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Meiyang Lee
Gallente
Azteca Transportation Unlimited
Gunboat Diplomacy
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Posted - 2008.02.12 20:02:00 -
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Edited by: Meiyang Lee on 12/02/2008 20:02:04
Just came across this little news article on CVG
It looks as if Fox needed more viewers or internet hits or something. I mean seriously. Videogames killing nature? 
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Micheal Dietrich
Caldari
The Delta Source
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Posted - 2008.02.12 20:04:00 -
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Digging from a National Academy of Sciences report, Fox says visits to parks and the issuance of hunting and fishing licenses declined between 18 and 25 percent in the 1980s and 90s, about "the period of rapid growth of video games". Coincidence? We think not!
Uh, isn't that helping nature?
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Meiyang Lee
Gallente
Azteca Transportation Unlimited
Gunboat Diplomacy
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Posted - 2008.02.12 20:06:00 -
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Originally by: Micheal Dietrich
Uh, isn't that helping nature?
That's what i thought too, Fox apparently disagrees. 
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Zephyr Rengate
Racketeers
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Posted - 2008.02.12 20:07:00 -
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Mum buy me a rifle so i can shoot animals to save the planet.
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Sirtak
Amarr
Zero Zero Traders
The Colbert Nation
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Posted - 2008.02.12 20:08:00 -
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Videophilia? This is just too ******** for words...damn funny though.
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Imperator Jora'h
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Posted - 2008.02.12 20:31:00 -
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I'm as happy as the next guy to fling crap at Faux News but in this case it looks like Fox just picked up an Associated Press report and regurgitated it as did other media outlets (this practice is common in media).
As for "killing" the outdoors I think the presumption is that people who use the national parks are more likely to be environmentally friendly and want to see them protected. If they do not use them then they care less about environmental issues. Not sure I agree with that but that is the notion.
As for kids once again I need to point out it is up to the parents to drive their kids to the park. Most kids cannot bike to Yellowstone. If mom and/or dad do not take them then whose fault is it? The game designers? (I think not)
Besides, these days the kids can take their Nintendo to the great outdoors. 
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Cmdr Sy
Appetite 4 Destruction
INTERDICTION
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Posted - 2008.02.12 20:33:00 -
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Do the reports make any suggestion as to what type of weapon is best for saving nature?
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Lord MuffloN
Caldari
Aggressive Tendencies
Veritas Immortalis
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Posted - 2008.02.12 20:34:00 -
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Edited by: Lord MuffloN on 12/02/2008 20:34:06
I can now confirm it, for any Swedish person that might read this; Fox is the Aftonbladen(Aftonpravdan) of the US.
Originally by: Jago Kain
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Meiyang Lee
Gallente
Azteca Transportation Unlimited
Gunboat Diplomacy
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Posted - 2008.02.12 20:39:00 -
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Just found the scientific report that caused the news story
Linkage
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Gyfrex
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Posted - 2008.02.12 20:40:00 -
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I just wish, just for once that faux news would shut down for a week....and see how much smarter the world becomes.
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Imperator Jora'h
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Posted - 2008.02.12 20:57:00 -
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Originally by: Gyfrex
I just wish, just for once that faux news would shut down for a week....and see how much smarter the world becomes.
Did no one read my post? This looks like it was an AP report picked up by numerous media outlets (see link in my last post).
That said I agree with shutting down Fox News anyway. Not for a week...forever.
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Calderio
Caldari
Black Nova Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.02.12 21:01:00 -
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Im confused now. I was going to start fishing about 1 day a week or so starting this spring or whenever the weather starts getting nice again. But now I don't know.
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Micheal Dietrich
Caldari
The Delta Source
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Posted - 2008.02.12 21:07:00 -
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Originally by: Calderio
Im confused now. I was going to start fishing about 1 day a week or so starting this spring or whenever the weather starts getting nice again. But now I don't know.
You should. I'm gonna go out and shoot a deer in the name of fox!
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Imperator Jora'h
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Posted - 2008.02.12 21:07:00 -
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Originally by: Calderio
Im confused now. I was going to start fishing about 1 day a week or so starting this spring or whenever the weather starts getting nice again. But now I don't know.
Here ya go...problem sorted.
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Terianna Eri
Amarr
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Posted - 2008.02.12 21:09:00 -
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At first:
Then....: 
Then....: 
Then....: 
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Xen Gin
The Dragoons
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Posted - 2008.02.12 21:10:00 -
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OK, so is it better to save nature if I go fishing with hand grenades and sticks of dynamite? Can I make up for the last decade this way?
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Dirtee Girl
Omega Enterprises
Mostly Harmless
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Posted - 2008.02.12 21:11:00 -
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wait if i get one of those m16 with the grenade laucher deal on it that means i can save more nature per shot right?
do you think i can get a mini-gun?
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Troye
Gallente
Strix Armaments and Defence
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Posted - 2008.02.12 21:15:00 -
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Is you have access to the stats you can speculate anything. Stats don't lie, news stations do.
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Tarminic
Forsaken Resistance
The Last Stand
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Posted - 2008.02.12 21:21:00 -
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Clearly the best way for the US, as a nation, to save nature is to nuke the hell out of Canada.
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Bigeasy
Caldari
Shadow Of The Light
Scorched Earth Directive
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Posted - 2008.02.12 21:32:00 -
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We have to kill all those animals so they don't die!
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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Minmatar
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2008.02.12 21:49:00 -
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hahaha, 'videophilia'
Hey, the hole in the CD is too small
And remember everyone... guns kill people
Originally by: Avaricia
look a goon lol
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Meiyang Lee
Gallente
Azteca Transportation Unlimited
Gunboat Diplomacy
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Posted - 2008.02.12 21:58:00 -
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Originally by: Tarminic
Clearly the best way for the US, as a nation, to save nature is to nuke the hell out of Canada.
noooo, you'd nuke Stardock (they're based in Toronto) Aswell as a number of other developers. 
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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Minmatar
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2008.02.12 22:05:00 -
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And think of the Moose!!! Wait... mooses, meese?
Originally by: Avaricia
look a goon lol
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Tarminic
Forsaken Resistance
The Last Stand
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Posted - 2008.02.12 22:06:00 -
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Well the entire point is that we're helping nature, so we wouldn't nuke any urban areas. Just the nature type parts.
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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Minmatar
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2008.02.12 22:16:00 -
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So we leave the Moose to their.... moosey fate?
Originally by: Avaricia
look a goon lol
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Tarminic
Forsaken Resistance
The Last Stand
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Posted - 2008.02.12 22:18:00 -
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Edited by: Tarminic on 12/02/2008 22:17:52
Originally by: Surfin's PlunderBunny
So we leave the Moose to their.... moosey fate?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Joseph 9
Digital Fury Corporation
Digital Renegades
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Posted - 2008.02.12 22:37:00 -
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Is it just me or are Fox challenging CNN for sheer stupidity in the news stakes.
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Ademaro Imre
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.02.12 23:03:00 -
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Edited by: Ademaro Imre on 12/02/2008 23:06:01
I am always amazed at the number of dumbasses that seem to hate Fox News without any real apparent reasons except for doing the same sort of thing that all other news broadcasters do, but obsessively watch it for all of their news intake anyway.
Same topic:
CNN: Declining nature participation has crucial implications for current conservation efforts ONE Week before Fox. If you hate Fox so much - why do you believe it is the only news source?
And while we are on video games and nature - CNN is pushing a news item that video games make you stupid and fat and they should be taxed because of it. When you only watch Fox News with a mental filter to only find things you disagree with, you miss things like The coalition wants state lawmakers to create a No Child Left Inside Fund with a 1 percent tax on TVs, video games and video game equipment.
Maybe you missed CNN, but you also missed MSNBC Videophilia' is killing outdoors life
All drawing from the same AP "news" item. Nature Giving Way to Virtual Reality
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Xen Gin
The Dragoons
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Posted - 2008.02.12 23:07:00 -
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Edited by: Xen Gin on 12/02/2008 23:06:52
Originally by: Ademaro Imre
Edited by: Ademaro Imre on 12/02/2008 23:06:01
I am always amazed at the number of dumbasses that seem to hate Fox News without any real apparent reasons except for doing the same sort of thing that all other news broadcasters do, but obsessively watch it for all of their news intake anyway.
Same topic:
CNN: Declining nature participation has crucial implications for current conservation efforts ONE Week before Fox. If you hate Fox so much - why do you believe it is the only news source?
And while we are on video games and nature - CNN is pushing a news item that video games make you stupid and fat and they should be taxed because of it. When you only watch Fox News with a mental filter to only find things you disagree with, you miss things like The coalition wants state lawmakers to create a No Child Left Inside Fund with a 1 percent tax on TVs, video games and video game equipment.
Maybe you missed CNN, but you also missed MSNBC Videophilia' is killing outdoors life
All drawing from the same AP "news" item. Nature Giving Way to Virtual Reality
Because we have an agenda?
OK, Less an agenda than Faux, but still.
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Rialtor
Amarr
Yarrrateers
Knights Of Syndicate
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Posted - 2008.02.12 23:12:00 -
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It's not like the article has no point at all. I don't know that the blame should be placed on video games alone. But the trend in entertainment is in fact leading to a sedentary lifestyle.
Watching TV, surfing the net, and playing games are probably the largest sources of entertainment today.
The power went out the other day on our block, and my roomates and I barely knew what to do with ourselves, being that we were too stubborn to let a blackout make us leave our home :). That's how sad we've become due to the forms of entertainment we've become accustomed to ;).
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