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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 01:53 PM Original message |
Video games are what caused the Virginia Tech shooting! |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Would You Accept That TV or Movies May Have Played A Part? |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Then with all the video games I play, I should be a serial killer by now |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. That is not good logic. The fact that video games might contribute to a culture |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Really---can you now... |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 10:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. Your strawman argument, not mine. I will make my own arguments thank you very much. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Yeah maybe I should stop playing F.E.A.R. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Would you accept that literature may have played a part? |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. At least they're not blaming the violence on TV anymore |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Or Comic Books |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. in a few years it will be the gardening fanatics of global warming. nt |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Yes, it's always better to find an easy excuse |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yeah those are believable experts... |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think the case can be made that video games might contribute to the culture of violence. |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I understand what you are saying... |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Go look at Japan |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. I would say that violent video games are a reflection of a violent culture, |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Yeah that too. One doesn't rule out the other. |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I blame poetry. |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. hahah, Doom led to mass shootings in Germany? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Last month, I heard GM foods caused school shootings. |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Do GM food pollinate or ovulate? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Note the take on Lieberman's "Murder simulator" quote. |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Games such as this one? |
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drbtg1 (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Actually, you can yell "fire" in a crowded theater... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Thank you for spouting every right-wing psycho talking point about games. |
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firefox_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. And the guy being a loner. |
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murloc (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. There are no simple answers |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. Super Mario Bros made me want to stomp on mushrooms. n/t |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. No, it made me want to EAT mushrooms... |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. good graphics |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Great graphics! I wonder what happened in the early 80's that |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Answer. |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Release of pong on home game systems... |
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chefgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. You beat me to it Reverend! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. They'll have to find another boogeyman. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Stop making sense!!!! |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
34. I wonder what those people have to say about the killing of 16 people at a school in the 1960s. |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Pinball. ;^) n/t |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-17-07 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
40. He was an English major |
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