Katatori-kun said:
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Would you please, please take a reality check here? Neither your freedom of speech nor the freedom of speech of any violent video game maker has been jeopardized one iota. In fact, by bringing up violence as a response, you're at risk of silencing the freedom of speech of the participants of this event.
You know what this reminds me of? There's a certain strain of Christian fundamentalists who are so myopic in their view of the world that they invent fantasies of being oppressed by the rest of society, and believe in these fantasies so fervently that just as you've mentioned violence as a response, they would pre-emptively curtail the rights of non-Christians out of some delusional fear that their own rights are just moments away from being denied.
Relax. Breathe. Put the railgun down. They aren't coming for you in the night just because you play video games.
I disagree. Just because a movement is passive and non-violent to begin with does not mean it represents a danger. In this case when the bottom line is to say video games (a form of speech) are wrong, it doesn't matter so much on the specifics they happen to be using. When you let things like this go, they snowball and tend to become an increasingly larger problem. It's happened before with things like comics, music, and PnP RPGs. One day it's some concerned mothers at a sewing circle, then it's a public demonstration, then you've got TV appearances, Jack Chic pamphlets, and kids getting expelled for having a "Dragonlance" novel in his knapsack.
Also note, I didn't say violence was needed, just something that should nessicarly be off the table if things go further. I'm not exactly donning kevlar and heading out for a shooting rampage.
You joke, but understand also that there have been cases where people have come for those interested in undesirable media in the night. "Deprogramming" can be a big business, and reform/military schools can make a small fortune off of "curing" kids of their addictions to undesirable music and similar things. It's not as common as it once was, but the bottom line is that if you let this kind of thing go, you eventually wind up going to all kinds of dark places.
The thing is that being passive and non-aggressive isn't always the right desician, that just encourages movements that what they are doing is working, and it encourages them to go further if they manage to garner more attention. Sometimes, at a certain point, the best solution is to give them the bad guy they so desperatly wanted, scare the hell out of them, and then take the approach that if you leave us alone, we'll leave you alone. That won't work once a movement gets big enough, but you can stop some at a smaller level.
At the end of the day it's still a "wait and see" kind of thing right now.
Implying I'm detached from reality of delusional is a luxury you have, being someone who I assume has never been harassed over a D&D book, or a casette tape.
Truthfully the most delusional part is even implying that you might be able to get something going though. To be frank the whole reason why gamers are a target is because we aren't organized and don't rally well. One person acting couldn't get this done if it came to that, you'd need several. Knowing the limitations means I am kind of talking crap for parts of this (which I admit) but that doesn't mean the principle is at all deranged or invalid.
