Wal-Mart, The Sniper, and Wal-Mart "Morals"

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-10-27 11:42am

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:
Darth Wong wrote: PS. Wal-Mart still sells actual rifles. Think about the irony of pulling videogames off the shelf if they contain rifles, while continuing to sell the actual rifles themselves.
The irony is razor sharp.

Speaking of which, why not ban knives as well? They did hijack a plane with paper cutters before... Idiots.

Razor sharp irony? Does that mean they're going to ban irony next? Noooooo.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2002-10-27 12:54pm

On the subject of censorship, liberals who favor it seem to campaign against violence, while conservatives don't want sex. The people at the Medi Research Center are conservatives, and they don't want either. There are some liberals like that too. However, conservatives do it it for moral reasons, while liberals do it because they're sensitive.

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2002-10-27 01:20pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:Good old Flash Point, and that game also lets you kill a couple civilians before failing.

Better yet, using the mission editor all the psychos who dare buy the game can make missions where they can massacre hundreds of civilians with no penalty whatsoever!

Yet, they take Rogue Spear off the shelves. Common sense at it's finest

EDIT: Wow, I'm a youngling now! Cool

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-10-27 01:32pm

PeZook wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:Good old Flash Point, and that game also lets you kill a couple civilians before failing.
Better yet, using the mission editor all the psychos who dare buy the game can make missions where they can massacre hundreds of civilians with no penalty whatsoever!

Yet, they take Rogue Spear off the shelves. Common sense at it's finest

Why of course it is.

Rogue Spear is fun, too, but yoiu can't kill the hostages oh they're good

Enlightenment · Post by **Enlightenment** » 2002-10-27 01:33pm

Icehawk wrote: Why is it considered "Liberal" to ban something? Banning and limiting things falls under the "Conservative" catagory does it not?

In American politics the term 'liberal' does not mean what it does in other countries. In the US, 'liberal' is a shorthand for unamerican, immoral, wrong, and evil. People who are at or right of the center in US politics will accuse everyone who does anything they disagree with of being 'liberal.'

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2002-10-27 10:59pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:Hey, why not ban America's Army as well? It teaches you realistic squad combat tactics and how to work in a group, especially all those shiny guns the National Guard has...

Idiots.

Did they ban Hitman 2?
Did they ban UnrealTournament? That game has a sniper rifle too.

PS. Wal-Mart still sells actual rifles. Think about the irony of pulling videogames off the shelf if they contain rifles, while continuing to sell the actual rifles themselves.

I tend to think of it more as another example of Corporate Hypocrisy in the pursuit of free advertising ("Wal-Mart does the right thing: pulls violent video games.")

As to the guns, they know the economics. K-Mart used to be one of the...THE, biggest suppliers of hunting ammo in the United States. It was an incredibly profitable buisness that they essentially abandoned, look where they are.

Dennis Toy · Post by **Dennis Toy** » 2002-10-28 12:23am

Muthafuckin' Soccer Mom mentality having muthafuckas, i hate them pill-popping, BIG Ass SUV driving, you can't show a gun in someone's face assholes.

Just look at what they did to Anime on Broadcast TV?

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-10-28 12:30am

Darth Wong wrote:
Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:Hey, why not ban America's Army as well? It teaches you realistic squad combat tactics and how to work in a group, especially all those shiny guns the National Guard has...

Idiots.

Did they ban Hitman 2?
Did they ban UnrealTournament? That game has a sniper rifle too.

PS. Wal-Mart still sells actual rifles. Think about the irony of pulling videogames off the shelf if they contain rifles, while continuing to sell the actual rifles themselves.

And they have still banned Sheryl Crow for complaining about the availability of Handguns and Hunting Rigles at Walmarts.

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2002-10-28 08:25pm

THe Yosemite Bear wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:
Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:Hey, why not ban America's Army as well? It teaches you realistic squad combat tactics and how to work in a group, especially all those shiny guns the National Guard has...

Idiots.

Did they ban Hitman 2?
Did they ban UnrealTournament? That game has a sniper rifle too.

PS. Wal-Mart still sells actual rifles. Think about the irony of pulling videogames off the shelf if they contain rifles, while continuing to sell the actual rifles themselves.
And they have still banned Sheryl Crow for complaining about the availability of Handguns and Hunting Rigles at Walmarts.

Like I said you just gotta love corporate hypocrisy.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-10-28 08:51pm

Yup you have to know that "Leaving Los Vegas" and "All I wanna do is Have some fun (Before I die)" Chick is a threat to wholsome american values....

CmdrWilkens · Post by **CmdrWilkens** » 2002-10-28 09:24pm

THe Yosemite Bear wrote:Yup you have to know that "Leaving Los Vegas" and "All I wanna do is Have some fun (Before I die)" Chick is a threat to wholsome american values....

Certainly she's much more dangerous than a computer game which involves, as its main plotline, the robbing of vehicles and the deaths of many. Certainly we shoudl ban lyrics referencing sex before we should take away knives and guides for skinning animals in the field.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-10-28 09:42pm

They only put warning lables on those songs, or try to ban them.

Although I find it funny that they have a warning label on the album which has a song about an abused wife murdering her husband (Dixie Chicks), and still no warnings on the Rolling Stones Hot Rocks vol. I, which includes: Canabalism (Let it Bleed), Serial Killers, Rape, Murder (Gimmie Shelter, Midnight Rambler), Child Prostitution (Brown Sugar, Stray Cat Blues)hmmmm