Some of you people are complete fools. He's one hundred percent correct. For those of you wondering how being inundated with entertainment in all of its many forms is a danger to a democracy; keep in mind that it is the voting populace (The electorate.) that chooses its leaders. If a good chunk of the electorate is composed of slack-jawed morons, those said morons will have a direct impact on the quality of the leaders. There was a study which I need to go dig up that found that 70% of the electorate in the U.S. basically had no clue what was going on, and made voting decisions on a whim rather than by deliberating on a given issue. I think this thread just goes to show us all that a politician should never tell the truth because they will only be rewarded with hate.
Barack Obama said something unflattering about video games.
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Personally, I think that people would have voted for Obama anyway. After Bush, most people wouldn't dare vote for another republican. The black thing didn't hurt, though.cousinletsgobowling said:
OT: Is there anything not true about what he said? I can't tell you how many times I've not done my homework so that I an do something on the internet. He wasn't saying "Video games are ruining the country" he said "Get your kid off the god damned XBox and make him do his homework"
Simulord, what the heck is that on your shoulder in the avatar? Is that a ferret?SimuLord said:If the Republicans put up a Tea Party-type candidate, I'll just stay home. I have the right to vote. I also have the right NOT to vote if my only choices are between a shit sandwich and a kick in the head.spinFX said:Please don'tSimuLord said:Just look at the way Republicans are voting on financial reform. They have sold out to the lobbyists 100%. Look at how they voted on the "anti-rape" bill. Look at how they lie about financial reform being another bailout bill for the banks (in fact the banks would pay into a fund to bail themselves out). Look at how they lied that the public option would have increased debt instead of reducing it.
Really you have no one good to vote for, but unfortunately Obama/Democrats are still the lesser of 2 evils.
You should see how shit for choice we are in Australia. I can choose between a 50% rightwing position or a 45% rightwing position.
YAY FOR DEMOCRACY!
We have no viable third party choice in America, and the two parties we do have are just as bad as the one-party states elsewhere in the world. They strangle out and choke off real change and improvement in the name of letting the people "choose" how they will be exploited and treated like lambs to the slaughter.
Personally, I favor turning Washington, DC into a smoking, radioactive crater and starting over. I've been to DC. I like the place better in Fallout 3. Super Mutants would be preferable to politicians.
Okay, I can kind of see where he's coming from.
But really, are the video games of today that bad? I mean, look at movies and books. They're the same thing, just different forms. In fact, I would argue that video games are BETTER for you, because they require interaction and thought. And yet, here we go again. This just adds further proof to my theory. The adults of this world don't like it, so they damn well are going to find a moral or scientific way to prove themselves right.
But really, are the video games of today that bad? I mean, look at movies and books. They're the same thing, just different forms. In fact, I would argue that video games are BETTER for you, because they require interaction and thought. And yet, here we go again. This just adds further proof to my theory. The adults of this world don't like it, so they damn well are going to find a moral or scientific way to prove themselves right.
really if the man wants to try and keep our kids from being fat assed shut in's then i have no problem with that.
He's actually talking about all entertainment in general he's not singling out videogames in his remarks.Warvamp said:
Eh I didn't see a difference in the 2.LordNue said:
Honestly I don't think this means to much, you probably had politician yelling that TV was going to ruin the country, what they should just say is that anything that isn't a non-fiction book is a waste of time, because as far as i am concerned weather it be TV/games/fiction, it's all entertainment.
Yes, I understand that. I was the one singling out videogames, because I don't care about the other stuff he mentioned. My theory is still applicable. I don't see why one can't indulge in entertainment AND be an accomplished American. My dad plays computer games from 8pm to midnight, and he's forking in enough money to keep my lifestlye going.shadow skill said:
I've said some unflattering things about him, so it all evens out.
Also:
"Obama, the United States' first African-American president, said black students face more difficult headwinds than others and are typically outperformed by their white classmates."
I'd like to take the time and say "no shit, really?" I really love how journalists always assume the reader has been under a rock for their entire life.
Also:
"Obama, the United States' first African-American president, said black students face more difficult headwinds than others and are typically outperformed by their white classmates."
I'd like to take the time and say "no shit, really?" I really love how journalists always assume the reader has been under a rock for their entire life.
Ah... couldn't make it out at first, my monitor was tilted and the lighting is poor. Little guy had me stumped. Just remember, those things carried the plague. See, next time you go vote, take him with you and have him cast the ballot, er punch the button. That way you'll have a rat voting for a rat.SimuLord said:
Sadly, he passed away in 2008. Only thing I don't like about rats as pets is that they're so short-lived (2-3 yrs on average).bilkobob said:
As for the plague, that was the Black Rat (Rattus rattus), not the Brown Rat (R. norvegicus) that carried the plague throughout Europe. Pet rats are domesticated versions of the wild Brown Rat. You've got a better chance of catching the plague from a California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi) than from a sewer rat.
Study like hell to get into university. Study like hell whilst working in a labor intensive job to get through university. Apply, apply, apply to get a job. Work, work, work so that the rich can reap the benefits whilst screwing the economy for the working class. Retire, die a year later. No distractions!
Well, if he's trying to stay young people should put their education before video games, I have to agree. But I don't see how listening to music on your iPod is a harmful distraction. Many a paper I would not have been able to write without Pendulum blasting in the background. Of course, he's the president, so he has better things to do with his time than listen to an iPod or play games, but he's obviously quite ignorant on the subject of entertainment electronics in general.
I'm of the opinion that no one should form an opinion on something without having experienced it themselves--watching another person's experience doesn't count.
I'm of the opinion that no one should form an opinion on something without having experienced it themselves--watching another person's experience doesn't count.