tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9358477788394586162024-03-08T09:12:35.342-08:00Fight BackUnknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10487195496124251410noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-935847778839458616.post-20207485221280894192012-06-25T11:21:00.000-07:002012-06-25T11:21:10.372-07:00Video Games, Bad After All<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ESRB_Everyone.svg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="ESRB "Everyone" rating symbol, displ..." border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="300" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/ESRB_Everyone.svg/215px-ESRB_Everyone.svg.png" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="215" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 215px;">ESRB "Everyone" rating symbol, displayed on the packaging of computer and video games appropriate for audiences over the age of 6. Part of the ESRB Video Game Rating System. (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ESRB_Everyone.svg" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)</td></tr>
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First off, sorry to my one reader about the lack of posting
over the weekend. I was too busy being with my girlfriend and having a life
before she heads to a country in the Middle East. <br />
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You know why Palestinian terrorists and the Israeli army are so violent and
always killing each other? Video games. Before he was a war criminal, I hear
Ariel Sharon loved ColecoVision. Rumor has it that Abdel Khaleq Natche, the
highest ranking Hamas member held by Israel, was playing DDR when he was
captured. Video games are creating terrorists, and they are creating them in
our own backyard. Finally, somebody is stepping up and taking a stand against
the real menace to society.<br />
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Oklahoma, site of the second most catastrophic terrorist attack in the history
of the United States, has vowed "never again" by signing into
law the bill. Under the new law, it would become a felony to sell, rent or
display "inappropriate" <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/industry/Video_Games" rel="wikinvest" target="_blank" title="Video Games">video games</a> to minors. The law ignores the
already-existing <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.esrb.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Entertainment Software Rating Board">ESRB</a> age-appropriate rating system, and takes it upon itself
to judge what counts as inappropriate. What sort of game is a no-no? <o:p></o:p></div>
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What are the implications of banning games that fit this
criteria? Let's consider popular video games. Mario? Goodbye. I can't think of
any literary or scientific value there. Though, come to think of it, Dr. Mario
should be okay, as it's medical value got me through advanced biology (pills =
good, germs = bad). Plus, Mario's incredibly violent. Shame on you, Mario. The
blood of the goombas and the koopas is on your hands.<br />
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Final Fantasy is gone. Have you seen the size of Cloud's sword? Plus, That
Barrett looks like Mr. T, and Mr. T is a shady character who beats people up
along with pitying fools. Crash Bandicoot? Don't make me laugh. Spinning into
things haphazardly falls into the senseless violence category. Tetris? Those
blocks are flying into those other blocks pretty hard. Too violent for my
tastes. Plus, one of those peices, when rotated to the right angle, looks like
a gun. Oh, the horror!<br />
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I, for one, would like to thank Oklahoma. Video games have ruined my life. They
have taught me that violence is a laughing matter. I have been entirely
desensitized. I was a complete wreck. I spent most of my adolescence just
spinning along, collecting rings and rolling into whatever and whoever I
pleased. Hopefully this law will catch on, and nobody else will
have to live the nightmare I lived.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Least we think that America was built by the starched shirts and expensive
suits featured on FOX News and CNN.This documentary will help to remind us that
our freedoms and working conditions were not won by U.S. soldiers in foreign
lands but through the suffering and sweat of our fathers and grand fathers in
their struggle against commercial interests.<o:p></o:p></div>
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These are my heroes, there sacrifice, courage and fortitude
are worth of our respect and gratitude.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Directors: Barbara Kopple - Production Company: Cabin Creek
- Runtime 105 Minutes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Plot Synopsis: This film documents the coal miners'
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County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the
miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which
lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company
thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director
Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on
the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Link: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070707154809/http:/www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=H+a+r+l+a+n+++C+o+u+n+t+y+++USA&btnG=Google+Search&meta=">Google
links to this award winning film</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Author of article: Barbara Kopple - Production Company:
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Home Page of link: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070707154809/http:/www.informationclearinghouse.info/">ICH</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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posted by Neil Williams Originally appeared <a href="http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13730.htm">here</a><o:p></o:p></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10487195496124251410noreply@blogger.com0