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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:01 PM Original message |
Video games under threat |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. nothing would upset the status quo more |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. "a nation of hungry, restless, angry, economic slaves" |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. thanks |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 07:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
86. That describes me to a T!! |
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ConfuZed (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. I cannot stand the Bush's and Clinton's (except chelsea and roger) n/t |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. really you shouldn't put those names in the same sentence. |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. My 11 year old grandson came for a visit |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I don't blame you |
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ConfuZed (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Would you show your children videos of people being beheaded? |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I agree with you totally |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. LOL |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. For the record I have met |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yeah |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 06:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. so you were ahead of the curve |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 07:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. OK |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 07:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Agreed those kids need help |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 07:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I agree |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 01:01 AM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Another of societies ills |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. yeah and all that nudity in the sistine chapel too |
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_testify_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 06:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. are you kidding? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 12:21 AM Response to Reply #26 |
48. THANK you. |
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dissent1977 (795 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-05 01:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
91. Yes, I think if Americans saw the violent media coming out of Japan... |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 07:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. graphic violence and crime == R rating; explicit sex == X rating |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 07:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. My stepfather used to tell us |
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dissent1977 (795 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-05 01:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
90. Have you ever played GTA? |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Didn't you teach your kids |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ok let me put my game designer hat on |
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wli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. given up hope |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. I am for this. Why not label and keep sexual games away from kids |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. they ARE labelled. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Yes you are correct |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. It needs enforcement and not banning |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. that is why we need laws |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 07:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. The words in songs are just not as powerful to little 13 year old guys |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. yes, you're right |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 07:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. So are cigarettes. But do you want a 16 year old to deciding to be a |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. anyone selling cigs to 16 year olds |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 12:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
49. THANK YOU! |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 07:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. News flash |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 07:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Great! Regulate them for adults. Same as videos or alcohol or smokes or |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 07:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Why? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. So kids cannot get around their parents. And go and get addicted |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Yet |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 12:17 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Nobody is saying that. Just regulate the dam things heavily and make |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 12:46 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Sheesh |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 12:56 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. The problem is not in the addiction of the games. But in the aggression |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 01:03 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Dang |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 01:13 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. This is like talking to the NRA. Be honest? Are you a representative |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 01:36 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. I'll be honest, |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Fourth the Industry is unable to regulate itself? MY ASS! They just |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. I have seen kids here walk away from stores |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 10:05 AM Response to Reply #57 |
66. how about some evidence? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 03:49 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. No - Hillary was very specific. Predatory games with sex thrown in |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. imagine is the key word |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. So no censoring of products for adults - even when they are aimed |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. huh? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 05:20 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. And by ratings - you mean that there should be no live sex acts or |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Game ratings should mimic... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Anybody who has been around gamers long enough |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 04:31 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. yep, and that can happen |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-05 12:35 AM Response to Reply #79 |
88. Point is it does happen |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Sex addiction? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Little guys are sex fiends already. What the experts are saying is |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. LOL |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. No - you teach your kids that sex is normal and a private & personal |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-05 01:37 AM Response to Reply #80 |
89. Morons |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 01:29 AM Response to Reply #52 |
61. wow, lots of assumptions there |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. So do we need more than naturally occur? Forget the pedophiles - |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
51. "regulation" does not equate to "ban" |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 12:59 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Sex in videos games that have as an audience little kids. Yes - ban |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 01:13 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Hey, some of us like sex with our violence |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 01:15 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I very happy for you. That doesn't mean you get to influence kids. |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 01:26 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. some people |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 01:45 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. That doesn't mean you get to take anything away from me to 'protect' them |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 01:57 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. M are allowed into stores |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 04:30 AM Response to Reply #53 |
65. why not increase the age limit for such games? |
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Stirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. *edited* because this is such a non-issue and Hillary is a |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. Um, seriously, don't we have much bigger problems than this? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 06:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Not to HolyJoe and Hillary. |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Yes |
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Payne (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. This whole thing is BS |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 06:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. yes. Half-Life II and many others even comes with a warning |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. Get A Grip |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 07:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Yup |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-05 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
44. Why should adults... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
55. My son doesn't play video games |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
70. Banned? Do you keep Reynolds in quantity? |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
75. I could give two shits about what video games some teenager |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
77. It's a basic question... |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-05 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
85. I think the gaming community will be fine, |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-05 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
87. Its just a little fringe issue. |
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