook, guess I'll have to change my start page to something more intelligent.....maybe http://pbskids.org/teletubbies/
You know, you're probably right. No doubt it was "intended" as sarcasm, but it fails miserably. Merely repeating what so many millions of ignorant people are willing to believe and state themselves doesn't, in and of itself, make any kind of statement. Nor does it modify the original content of the statement.
Unforetunatly, there are lot of people who would and will make exactly that kind of statement, and mean it wholeheartedly. Humour is a fine line, and if that statement was intended as such, it didn't even cross it!
Let me just state here that I am a "concerned father" of three, married to a "concerned mother" and feminist. I am a geek. I love my hardware and wish that my code was up to snuff. I like to game but rarely have enough time for it (life!).
I'm not really a huge car fan, and my mushroom eating days are long over, but I like games where I get to kill things....blow em up, gun em down whatever, and the more realistic the better. After a long hard day at work dealing with crappy crabby customers it's nice to be able to blow a few away.
Of course, I do this in the privacy of my own room, on my private sytem, just like I save certain adult movies (not those...sheesh!!) for after the kids are asleep.
What makes me a concerned parent? The idea that I, as an adult, may not have the freedom to choose make my own entertainment choices because of a small but loud mouthed group of under educated people. That when my five year old son gets a little older and wants to play something a little harder than "Lego Racers" the option won't be there. That when they get done with the games and movies they will move on to the books and artworks. That someone, somewhere, will legislate against my right to raise my children as I see fit and place that power in someone elses hands.....and all because some other "concerned parents" are too lazy to actually do their job.
Sorry, moronic replies like this make me laugh...it's quite obvious that Kool Aid causes REAL violence so let's ban it...after all, at least 90 percent of American children drink the stuff so there must be some corelation, right?
Let's be perfectly clear here, folks, humans are both a violent and social species, theres simply no way at this point to extract the "violent" aspects from our popular culture, but that's no excuse to blame them for a lack of social condidtioning in a few indivuals. Hands up here all the fine folks who have played Quake. Now, all the mass murderers and serial killers put your hands in the air. Are we quite clear now?
BTW has anyone ever asked where the parents were when those kids at Columbine were when they were constructing their arsenal?
Next thing ya know they'll be outlawing Linux cause it cause's acne!!!!!
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sad, pathetic and ignorant...the lot of you. And to think that I thought that /. represented a more educated to outlook, guess I'll have to change my start page to something more intelligent.....maybe http://pbskids.org/teletubbies/
*sigh* if I went on Donahue, I'm sure it would end up exactly the same as the story that originated this thread.
You know, you're probably right. No doubt it was "intended" as sarcasm, but it fails miserably. Merely repeating what so many millions of ignorant people are willing to believe and state themselves doesn't, in and of itself, make any kind of statement. Nor does it modify the original content of the statement. Unforetunatly, there are lot of people who would and will make exactly that kind of statement, and mean it wholeheartedly. Humour is a fine line, and if that statement was intended as such, it didn't even cross it!
Let me just state here that I am a "concerned father" of three, married to a "concerned mother" and feminist. I am a geek. I love my hardware and wish that my code was up to snuff. I like to game but rarely have enough time for it (life!). I'm not really a huge car fan, and my mushroom eating days are long over, but I like games where I get to kill things....blow em up, gun em down whatever, and the more realistic the better. After a long hard day at work dealing with crappy crabby customers it's nice to be able to blow a few away. Of course, I do this in the privacy of my own room, on my private sytem, just like I save certain adult movies (not those...sheesh!!) for after the kids are asleep. What makes me a concerned parent? The idea that I, as an adult, may not have the freedom to choose make my own entertainment choices because of a small but loud mouthed group of under educated people. That when my five year old son gets a little older and wants to play something a little harder than "Lego Racers" the option won't be there. That when they get done with the games and movies they will move on to the books and artworks. That someone, somewhere, will legislate against my right to raise my children as I see fit and place that power in someone elses hands.....and all because some other "concerned parents" are too lazy to actually do their job.
Sorry, moronic replies like this make me laugh...it's quite obvious that Kool Aid causes REAL violence so let's ban it...after all, at least 90 percent of American children drink the stuff so there must be some corelation, right? Let's be perfectly clear here, folks, humans are both a violent and social species, theres simply no way at this point to extract the "violent" aspects from our popular culture, but that's no excuse to blame them for a lack of social condidtioning in a few indivuals. Hands up here all the fine folks who have played Quake. Now, all the mass murderers and serial killers put your hands in the air. Are we quite clear now? BTW has anyone ever asked where the parents were when those kids at Columbine were when they were constructing their arsenal? Next thing ya know they'll be outlawing Linux cause it cause's acne!!!!!