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Donald Ian Rankin

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32. What I can do is explain to people why I think they shouldn't.

Sat Jan 31, 2015, 09:31 AM

Jan 2015

I am absolutely not proposing banning petitions like this.

I am, however, advocating not signing them.

OK, let me be pretentiously preachy for a moment, because it's fun: I believe in three things:

1) The right to be wrong.
2) The duty not to be.
3) The sacrament of argument.

Ideally, I want to live in a world where everyone has a multitude of rights that they never exercise, but perfectly well could if they misguidedly chose to do so (the right to vote Tory leaps to mind).

Incidentally, "they're allowed to have that opinion" is a line that sets of alarm bells for me - it's absolutely true, but at first glance it looks as though it implies "that is a factually and/or ethically justified opinion for them to have", and that absolutely isn't a corollary.

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Cat Killer Gaming App on Kickstarter Must be Shut Down [View all] KamaAina Jan 2015 OP

There are thousands of games where humans die constantly AngryAmish Jan 2015 #1

No, they are. KamaAina Jan 2015 #2

Their position is the dumbest thing I heard this week. AngryAmish Jan 2015 #5

Please..I'm don't like any of these "games" but human adults can whathehell Jan 2015 #11

Is that an argument? AngryAmish Jan 2015 #15

----- whathehell Jan 2015 #18

Although I kill many, many Orcs every day, I have never killed a real one or anyone else. Shrike47 Jan 2015 #31

I understand, & I'm glad you think that the app is tasteless and to be discouraged. whathehell Jan 2015 #36

I'n not talking about the app. I haven't seen it so I don't know. kcr Jan 2015 #38

I see this argument more and more, and it bothers me kcr Jan 2015 #24

What argument?..That torture and murder of the weak & defenseless is particularly despicable? whathehell Jan 2015 #37

Cat defenseless... deaniac21 Jan 2015 #58

I don't think it's the violence/gore itself so much as the way it's seemingly played for laughs. nomorenomore08 Jan 2015 #19

Beheading is bad, let's ban Great Expectations.... AngryAmish Jan 2015 #21

A video game app is the same as Great Expectations? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jan 2015 #40

This thread is about a petition to shut down a work of art AngryAmish Jan 2015 #46

I was explaining why they feel that way. Not agreeing with them, necessarily. nomorenomore08 Jan 2015 #55

Didn't Comedy Central have a game that people could download that was all about MADem Jan 2015 #29

You were in an office and had various means of killing yourself. I think that was the one. nomorenomore08 Jan 2015 #54

Yes, that was it--I never downloaded it, but I remember the advertisements for it! nt MADem Jan 2015 #59

When you say cat killer madokie Jan 2015 #3

Uh, don't let this guy see "Frogger" Coventina Jan 2015 #4

For the win. aikoaiko Jan 2015 #35

Yipeee! I've never won the internets before!! Coventina Jan 2015 #47

..... Inkfreak Jan 2015 #39

I hope he doesn't get the funding he needs Terra Alta Jan 2015 #6

Animal abuse is appalling and often a precurser to human abuse. whathehell Jan 2015 #14

Disgusting. NuclearDem Jan 2015 #7

Why "must" it be shudown? VScott Jan 2015 #8

That. Is. The. Title. Of. The. Page. KamaAina Jan 2015 #9

My aplogies then. VScott Jan 2015 #10

Thank you for posting this nt LiberalElite Jan 2015 #12

signed Beringia Jan 2015 #13

Dahmer 1.0 Blue Owl Jan 2015 #16

Is this significantly worse than games such as "Call of Duty"? (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #17

And how many people take up military-grade weaponry and try to "conquer" their neighbors? nomorenomore08 Jan 2015 #20

Far more of the former than the latter. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #23

I didn't mean actual soldiers, I meant people with (violent) delusions of grandeur nomorenomore08 Jan 2015 #56

"conquer" their neighbors wingzeroday Jan 2015 #60

I was being tongue-in-cheek. Like as if "Call of Duty" would actually inspire real-life "conquests." nomorenomore08 Feb 2015 #63

Thank You. n/t whathehell Feb 2015 #64

No, censorship must be opposed. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #22

I have no intention of signing, but kcr Jan 2015 #25

That line only works on things that don't affect other people. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #28

It would be great if we could all float in a bubble where no one else's actions ever affect us kcr Jan 2015 #30

What I can do is explain to people why I think they shouldn't. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #32

"they're allowed to have that opinion" kcr Jan 2015 #34

"If you don't like this game, feel free not to play it." I agree with that, actually. nomorenomore08 Feb 2015 #62

Guess they never heard of Frogger CBGLuthier Jan 2015 #26

I hate to break this to you... jberryhill Jan 2015 #48

And in this game melman Jan 2015 #52

Well geez, you expect me to read the WHOLE OP? jberryhill Jan 2015 #53

They need to realize it is just pixels, not real cats (nt) LostOne4Ever Jan 2015 #27

Although it sounds unappealing (we are cat people), I can distinguish between real and virtual. Shrike47 Jan 2015 #33

Please elaborate jberryhill Jan 2015 #44

I respectfully disagree. Shoulders of Giants Jan 2015 #41

Frist going into biz with the car roof dog strapper. lonestarnot Jan 2015 #42

Looking over the death scenes... Lancero Jan 2015 #43

. jberryhill Jan 2015 #45

Thirty seconds that this thread stole that I will never get back. Katashi_itto Jan 2015 #49

They would be terrified of Goat Simulator Quackers Jan 2015 #50

Oh. I thought this was about Exploding Kittens LadyHawkAZ Jan 2015 #51

It's amazing how many people want to quell speech that they find objectionable. eom TransitJohn Jan 2015 #57

Hmm. davidthegnome Jan 2015 #61