Well said. I never played the original Manhunt and I had no intention of playing this one either, it just sounds like it's more about violence than good gameplay, but I'm 27 years old, so I should get to decide what I want to play, not Sony or Nintendo.
This has really been bugging me these last few days. Yes, the game is probably insanely violent, but censorship can only be a step in the wrong direction. What about other games that I have enjoyed that are also somewhat violent? Are they next in line?
And have you watched the Saw movies? They're ridiculously violent, so why don't Sony block the DVDs from playing on the PS3? Oh, that would be censorship? I'm sorry, then I'm not sure I see the difference.
I know I should just STFU, but whatever. You really shouldn't steal time from people. I used to work for a postal service where I had to call people and ask for a key to their building, so we could get in and deliver the mail we had for them. This postal service only delivered letters that people had actually requested, so we were actually doing people a favor by asking them for a key to their building, so they could get the mail that they were waiting for.
Anyway, I quit. The job was good, but I couldn't handle taking up people's time constantly. Yes, they could just say: "Sorry, I can't help you with that." and we'd hang up immediately, but still, it just didn't feel right. You only have so much time here in life, it's so important not to waste it. How anyone can send out 1.2 million e-mails and sleep at night I just don't understand. Even if everyone could delete the e-mail they got in 1 second, that's still 1 second you stole from 1.2 million people, which ends up at two weeks. You just stole two weeks out of people's time. How would you like someone stealing two weeks of your time? And that was a best-case scenario, many people will take longer than that to delete their e-mails, few will be able to do it faster.
And what about the people who have their e-mails forwarded to their cell phones and were woken up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall back to sleep, so the next day was ruined for them? I have an e-mail address I forward to my phone, I do my best to make sure spammers don't get it and people only use that e-mail address if it's an emergency.
I know, I know, I'm making things much worse than they really are, all he did was send out some e-mails, what's wrong with that? Well, I just have very strong feelings about this, I try to never bother people unless I have a very good reason and my mom taught me to always ask myself what I can do to make other people have a better day, not how I can make it worse.
Stealing a few seconds of someone's time is no big deal. Stealing a few seconds of 1.2 million people's time is a HUGE deal.
This jerk didn't care about helping other people, he just wanted to make some money and he didn't care how many people he had to bother to do so.
So does he deserve 11 years in jail? Well, what he did was a very selfish; he stole time from more than one million people and he did it to make money. However, the bible says "Judge not lest ye be judged." and "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." and that's how I try to live my life as well, even though I'm an atheist. I've done some very stupid and very selfish things myself, so I'm not one to judge him and if it were up to me, we should make sure he understands exactly what he's done, then let him go.
I'm Danish and for a couple of years we've had a law here to prevent people from wearing masks while demonstrating, because it makes it hard for the police to pick out who threw something at them if things turn violent.
You're still welcome to wear a mask anywhere you want (well, perhaps except in banks):), but if you attend a demonstration while wearing a mask, you can be arrested.
Most insightful post I've read for a long time, perhaps because I've once scared someone half to death myself and will never forget the look of sheer terror in their eyes, before I realized that what I wasn't doing wasn't anymore funny than stabbing a friend and going: "Haha, I bet that hurts, doesn't it?! You should totally see the look on your face as I'm making more and more holes in you!"
If the good things, like moments where you feel true love, matter here in life, then surely the bad moments, like moments where you feel real terror, must matter too.
Who cares? It's not like those people were American, right?
I'm not American myself, I'm Danish, but it annoys me each time they report on a plane crash: "210 people were killed in the crash. No Danes were on board." and I just feel like: "Gee, well, that's good, I guess. As long as no Danes were killed, who cares about all those other people?"
Now, they say they do it because most people watching are Danish and have Danish friends and relatives, so they don't have to worry about whether they're OK, if they know no Danes were on that plane, but that's just not how it comes out: "210 people were killed. Luckily, none of them were Danish."
Not only have you equated all Muslims (including the ones in our armed forces) with terrorists Wait, what? I agree with most of what you said, but he never said all Muslims are terrorists, he just said "if a Muslim blows himself up", and it's a fact that suicide bombs are a form of terrorism more often used by Muslims than followers of other religions.
Look at it this way: If he had said "Imagine some guy blows himself up...", would you then be saying: "Not only have you equated all men (including the ones in our armed forces) with terrorists..."? Well, many suicide bombers are men. Many suicide bombers are also Muslims.
A random suicide bomber is likely to be a Muslim. A random Muslim is (very) unlikely to be a suicide bomber. See the difference?
I'm all for political correctness, but let's not close our eyes to the truth either.
Duh. How many accidents would there be if everyone slowed down to a total stop?
And if slower speeds cause more accidents, shouldn't higher speeds cause less accidents then? Let's try it tomorrow, everyone go 150 MPH, that should result in no accidents at all then.:)
I too love the "Lower speeds = More accidents" people, they're funny. Logical thinking is overrated anyway.:)
Ouch, well said, I don't see the point of Second Life myself, but I do find it surprising that people are always so quick to criticize what they don't understand.
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Well said. I never played the original Manhunt and I had no intention of playing this one either, it just sounds like it's more about violence than good gameplay, but I'm 27 years old, so I should get to decide what I want to play, not Sony or Nintendo.
This has really been bugging me these last few days. Yes, the game is probably insanely violent, but censorship can only be a step in the wrong direction. What about other games that I have enjoyed that are also somewhat violent? Are they next in line?
And have you watched the Saw movies? They're ridiculously violent, so why don't Sony block the DVDs from playing on the PS3? Oh, that would be censorship? I'm sorry, then I'm not sure I see the difference.
D'oh!
Eh, anyone else got mod points?
I know I should just STFU, but whatever. You really shouldn't steal time from people. I used to work for a postal service where I had to call people and ask for a key to their building, so we could get in and deliver the mail we had for them. This postal service only delivered letters that people had actually requested, so we were actually doing people a favor by asking them for a key to their building, so they could get the mail that they were waiting for.
Anyway, I quit. The job was good, but I couldn't handle taking up people's time constantly. Yes, they could just say: "Sorry, I can't help you with that." and we'd hang up immediately, but still, it just didn't feel right. You only have so much time here in life, it's so important not to waste it. How anyone can send out 1.2 million e-mails and sleep at night I just don't understand. Even if everyone could delete the e-mail they got in 1 second, that's still 1 second you stole from 1.2 million people, which ends up at two weeks. You just stole two weeks out of people's time. How would you like someone stealing two weeks of your time? And that was a best-case scenario, many people will take longer than that to delete their e-mails, few will be able to do it faster.
And what about the people who have their e-mails forwarded to their cell phones and were woken up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall back to sleep, so the next day was ruined for them? I have an e-mail address I forward to my phone, I do my best to make sure spammers don't get it and people only use that e-mail address if it's an emergency.
I know, I know, I'm making things much worse than they really are, all he did was send out some e-mails, what's wrong with that? Well, I just have very strong feelings about this, I try to never bother people unless I have a very good reason and my mom taught me to always ask myself what I can do to make other people have a better day, not how I can make it worse.
Stealing a few seconds of someone's time is no big deal. Stealing a few seconds of 1.2 million people's time is a HUGE deal.
This jerk didn't care about helping other people, he just wanted to make some money and he didn't care how many people he had to bother to do so.
So does he deserve 11 years in jail? Well, what he did was a very selfish; he stole time from more than one million people and he did it to make money. However, the bible says "Judge not lest ye be judged." and "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." and that's how I try to live my life as well, even though I'm an atheist. I've done some very stupid and very selfish things myself, so I'm not one to judge him and if it were up to me, we should make sure he understands exactly what he's done, then let him go.
I'm Danish and for a couple of years we've had a law here to prevent people from wearing masks while demonstrating, because it makes it hard for the police to pick out who threw something at them if things turn violent.
:), but if you attend a demonstration while wearing a mask, you can be arrested.
You're still welcome to wear a mask anywhere you want (well, perhaps except in banks)
I didn't get it either. :(
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Perhaps "You called her on her cellphone, didn't you?" would have been better.
Or perhaps I'm just stupid.
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Most insightful post I've read for a long time, perhaps because I've once scared someone half to death myself and will never forget the look of sheer terror in their eyes, before I realized that what I wasn't doing wasn't anymore funny than stabbing a friend and going: "Haha, I bet that hurts, doesn't it?! You should totally see the look on your face as I'm making more and more holes in you!"
If the good things, like moments where you feel true love, matter here in life, then surely the bad moments, like moments where you feel real terror, must matter too.
I see the mods got Insightful and Funny mixed up again. :)
That is just about the funniest thing I've ever read!
Insightful or Flamebait? You be the judge! :)
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Who cares? It's not like those people were American, right?
I'm not American myself, I'm Danish, but it annoys me each time they report on a plane crash: "210 people were killed in the crash. No Danes were on board." and I just feel like: "Gee, well, that's good, I guess. As long as no Danes were killed, who cares about all those other people?"
Now, they say they do it because most people watching are Danish and have Danish friends and relatives, so they don't have to worry about whether they're OK, if they know no Danes were on that plane, but that's just not how it comes out: "210 people were killed. Luckily, none of them were Danish."
Dude, those were the exact two complaints I had with his comment too. :)
PSU OAU acronyms.
IIMN... HHWT? Huh?
BRB/TYT/LOL/etc. WU AAT when we HT"P" FBO BTH (or TM FS) and had 10 PCWs open, 5 IRC channels, etc.
Did typing IINM SYA? ACO keystrokes? Is it TWU?
No, IDMY L/S smarter, BTA a LOT of acronyms TAJPD.
SFGO, IDM to SDAY, just TWAT is DMUAW.
Look at it this way: If he had said "Imagine some guy blows himself up...", would you then be saying: "Not only have you equated all men (including the ones in our armed forces) with terrorists..."? Well, many suicide bombers are men. Many suicide bombers are also Muslims.
A random suicide bomber is likely to be a Muslim. A random Muslim is (very) unlikely to be a suicide bomber. See the difference?
I'm all for political correctness, but let's not close our eyes to the truth either.
"It's a fuckin' joke. It works better if I tell it in the first person.", Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting.
I agree with everything you said, someone really should mod you up.
Whoa, take it easy mods, parent is not THAT off-topic, afterall we WERE talking about fire trucks! :)
Duh. How many accidents would there be if everyone slowed down to a total stop?
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And if slower speeds cause more accidents, shouldn't higher speeds cause less accidents then? Let's try it tomorrow, everyone go 150 MPH, that should result in no accidents at all then.
I too love the "Lower speeds = More accidents" people, they're funny. Logical thinking is overrated anyway.
Ouch, well said, I don't see the point of Second Life myself, but I do find it surprising that people are always so quick to criticize what they don't understand.
Nope, he got to make a statement about karma whoring and get karma for it, so I'm pretty sure it worked. :)