goodby4u
Valor Inc. Vanguard.
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Posted - 2009.06.16 06:51:00 -
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I was about to take your post seriously, but I found two reasons not to.
a)This is the eve forums.
b)You are in goonswarm.
Sorry mr troll, I aint biting... But a little advice, if your going to troll, dont spend half an hour writing your troll out because your wasting more of your own time then the person you wish to troll and this is counter productive.
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goodby4u
Valor Inc. Vanguard.
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Posted - 2009.06.18 06:39:00 -
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I forget who said this, but I am reminded of a quote I heard a while back(probably in a book, maybe 1984?).
"The first step to socialism is the control of communication".
Censorship is just this, and while I don't want this to turn into a political debate, I am outright 100% against censorship of media outlets and most other communications based publications including video games and the internet. No I am not naive, I understand our current media ain't anywhere near perfect, but in America at least the freedom of the press is something difficult to crush.
Why am I saying this? Well if you censor video games for being violent, you must also censor other media outlets for being violent otherwise your at risk of being a total hypocrite. This means television, the internet, the papers, photos coming back from the war, and televised news outlets... Because if violence in video games can make you violent then so can any other media(hell the precedent this can set could even lead to censorship of speech in general).
Say I am overreacting if you will, but I get angry when parents, kids, and even the general public look to the government to solve their problems for them rather then solving it themselves, because the government is not a surgical tool to remove only the "bad parts of something" but a broadsword that normally takes things way too far.
Now, the problem with these studies are people aren't equal, to explain we don't react the same way to everything(due to genetics, upbringing, surroundings and otherwise) so it is typically impossible to get an accurate reading, not to mention they didn't do the study properly. They didn't study a group that has never played video games before vs a group that has played video games all their lives, nor did they actually ask the kids to be violent to one another(the loud noises thing wtf?) they simply saw which group was more annoying.
To what he was saying about us being idiots because we use ourselves as proof, I don't know anything about the background of the person doing the study, but in scientific method one must test theories before they become fact, and since it doesnt pass for me personally(I do not kill people, hell I can count on one hand how many fistfights I have gotten in in my life) his theory in my situation is flawed.... And if the OP were to do the same test on himself(seeing as he does infact play a violent game) he would probably find that the same thing applies to him.
Long story short, parents need to read the box the video game comes in, stop giving little billy whatever he wants, be more individualistic and stop playing devils advocate.
Also, I apologize if this post made no sense at all, had a long day, kinda ****ed off and pretty tired.
EDIT:What is with the making me log in 3 or 4 times to write a post? Thank God I had the right of mind to copy this post before pressing the reply button. |