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."
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"
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Post #666: 5-24-03, 8:26 am (Hey, why not?)
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Shinova wrote: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.
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Shinova wrote: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.
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Shinova wrote: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
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Post #666: 5-24-03, 8:26 am (Hey, why not?)
Do you not believe in Thor, the Viking Thunder God? If not, then do you consider your state of disbelief in Thor to be a religion? Are you an AThorist?-Darth Wong on Atheism as a religion
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.
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Queeb Salaron wrote: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.
"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.
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Raxmei wrote:
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.
Mayabird is my girlfriend
Justice League:BotM:MM:SDnet City Watch:Cybertron's Finest "Well then, science is bullshit. "
-revprez, with yet another brilliant rebuttal.
I
hate
it
when
people
mix
legitimate
feelings
with
strawmen
and
paranoia.
Of
course,
if
they
did,
the
news
would
be
finished;)
Hokey masers and giant robots are no match for a good kaiju at your side, kid
Post #666: 5-24-03, 8:26 am (Hey, why not?)
Do you not believe in Thor, the Viking Thunder God? If not, then do you consider your state of disbelief in Thor to be a religion? Are you an AThorist?-Darth Wong on Atheism as a religion
You
CAN
write
more
than
one
word
per
line,
you
know.
Dumbass.
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--Whitman
Queeb Salaron wrote: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:
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