Yes, very good.quad9damageMarch 2 2006, 16:50:55 UTC
Movies aren't legislated. Books aren't legislated. Music isn't legislated.
Why are video games always getting singled out has having the most corrupting influence? I can pick up a copy of "Nightstalker" or Stephen King's "IT" and read vivid descriptions of things far, far worse than anything I've ever experienced while playing a game. It's ridiculous that we have to put up with this kind of thing for ONE form of media, and I'm glad that yet another bill has been shot down.
Re: Yes, very good.catch_33March 2 2006, 16:58:16 UTC
Why? The media needs a target, and we're it. If Hot Coffee hadn't gotten so much exposure, all the events that have transpired so far would most likely never have happened. We wouldn't see very many bogus game bills. We wouldn't know who Keith Vaz is. And we certainly wouldn't be seeing so much activity from Jack Thompson. Sure, he might still be up to crazy antics, but not to the degree they're at now.
Re: Yes, very good.sir_bisselMarch 2 2006, 17:02:58 UTC
Kind of.
We ourselves probably won't, because we'll hopefully remember this and it'll have shaped us to understand that we should look a bit further into things. Maybe a few of us won't, but the majority of us should.
No, it'll be a different type of person that'll restart the cycle. Probably the people that, right now, play video games occasionally but have no idea that any of this is going on, and really don't care one way or the other.
Re: Yes, very good.catch_33March 2 2006, 17:17:55 UTC
Sadly, every form of entertainment that has come about so far has had it's own Jack Thompson. However, our generation will be better equipped to deal with the next one.
Re: Yes, very good.catch_33March 2 2006, 17:53:32 UTC
Couldn't say. But JT is the latest in a long line of people who have been adamently, and foolishly, against the latest form of entertainment. There's no real rhyme or reason to their ways. They act up more when it's getting them attention though. JT is a prime example. Had any gamers heard of him before Hot Coffee? Not many. And he didn't have anything to do with it either. He just popped up and never went away, because he was getting attention. Would he hates games if he was never on CNN? Yes. But he wouldn't have gotten as crazy as he is right now. I guarantee it.
Re: Yes, very good.jaykaosMarch 2 2006, 18:15:35 UTC
The whole anti-game thing is probably the best publicity he's gotten in a while- when I was telling my mother about him for the first time, I mentioned he'd run against Janet Reno and she was like "Oh man...it's THAT guy?!" and just started laughing.
Why are video games always getting singled out has having the most corrupting influence? I can pick up a copy of "Nightstalker" or Stephen King's "IT" and read vivid descriptions of things far, far worse than anything I've ever experienced while playing a game. It's ridiculous that we have to put up with this kind of thing for ONE form of media, and I'm glad that yet another bill has been shot down.
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We ourselves probably won't, because we'll hopefully remember this and it'll have shaped us to understand that we should look a bit further into things. Maybe a few of us won't, but the majority of us should.
No, it'll be a different type of person that'll restart the cycle. Probably the people that, right now, play video games occasionally but have no idea that any of this is going on, and really don't care one way or the other.
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As in, I wonder if he was outraged that they had, didn't care, or was glad they did. I'm almost willing to bet he wasn't glad they did, oddly.
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Would that count as irony?
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