Another Videogame Law,seriously?

Considering im the original starter of this thread can you please keep it atleast to the original topic and not argueing? if you want to argue bout other things take it elseware please.

Bacon, this is coming from the best of places: step away from the computer and do something else for a little while.

I won't continue this discussion any further.

On topic: It's misinformed legislation, but as Veg said, it's relatively harmless as simply a label.

A better warning label on video games would be to warn people to get up once in a while and do something else for a bit, or else they might die of a blood clot. ;_;

Really. :/

Can you both chill out please?

Anyways, my worry is that because video games undergo a completely different manner and division of determining their "rating" it will be seen as an opportunity to undermine the steps already taken to have games sold to the intended and proper demograph of players. It's fair that games and movies undergo contrasting measurements made to determine their rating as the key factor differentiating games from movies is interactivity. However, with the MPAA being as faulty in nature at it is, when the ESRB is forced to take action beyond what is necessary, it puts the entire industry under fire, which is not what we need in times of economic turmoil. We've been lucky enough that the video game industry remained relatively unscathed from our recession.

Despite it's "mockumentry" nature, I'd recommend looking into This Film Is Not Yet Rated to take a closer look into the fallacies practiced by the MPAA and how it can adversely affect the producers and directors putting their works out into the industry.

He's a joke. lol

No the joke is me having a discussion with gay man from Kentucky. I'm out.

If you ladies don't calm down this thread is going to end up locked.

Okay. Baconwrap, I understand how offended you feel and honestly I'm very sorry that you were so strongly affected, but that does not warrant such abrasive and antagonistic language. I am topicbanning you so you can cool off. -edit- Uh, considering he's "out" (silly me not reading all the way to the end of the thread), I'm going to just delete the posts with profanity. Sorry for those of you backreading without context. :P

Also, Cicada--provoking an obviously offended poster really doesn't gain you any points (Figuratively speaking). Don't do it again, please; at least on these forums.

The rest of you--unintentionally offensive comments were apologized for, and this isn't the thread to discuss such controversial topics. Move on, or more topicbans will be issued.

Maybe Congress should start watching TED.

Putting aside all of the drama and misunderstandings that stemmed from this post (which I hope has all blown over now^^;), I still don't think this is an altogether appropriate comparison.


Here is the parallel you're trying to draw:

| 1) "The idea that video games make children violent is silly because it's not true."
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| 2) "The idea that exposure to gay characters makes children gay is silly because it's not true."


I agree with the first statement above and understand why you think it parallels the second. However, the reason for this whole discussion of violence is that most people agree violence is "bad" and should be discouraged.

To then take the first argument above and replace "violence" with "gay" brings up an entirely different issue. The flaw in statement 2 isn't only that it's false. Following the parallel, it also implies that homosexuality in children--like violence in children--is something to be discouraged.

I don't think this is what you meant at all, but some people really do feel this way.^^; For this reason, these two issues aren't even close to being the same in my opinion.

Looking at it from a different angle though, I definitely agree that any outside attempt to influence a child's (or even an adult's) sexual identity--in favor of any orientation--is highly reprehensible. If this is what you had in mind when suggesting the above parallel, then I'm behind you all the way.^^ (no dirty pun intended!)

Required:

I specifically did not respond to the parts of the original post that started all the drama (edited them out of the quote in fact^^). Separate issue !

It was obligatory. I had to!

Ive been playing FFXI for over 24 hours str8 campin a 24 hour NM pop im so jacked up on energy drinks listening to rap music and drinkin pepperment schnapps im floatin and then i miss the pop to do a load of dishes oh man someones gonna pay now its gonna be like cold case files


get the f**k real

I had watched this a few years back it was on Netflix and i love documentaries and so happened my mom was taking a college course about a month later and this was required to watch and do a report on it. Its just like all other things when you find out how things really are done very informative imo at least