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Stephen King's Opinion on Video Game Violence
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04-06-2008, 07:49 AM
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Stephen King's Opinion on Video Game Violence
For those of you that don't know who Stephen King is, he's a well known horror author. His works have been made into movies, comics etc.
This is what he said about video game violence: Stephen King Wrote:What really makes me insane is how eager politicians are to use the pop culture — not just videogames but TV, movies, even Harry Potter — as a whipping boy. It's easy for them, even sort of fun, because the pop-cult always hollers nice and loud. Also, it allows legislators to ignore the elephants in the living room. Elephant One is the ever-deepening divide between the haves and have-nots in this country, a situation guys like Fiddy and Snoop have been indirectly rapping about for years. Elephant Two is America's almost pathological love of guns. It was too easy for critics to claim — falsely, it turned out — that Cho Seung-Hui (the Virginia Tech killer) was a fan of Counter-Strike; I just wish to God that legislators were as eager to point out that this nutball had no problem obtaining a 9mm semiautomatic handgun. Cho used it in a rampage that resulted in the murder of 32 people. If he'd been stuck with nothing but a plastic videogame gun, he wouldn't even have been able to kill himself. That's just a segment of what he said, to read the rest go here. He made a great point IMO. Especially in the last part of that quote. Counter Strike 300 Read The Forum Rules Pwnem Veteran <- This explains what it is and how to become one. |
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04-06-2008, 08:05 AM
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RE: Stephen King's Opinion on Video Game Violence
Very good point there, points to Mr. King
Wealth and fame, he's ignored, action is his reward...
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04-06-2008, 09:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-06-2008 09:53 PM by SnakeTheFox.)
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RE: Stephen King's Opinion on Video Game Violence
GaMeR Wrote:a 9mm semiautomatic handgun. He used a .22 caliber Walther P22, AND the 9mm Glock. Also, he killed 33 people, not 32. ANYHOW. I think the REAL issue here is that he used a shitty Glock, AMIRITE OR AMIRITE? Seriously. Those things might as well be plastic toys, f**king PoS Glock shit. They're known to explode when jammed. Honestly. Colt > Glock. How many Nazi's did Glocks kill? ![]() http://getoutofherestalker.blogspot.com/ |
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