KD in CA Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Take your best shot (at JFK)..... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6549265/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 I am not usually this type of person... But, isn't this game "dangerous?" We are talking about taking "pop shots" at a president (yes, former) of the US? I really don't like the direction this society is headed. Is it acceptable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 It is a British company that makes it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 It is a British company that makes it! 128347[/snapback] Can we make a game where we get to chop off Ann Boleyn's head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Can we make a game where we get to chop off Ann Boleyn's head? 128350[/snapback] That ho! Non-sequitor: "Lee Harvey! When you and your friends stole that cow... And tried to "make" it with it!... I WANT TO PARTY WITH YOU!" Excuse me, I just wanted to say that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 I think we've had enough video and computer re-creations that it wouldn't warrant yet another, only adding in that you can now shoot the President. The entire concept of this "game" is sickening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 This is how far we have fallen- a game where you try to kill the president. This country is just a bunch of spoiled, selfish little brats, who believe they are fre and entitled to anything they want. I'd like to see how many people have the guts to do all the garbage they do if their Constitutional PRIVILEDGES were suspended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 I'd like to see how many people have the guts to do all the garbage they do if their Constitutional PRIVILEDGES were suspended. 128456[/snapback] Well, we've got people who are working on that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Well, we've got people who are working on that.... 128465[/snapback] I sure hope so- I'm tired of what I've been seeing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 I sure hope so- I'm tired of what I've been seeing 128477[/snapback] We really need a sarcasm button.... The market (or rather lack thereof) will hopefully put this crap out of commission before it starts. And the creators lose their jobs b/c it doesn't sell and the negative publicity. I don't think we need the government to be dictating what we watch, etc. Before you know it, that TV screen will be two-way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 We really need a sarcasm button.... The market (or rather lack thereof) will hopefully put this crap out of commission before it starts. And the creators lose their jobs b/c it doesn't sell and the negative publicity. I don't think we need the government to be dictating what we watch, etc. Before you know it, that TV screen will be two-way. 128508[/snapback] Not what I'm talking about- I'm tired of seeing people abuse their freedom- or what they perceive to be included as such Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 I'd like to see how many people have the guts to do all the garbage they do if their Constitutional PRIVILEDGES were suspended. 128456[/snapback] Rather than try suspending the Constitution here, because frankly, some dumb video game scares me a little less than suspending the Constitution, maybe you could find a nice place without such privileges (Saudi Arabia perhaps), and settle down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_BiB_ Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 It seems that in general, many of the people who are the most vocal about their "rights" are those who are not, and would not place themselves in a position to risk anything for them. Makes it easy to stand on the soapbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Not what I'm talking about- I'm tired of seeing people abuse their freedom- or what they perceive to be included as such 128513[/snapback] Oh, those pesky Framers who included the language "certain inalienable rights" that were further defined in the BoR.... And that pesky stuff about prior restraint too.... Freedom is something our gov't, at any contemporary time, chooses to give us? Gov't needs the people's permission to operate. Not the other way around. Way to hijack a thread about a single POS video game to broaden the scope to the fundamental nature of gov't. Again, the market will take care of this really bad idea. Actually, that's how most bad ideas get rooted out. Likewise, if the MAJORITY OF people want to buy it after quasi-govt/oversight agencies put ratings on them, I guess that makes it morally acceptable in our democracy. Doesn't mean I'll buy it but if other people want to, who am I to stop them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark VI Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 I can hardly wait to see the simulated path of the magic bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsNYC Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Probably not much outcry over this...imagine if they did it with Martin Luther King? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Oh, those pesky Framers who included the language "certain inalienable rights" that were further defined in the BoR.... And that pesky stuff about prior restraint too.... Freedom is something our gov't, at any contemporary time, chooses to give us? Gov't needs the people's permission to operate. Not the other way around. Way to hijack a thread about a single POS video game to broaden the scope to the fundamental nature of gov't. Again, the market will take care of this really bad idea. Actually, that's how most bad ideas get rooted out. Likewise, if the MAJORITY OF people want to buy it after quasi-govt/oversight agencies put ratings on them, I guess that makes it morally acceptable in our democracy. Doesn't mean I'll buy it but if other people want to, who am I to stop them? 128599[/snapback] I'm not just talking about the game- and I'm sure those pesky framers didnt live in or were able to imagine that we'd develop into such a warped society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 I'm not just talking about the game- and I'm sure those pesky framers didnt live in or were able to imagine that we'd develop into such a warped society. 128654[/snapback] Killing women and children was commonplace in their day. As was whoring, gambling, and extra-marital sex. I don't think the Founding Fathers would be so shocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailog80 Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Forty one years ago today right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Not what I'm talking about- I'm tired of seeing people abuse their freedom- or what they perceive to be included as such 128513[/snapback] People who abuse their freedom should be killed. Can we start with people who abuse their freedom of worship by shoving their fairy tales down our throats? That would be so kewl. Seriously, JFK was my boyhood hero and this thing makes be simply sick. Problem is, you just can't draw a law sharp enough to keep the good irreverent parody and black humor and get rid of the bad. The lines are too fine on the margins. The best thing to do is denounce it and all who would buy it. Make it not cool to have the game and no one will want it. Besides, isn't that the problem, not that there are idiots who would make such a game but that there are idiots who would buy it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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