Encounter with a peacenik just a few secs ago

[Shinova]

I'm currently in my school computer lab. I'm surfing this board and a few guys around me are playing counterstrike.


And this lady comes up to us and says something like, "I find it disgraceful that you guys are playing shooting games with blood being splattered on the walls, especially when there are people dying in Iraq. I'm going to write a letter to the administration about this."


My first encounter with a peacenik.






Bitch.

[Darth Gojira]

Theyr'e loud, but can be ignored if you have enough experiance. Do you think she really meant it? If so, remember Kun-Fu-Tze: "When you make war, prepare for peace. When you make peace, prepare for war"

[jegs2]

I'm currently in my school computer lab. I'm surfing this board and a few guys around me are playing counterstrike.


And this lady comes up to us and says something like, "I find it disgraceful that you guys are playing shooting games with blood being splattered on the walls, especially when there are people dying in Iraq. I'm going to write a letter to the administration about this."

I'd ask her for a copy of her letter.

[Darth Wong]

I'm currently in my school computer lab. I'm surfing this board and a few guys around me are playing counterstrike.


And this lady comes up to us and says something like, "I find it disgraceful that you guys are playing shooting games with blood being splattered on the walls, especially when there are people dying in Iraq. I'm going to write a letter to the administration about this."

I'd ask her for a copy of her letter.

Good call. I would also ask if the end of the war in Iraq would somehow make blood-spattered games more acceptable, and if not, then I would point out that she has no reason whatsoever to link the morality of violent computer games to that war.

[Darth Gojira]

I'm currently in my school computer lab. I'm surfing this board and a few guys around me are playing counterstrike.


And this lady comes up to us and says something like, "I find it disgraceful that you guys are playing shooting games with blood being splattered on the walls, especially when there are people dying in Iraq. I'm going to write a letter to the administration about this."

I'd ask her for a copy of her letter.

Good call. I would also ask if the end of the war in Iraq would somehow make blood-spattered games more acceptable, and if not, then I would point out that she has no reason whatsoever to link the morality of violent computer games to that war.

Nice tactic you got there, Mike. It's logical, but cruel

[Queeb Salaron]

Wonder if she's drawn the connection between violent video games and the outbreak of war yet. I mean hey, there are more violent video games now than there ever have been before. Most of them now are war-simulators, what with Counterstrike, Navy Seals, etc. It's an obvious positive corellation, and as we all know, positive corellations indicate cause-and-effect.

War games should be banned, because they lead to war.

[TrailerParkJawa]

Wonder if she's drawn the connection between violent video games and the outbreak of war yet. I mean hey, there are more violent video games now than there ever have been before. Most of them now are war-simulators, what with Counterstrike, Navy Seals, etc. It's an obvious positive corellation, and as we all know, positive corellations indicate cause-and-effect.

War games should be banned, because they lead to war.

Yes, you are absolutely correct. We all know those nasty germans were playing CounterStrike in 1939 and look what happened there.

[Cyborg Stan]

Make love, not war.

Download porn instead.

[Galvatron]

You should tell her it's the only outlet for your violent impulses that's keeping you from slaughtering scores of innocent people for real.

[Peregrin Toker]

Why do you think that all pacifists necessarily are beatniks??

"But we're like... uhm, BEATNIKS, man!! And THAT's like.... uhm, MILITARISM!!! We just CAN't do that, dude!!"

Ah, beatniks.

[neoolong]

You should have said:

"My God, you're right. Why kill people in games when I can kill people for real. Thank you for that revelation."

[Andrew J.]

What was she doing in your school? Was she a teacher or something?

[HemlockGrey]

Tell her better your friend's avatar than her.

[DPDarkPrimus]

You should have said:

"My God, you're right. Why kill people in games when I can kill people for real. Thank you for that revelation."

I would have paid good money to be there if that was said.

[Raxmei]

I was in school the other day and saw this message written in chalk on the ground:

When
they
are
done
In
Iraq
IS
your
neighborhood
NEXT?


It took a bit of stretching to find a way for that message to make the least bit of sense. Funny, I know the person who wrote it pretty well.

[LordShaithis]

Write next to it: No, moron.

[Slartibartfast]

My
neighborhood
doesn't
have
oil
at
least
not
that
I
know
of.
Do
you
have
any
gum?

[DPDarkPrimus]

When
they
are
done
In
Iraq
IS
your
neighborhood
NEXT?

I
doubt
it.
Creating
A
Civil
War
For
No
Reason
At
All
Would
Be
Rather
Pointless.
Dumbass.

[Darth Gojira]

I
hate
it
when
people
mix
legitimate
feelings
with
strawmen
and
paranoia.
Of
course,
if
they
did,
the
news
would
be
finished;)

[Queeb Salaron]

You
CAN
write
more
than
one
word
per
line,
you
know.



Dumbass.

[Lord Pounder]

Shoulda asked her if she wanted to play. She was probably feeling a little left out.

[salm]

you should have shot her in the knee.

[Raoul Duke, Jr.]

You should've asked her if she would rather the lot of them were in Iraq splattering blood all over the walls. That might've shut her up.

[Raoul Duke, Jr.]

Wonder if she's drawn the connection between violent video games and the outbreak of war yet. I mean hey, there are more violent video games now than there ever have been before. Most of them now are war-simulators, what with Counterstrike, Navy Seals, etc. It's an obvious positive corellation, and as we all know, positive corellations indicate cause-and-effect.

War games should be banned, because they lead to war.

Absolutely right. The logical cause-and-effect relationship between video games and reality is simply undeniable. I've been playing Gran Turismo 2 for only an hour, but already I feel like slamming myself into a brick wall at 140mph. :rolleyes:

[Shinova]

Okay, okay..


First, I think she was a visitor, since that's the first time I've seen her.

Second, we'll have to wait till end of spring break to see what's happen. One good thing is that the teacher who supervises that computer lab plays Counterstrike as well and doesn't mind kids playing in his lab as long as they keep it discrete or don't do it when there's a class in there.

Now, if they do end up making games disallowed in that lab (they've done this before, for different reasons, but now the games are allowed again--to an even greater degree ) then perhaps we could make some parents whine at the administration.

The office won't listen to kids. They will pay attention to whining visitors. But whining parents...they'll do anything