Archive for the ‘responsibility’ Category

Stupidity and consequences

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

I bet most people have been in a situation like this: you warn a friend or relative not to do something, because it will have bad consequences. That person ignores you and does it anyway. And then you do something to protect that person from those bad consequences – maybe even sacrificing yourself so it is you who suffers them.

And you probably believe that makes you a good, caring friend.

Here’s some news: by doing that, you are only harming that person in the long run. And believe me, I’ve committed that error myself. But I try not to, any more.

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A piece of rare sanity

Friday, August 12th, 2005

Apparently, a jury in Alabama, U.S., was somehow sane and didn’t buy into a cop killer’s “video games made me do it!” excuse.

But a certain ambulance-chasing parasite still plans to steal money from the entertainment industry while perpetuating a world in which no teenager or parent is responsible for their actions. Oh, and a world where rendered violence is worse than real thing, and a pixelated nipple is worse than the Apocalypse.

It amazes me that gaming companies feel so threatened by the current state of affairs that they don’t do the right thing: sue that bastard into oblivion for libel and extortion. Aren’t they aware that, unless they do something about it (and no, putting an end to mature games and thus restricting the media to young children isn’t the right idea), the extortion attempts will not only continue but increase?

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Violence, video games and personal responsibility

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

If you don’t think that this site is one of the most disgusting things you’ve ever seen, then forgive me for being blunt, but you have a problem.

For the last couple of decades, the media, sleazy lawyers (redundant, I know) and opportunistic politicians (there I go again…) have been, from time to time, creating media circuses because computer and video games are corrupting our children with gratuitous violence, blood, gore, disrespect for authority and, worst of all, nudity! That no scientific study (and there have been several) has ever linked real life violence with computer games is of no interest to these parasites – it is an opportunity to get richer (to a lawyer like the vermin above) and an opportunity to be seen as “protecting children” and “fighting for family values” (just check out Hillary Clinton, whom I had nothing against until now).

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