He played basketball- quick, mobilize the christians to ban basketball, the new pasttime of Satan.
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He played basketball- quick, mobilize the christians to ban basketball, the new pasttime of Satan.
LOL more video game blame
http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/04/16...ech-shootings/
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On the heels of Jack Thompson’s rush to blame video games in the wake of the tragedy at Virginia Tech, Dr. Phil has chimed in with support for this theory. Speaking on Larry King Live tonight, Dr. Phil had this to say on the issue,
“The problem is we are programming these people as a society. You cannot tell me - common sense tells you - that if these people are playing video games where they’re on a mass killing spree in a video game, it’s glamorized on the big screen, it’s become part of the fiber of our society. You take that and mix it with a psychopath, a sociopath, or someone suffering from mental illness, add in a dose of rage, the suggestability is just too high. And we’re going to have to start dealing with that. We’re going to have to start addressing those issues and recognizing that the mass murderers of tomorrow are the children of today that are being programmed with this massive violence overdose.”
At the time of this writing, the identity of the shooter (or possibly shooters) has not been released. So Dr. Phil’s suggestions are not based on credible, or any, specific information about this particular shooting. At least he lumped in movies while throwing out baseless and pre-mature conclusions.
We are just hearing the beginning of what will certainly be many people placing the blame for this tragedy on video games and the mass media culture.
I agree totally. There's more of this shorthand "look I'm doing something" shit going on than actual discussion. It really, really bothers me that this is how people instantly respond to traumatic situations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr-K
Whoa! When did this happen?
Yesterday.
I went to Va. Tech when I was 11 for a science fair. Their mascot's a turkey. They call it a Hokie, but it's really just a turkey.
Wrong. It's a castrated turkey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc Holliday
We need to crack down on rich kids and charlatans.
Oooo suicide note by an English Major! Can't wait for the internets to get a hold of that.
And copy edit it!