Considering I brought it up in the first place, yes I have considered the effects of my electricity use on the environment. As for your third line, getting the impression that it was an anti-gaming article because of one person's writing in ridiculous. The boy is dead, considering the circumstances, I think the CBC kept a cool head when talking about the game. And for the record, I am not anti-gaming, I do love games, (Clearly, or I wouldn't be here) but I think it would be pretty fair to say that you need a balanced lifestyle, which this show thought as well, and was shocked to encounter the very unbalanced lifestyles of these gamers. Even in WORLD OF WARCRAFT of all games, it says "Remember to take all things in moderation, even World of Warcraft!" Many people ignore that loading screen message. Many people don't take COD4 and Halo in moderation either. If this show was attacking anything, it was attacking the hardcore, never stop playing gamer who certainly does not have a balanced life. Then everyone starts saying it's the zenith of evil. And just to touch on your last line again, what the hell is that about, it's no better than "Your gay." "No, YOUR GAY!" And it isn't could, electricty consumption DOES increase demand on coal fired power plants, and your use during peak hours (4-7) have an impact on how much is burned. As for "there's this thing called choice, I might just make different ones than you" is that referring to gaming habits? If so I don't care what your choices are, but when they effect other people, those choices are open for judgement. Twelve hours of gaming a day uses a HUGE amount of electricity, and will add, however much it may be, to the droughts and general water crisis which will start happening in the third world, where many people probably haven't even heard of video games and will not have the choice you seem to hold so dearly, of having ample water supplies by 2050. The UN estimates that there will be one hundred million environmental refugees by that time. Everyone in the western world who uses electricity will be at fault, but since you aren't everyone in the western world, there's only one question I want to ask you: how much do YOU use?Booze Zombie said:
As for sports, it doesn't matter if you don't like the aggression you associate with sports, what matters is that he went from activity to inactivity. Associating aggression with sports is nothing more than prejudice, a single perception of something, and that perception is negative. However, speaking of blatant prejudice, you claim that the host is prejudiced against gaming, and based on my definition of prejudice, that is hardly true. She said she had fun playing Halo, even when it looked like it was a very basic and not fun part of the game she was playing. She then said that she could understand how someone could get deeply sucked into the game and not come out. She didn't say GAMES ARE EVIL BAR-RAR-RAR! She clearly subscribes to that oppressive ideology which says that one should have a balance in their lives.
