[RANT/News]Lawmakers Attack Violent Video Games - Page 2

TekDragon · 2004-07-06, 08:39 PM

America needs to move farther to the right. If parents started raising their kids with morals, values, and a firm diciplinary hand - we wouldn't have these problems. Allowing teachers to wack the worst kids w rulers wouldn't hurt either.

AztecWarrior · 2004-07-06, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by OfaLoaf

Pfft. My parents have never hit me, and I'm perfectly fine. They give me GTA3 and Vice City, and I've never killed anything larger than a tissue box. They let me build spudguns, and the glue fumes didn't hurt me much.

Both sides are wrong on some points.

Fair enough, revision. He won't necessarily fall into drug dealing, but it is much more likely to happen. Some parents are reluctant to hit their kids, but some kids, thankfully, don't fall. However, a lot do.

JetRaiden · 2004-07-06, 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by OfaLoaf

Pfft. My parents have never hit me, and I'm perfectly fine. They give me GTA3 and Vice City, and I've never killed anything larger than a tissue box. They let me build spudguns, and the glue fumes didn't hurt me much.

Both sides are wrong on some points.

arent kittens about the size of tissue boxes?

Spee · 2004-07-06, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by Sputty

A mafia of geeks and ignorant racists. And you just associated yourself with them(at the school, I know you're not bad

)

...Sicne when are we racist? By "trenchcoat mafia" I meant a bunch of kids who watched a lil too much Matrix and liked the long flowy trenchcoat thinger.

And, as it turns out, The trenchcoat isnt veyr practical. The weather in Michigan is either really fuggin' hot, or really fuggin' cold. The temperature to wear a trench is 50-60. Not 110, or -12.

Baneblade · 2004-07-06, 09:25 PM

I would wear a duster, but ppl keep trying to sell me trenchcoats...ignorant metrosexuals...

Spee · 2004-07-06, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

I would wear a duster, but ppl keep trying to sell me trenchcoats...ignorant metrosexuals...

S'what I wear, a Duster.

Happy lil Elf · 2004-07-06, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by Spee

...Sicne when are we racist? By "trenchcoat mafia" I meant a bunch of kids who watched a lil too much Matrix and liked the long flowy trenchcoat thinger.

And, as it turns out, The trenchcoat isnt veyr practical. The weather in Michigan is either really fuggin' hot, or really fuggin' cold. The temperature to wear a trench is 50-60. Not 110, or -12.

Completely depends on the trenchcoat, and of course what you choose to wear under it

Mine works very from -30 to about 35 or 40. After 40 you don't need a coat /shrug

Indecisive · 2004-07-06, 10:06 PM

The reason for corruption in todays society...is...the TRENCHCOATS!

Keebler · 2004-07-06, 11:19 PM

Meh, video games are actually a good release... instead of using a shotgun on real people I'm shooting some made up dude.

Lonehunter · 2004-07-07, 03:21 AM

Originally Posted by AztecWarrior

"Hand me your mouse and keyboard, no computer for the month.") But, have I been absent for a month? No...I LEARNED and behave WELL.

I'd just keep a spare set around.

Edit: Y'all should see Bowling for Columbine

Sputty · 2004-07-07, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by Spee

...Sicne when are we racist? By "trenchcoat mafia" I meant a bunch of kids who watched a lil too much Matrix and liked the long flowy trenchcoat thinger.

And, as it turns out, The trenchcoat isnt veyr practical. The weather in Michigan is either really fuggin' hot, or really fuggin' cold. The temperature to wear a trench is 50-60. Not 110, or -12.

The trench coat mafia was made famous by the columbine shootings(that's what they called themselves) and that same thing caused it to become larger.

Tek, if the US moves any further right it will become fundamentalism

Mr1337Duck · 2004-07-07, 06:35 AM

Bowling for Bullshit if you ask me. That movie is so full of shit that if it were a person, there would be shit coming out of his ears, eyes, nose, mouth, and dick. And he'd be a fat bastard like Michael Moore.

Rayder · 2004-07-07, 07:05 AM

Bowling for Columbine? Never heard of it. Is it good?

StrangeFellow · 2004-07-07, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by Mr1337Duck

Bowling for Bullshit if you ask me. That movie is so full of shit that if it were a person, there would be shit coming out of his ears, eyes, nose, mouth, and dick. And he'd be a fat bastard like Michael Moore.

*tsks* what exactly do you think is such bullshit in that movie? From what I see all the news headlines are is <insert somthing frightining here> and how to protect you and your family from yada yada yada...the country as a whole is afraid

yes, Bowling for Colombine is a great movie, i suggest everyone see it

now back on subject: for the most part it is the parents fault for almost all of these things kids have done which the media and others have blamed on video games. Wether it's just because they don't care or they work too hard to put food on the table to pay attention, the kids need attention from their parent(s). many of the kids i know that grow up in this atmosphere are the trouble makers, they're not bad people but they do make trouble for everyone

I on the other hand have grown up with video games (violent and non alike), my parents spanked me till i was about 4, and now the new punishment is grounding/no computer. why? because they love me
I love my compy so i dont do bad things, its that simple. my school record has one blemish on it, a fight i got into in 6th grade (i'm going into 9th)

The problem is kids are not raised with enough dicipline, not duke nukem blowing up evil alien pigs

EDIT: forgive me if i don't make ends meet in the above post, iv'e been really scatter brained lately

DeepStrikeck · 2004-07-07, 09:35 AM

in bowling for columbine, michael moore was just trying to get acroos his anti-second amendment views. He used a tragedy to say, "See! Guns are bad! They kill people! Oh NO! The public shouldn't be aloud to have them! We should all be defensless bastards! Yipee! Let's be whiny babies and hate America!!". I'm sorry, but this guy is an idiot. He's using a sad event, making a movie just to press his views of anti-guns. He is a jackass and is out of line. The same with Farenheit 9/11. He is using a tragedy to push his liberal, political views. I have absolutely no respect for him.

I have grown up playing violent video games and my folks spanked me when I was a kid (up to about 10, but very rarely). You learn pretty damn fast that when you do something violent/bad to another person, especially girls (I have an older sister, and not hitting girls was really stressed)(I agree w/ not hitting girls)(my sister, my brother and I always got in fights, which is why it was stressed so much), and get spanked for it, to not do it. I'm fine, my sister's fine, my brother's fine. So this bs that its the medias fault is just another excuse to sue. These crappy-ass parents need to step up and actually care about their kids before they 1. go postal or 2. get killed.

my 2 cents.