joking?Bags159 said:
quite a few of us came to the same logical conclusion.
so yes i stand by my statement.
nothing of "value" was lost =]
Norwegian Retailers Get Rid Of Games After Attacks
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quite a few of us came to the same logical conclusion.
so yes i stand by my statement.
nothing of "value" was lost =]
No, talk of gun control or stopping people from going to gun ranges to practice shoot, as he did, but get the games, yeah that will do it.
I say keep the games on the shelf and the dumb idea that COD MW makes you better at shooting real guns, so these kind of nut bangs get lower death tolls than if they had spent their time joining gun clubs or the military. Harness the dumbness....
I say keep the games on the shelf and the dumb idea that COD MW makes you better at shooting real guns, so these kind of nut bangs get lower death tolls than if they had spent their time joining gun clubs or the military. Harness the dumbness....
Well most people own it by now already though.
What if the murderer said that pencils where a key component in his ability to do what he did, should pencils be taken away out of sympathy? No because that would be stupid to punish an innocent business like Activision ( yes in this case they are innocent) is simply wrong.Samurai Silhouette said:
It's strange to see the words "Activision" and "innocent" together.spectrenihlus said:
OT: While I disslike them doing this out of principle (what the killer wants etc.), I would probably care more if it wasn't a department store and a record store.
I am glad that this is a purely a voluntary decision on the part of the retailers but it still shows that the populace thinks gaming leads to disasters such as these which studies time and time again show that they don't.Snordraken said:
The pencil tool itself has zero persuasive value. It does not depict any sort of violence, nor is it considered a lethal weapon. Now the material a person can create with that pencil however holds that power. It's the art (in this case, the games) that I'm referring to.spectrenihlus said:
I'd disagree if it was a permanent take down, but this is just a sensitivity issue. You think an up-to-date Norwegian parent would be thrilled to see their child walk in the door with one of those games on the list just after the incident? Some might even pubically rally to ban the games all together, and we know what happens when games end up in the news in a negative light. Take them down for a while and let the shitstorm settle. Then after everyone has gone back to their normal lives and figure it really wasn't the games that really influenced this, put it back on the shelves. Probably the best choice of action for everyone involved. What's happening to the games is what I believe to be collateral damage.
Oh i dunno I could pretty severe damage with a sharpened pencil. If the games where not the problem in the first place then they shouldn't have been taken away by doing this act the retailers have enforced the belief that games cause these tragedies, this only hurts our position.Samurai Silhouette said:
I saw that argument coming, it's why I said "considered a lethal weapon". I was indirectly referring to actual weapons.spectrenihlus said:
I honestly don't believe the retail stores want to take the games off their shelves. The people making those decisions are more than likely gamers like you and me. They probably believe it's best for their business and the game industry as a whole. "Out of sight, out of mind." I'm sure they don't want to see games being taken off the map. Who has the clairvoyance to know the consequences of these decisions? Our response to what's probably their best intentions makes the gaming community look like insensitive pricks. That doesn't help our image any either.
It's not insensitive when you know that these games had absolutely nothing to do with the murder's actions.Samurai Silhouette said:
Convince the hundreds, if not thousands of people in that country who were affected by the incident into your views. They're probably more incorrigible than you are about the issue due to the fact that this nut job directly said they were his "training simulators". What's the problem of trying to minimize unfortunate collateral damage by granting people a little sense of grace?spectrenihlus said:
That's the point he is insane what he says has little to no basis in reality.Samurai Silhouette said:
teh_Canape said:
It's not even realistic. What, I suppose most counter terrorism ops have everyone running around an area with a "buy" limit, and a piece of C4 with the SAME DISARM CODE EVERY SINGLE TIME. It has guns, so why aren't they banning every single WW2 game as well?
sigh
Restrictions are exactly what he wants
thy should go after the church as well since Breivik considered himself a Templar defending Norway from Islamic invasion
Restrictions are exactly what he wants
thy should go after the church as well since Breivik considered himself a Templar defending Norway from Islamic invasion
WoW AND CoD.....
BAHAHAHAHA.
On a serious note, bit of a shame video retailers are doing it, but if it helps in the slightest way for those who lost people to move on and all that jazz, then I guess its for a good cause, even for only a week+
BAHAHAHAHA.
On a serious note, bit of a shame video retailers are doing it, but if it helps in the slightest way for those who lost people to move on and all that jazz, then I guess its for a good cause, even for only a week+