Supreme Court Evaluating Game Sales to Minors

The DeliSauce* wrote:CAUSE I'M ALL FOR OBLIVION!!!

blivvy wrote:The majority of ppl on mw2(360 anyway) sound like they are about 8 years old.

blivvy wrote:Thank god u can mute their headsets. I prob wouldn't play mw2 If I couldn't XD.

Wonko the Sane wrote:There was a story I heard recently of a young child who, one minute was just sitting watching tv with his dad and the next he went and found his dad's gun, returned to the tv room and shot him. Called 911: "I just shot my dad."

Now, obviously his dad's a moron for not locking that thing up, or even having a gun in the house in the first place. But, still, you have to stop and think... what made that kid think it was okay to go pick that gun up in the first place? What made him think he could point it at another person and it'd be fun? What made him think pulling the trigger wouldn't be a decision that'd change his life and end someone else's... dammit!!! Where's the fcking reset button!!?!

Seriously, think about that.

Video games? Bad parenting? Society?

Wonko the Sane wrote:There was a story I heard recently of a young child who, one minute was just sitting watching tv with his dad and the next he went and found his dad's gun, returned to the tv room and shot him. Called 911: "I just shot my dad."

Now, obviously his dad's a moron for not locking that thing up, or even having a gun in the house in the first place. But, still, you have to stop and think... what made that kid think it was okay to go pick that gun up in the first place? What made him think he could point it at another person and it'd be fun? What made him think pulling the trigger wouldn't be a decision that'd change his life and end someone else's... dammit!!! Where's the fcking reset button!!?!

Seriously, think about that.

Video games? Bad parenting? Society?

Loki wrote:

blivvy wrote:The majority of ppl on mw2(360 anyway) sound like they are about 8 years old.

Theicecreaman wrote:I'm just going to lock this topic before we get into a discussion about how stupid Americans are about the emotions of pride and comfort.

The entire world is against nuclear weapons and the US STILL has the most weapons. I am very pleased to see the president make such a wise decision as to renew the START treaty of the 90's (which was an excellent treaty by Clinton). I don't base topics such as these or my censorship by my ideals: I base it upon modern human nature. What do you care about more: A person's image or the suffering of hundreds of people? Do you think the hypothetical 5 dollars you want to send to Haiti, which could help maybe 10-15 people, magically "fly" over to there? No. Somebody with power and influence has to appropriate the funds accordingly.

And terrorists don't magically learn a concept implemented about what...70 years ago was? 65? Any 4-year chemical engineering degree could cook up something capable of killing thousands of people. The sad truth is that all the "inconveniences" you face are really what protects us from what are foreign policy goals have made us. I agree that foreign policy isn't that great, and so does the president, but the sharp differences in political opinion between the military, politicians, the janitors in your school, your dentist, etc. all influence politics into what it is today.

@the school time thing: Yeah... I don't know where the hell you read that but the power of school hours rest with the local government rather than the federal government. Unlike the UK where some people live from this forum (jack, loki, etc) where the power is with the parliment. If you stop complaining about the free education you receive which GAVE you the power to thing for yourself then maybe you'd respect it more.

@health care: Yeah... health care has been shitty here since WAAAY before you or anybody here was born. It has been impossible to get a check up for a long time man... presidents have been trying to fix this for a long-ass time (Clinton). But then again comes the argument: people who actually WANTED for the health care to stay the same had been making sure it didn't change. Finally, change is a'coming and things are getting much and much easier.

And btw, about the comment of racism: if I hear the word "racist" on this forum again, whether it be as an insult or comment, I will delete it.
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Cap'nJackSparrow wrote:Also, a lot of the parent's are to blame. The number of times I've walked into game to see 10 year olds trying to buy Halo, or the 7 year old who doesn't want The Sims, but does want Fallout 3, and whose parents are willing to let him. That ought to be punishable.

Theicecreaman wrote:...and it is safe to sell games to minors who have parents or older acquantences present.

Loki wrote:Maybe he is just plain racist?

The DeliSauce* wrote:three words, i'm, not, and racist.