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 Post subject: Video Games are Deadly
PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:07 am 
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:52 am 
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:01 am 
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Stupidity is deadly. Charging a video game for a death is like charging the gun for a murder... t t t

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Pfffff, not a true gamer if he can't even survive a 50 hour session... :P
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Hehe, playing Starcraft for 50 hours might do that for you...

However, I read this kind of article regularly. People in other countries die in their cars, people in Korea die in cybercafes playing Starcraft.

Guess which deaths are publicized more widely?

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Let's see how long it takes for Congressmen and Senators to start trying to pass laws. :roll: /bangs head against wall.

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Let's see how long it takes for Congressmen and Senators to start trying to pass laws. :roll: /bangs head against wall.
Now, now, Talon, don't start! You're running for pres, you should set a good example! :P

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I used a public internet cafe in London and it was one of the most foul smelling places I have ever been in... and I worked at a slaugterhouse and a tannery.

Can't imagine what that place smells like with people going 3 days without a bath.

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tobiasds wrote:
I used a public internet cafe in London and it was one of the most foul smelling places I have ever been in... and I worked at a slaugterhouse and a tannery.

Can't imagine what that place smells like with people going 3 days without a bath.


Hmmmm, I smell business opportunity. Internet cafe loaded with online games, with pay showers in the back, and maybe some rental cots/rooms. :D

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nah gotta get the rigs on a telescoping arm so they can shift it over to the shower stand and type and play at the sametime...might be good to get the rigs water proofed too...

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dbakke wrote:
I got one word...Darwinism.


Exactly...which brings us to the issue of warning labels...

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Great! One less korean money farmer ;)

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Dragon Fire wrote:
dbakke wrote:
I got one word...Darwinism.


Exactly...which brings us to the issue of warning labels...


My question is, why are companies that produce a inanimate object penalized a portion of their profits to print warning labels, on account of stupid people who aren't smart enough to know how NOT to use something?

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Talon1977 wrote:
My question is, why are companies that produce a inanimate object penalized a portion of their profits to print warning labels, on account of stupid people who aren't smart enough to know how NOT to use something?

Please, let's not get started on the subject with a society that tends to try to not be held accountable for their actions. (or the new amercian dream as I call it. Sue your way to wealth).

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Pre tort reform I agree with Arindel...post tort reform (hopefully it happens this century) I agree with Talon. Frivolous lawsuits (including many types of class action lawsuits) are a huge drain on our resources ....

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