Town Holds Violent Videogame Buyback Program
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Well, Connecticut is a small state in regards to landmass and population. I couldn't find any news reports of a gun buyback program event at Southington, but here are some articles about gun buybacks near it:Lucem712 said:Indeed, I have. Well, semi. But I did recall hearing about the RPG thing, on the YouTubes, probably.The Youth Counselor said:
I meant within the same town, like in addition to the video game buy back.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/world-war-ii-era-german-assault-rifle-_n_2270815.html
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/30/justice/connecticut-bridgeport-gun-buyback/?hpt=hp_t2
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/bushmaster-surrendered-in-gun-buyback#.UOSKza76b6Q
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Gun-buyback-program-gains-traction-4152958.php
Because they feel like they have to do something, and the only other event of this type they could do would be an assault-weapons or general gun buyback. But, if they did that, they might actually have to admit that the excessive proliferation of firearms, the widespread access to high-capacity magazines/clips, and the ease with with disturbed/stupid/irresponsible individuals can legally gain access to them might be at least as, or *perhaps* even more, responsible for these tragedies as imaginary violence against nonexistent people in videogames, movies or television.Doclector said:
It's a way for them to feel like they are doing something and feel good about themselves, without actually addressing the core issues and/or real causes of the problem, because those real issues would force them to question their own strongly-held beliefs and assumptions.
I bet they celebrate the book ... err game burning by dancing around the fire shooting their shootin' irons into the night sky while drinking whiskey and rye
...well at least games can burn unlike say, guns... would be pointless and dangerous having a gun burning party, you cant fire games into the night sky.
...well at least games can burn unlike say, guns... would be pointless and dangerous having a gun burning party, you cant fire games into the night sky.
This seems like a rather not that great idea...but how much would people be getting for their games? Because if they give up game that cost them a hundred bucks, and get back twenty bucks....it just became a really dumb idea.
I can see where the thinking for this idea came from, and it does seem good...except the whole violent video games being a major factor in almost anything...
I can see where the thinking for this idea came from, and it does seem good...except the whole violent video games being a major factor in almost anything...
LOL. It seems to be the way things are done in the US now. For example:Falterfire said:
Speaker Boner: "We insist on spending cuts to balance the budget."
Everyone: "Okay, which ones?"
Boner: "Not telling."
Awesome.
FINALLY! A place where I can sell all my old 'violent' cd-rom games, vhs movies, cd/cassette music, and books on WWII. For... gift certificates... nope.
They do, there are a number of gun buyback programs, particularly ones that cropped up recently. I bet this buyback is modeled on gun buybacks.JudgeGame said:
Buyback programs like these never work. They are always predicated on the idea that pure numbers of something causes the ill effect. Even if you are going to assume that gun control would decrease crime (I am NOT going down that road here), actual gun buybacks end up just appealing to people who want to get some cash for a gun they have no intention of useing. If a person owns the item to be bought back, they attach a value to it. If they abhor it, they won't use it, or they will get rid of it. If they own the thing to begin with, they will only exchange it if it has a negligable use. If they were being bought back for enough to entice people to sell off the items they may actually use, then the program would be so prone to abuse that it would be ludicrous.
And this program here? Its so broken as to be crazy. Basically, your creating a huge value for any game that is not valuable in the secondary market. Id love to bring a stack of used PS1 games, PC games that I already redeemed on Steam, clunkers from the 99 cent bin etc, and turn a bunch of non-violent old games into money with which I can go and buy a new, violent game. Ideally to redeem on Steam, and then trade back to the program. I mean, these people won't have a robust knowledge of the secondary market here, how many shovelware games, cereal/fast food freebies, demo disks, redeemed games and the like will find its way into the pile? Even a upstanding anti-hacker might consider buying a game, and getting a no cd crack so they can eek out some cash from the disc. Heck, they might even buy another game from that same developer so they can say that piracy absolutely brought them more business. There are far to many examples where this buyback is functionally the equivalent of trying to stop obesity by offering to buyback candy bar wrappers.But hey, if they are that ignorant about video games in the first place, I saw awesome. Go rob them of a few bucks, and ideally, mock them with it afterwards.
I don't have anything to really add to this topic other than reading this just lead to me banging my head against my desk.
This ample evidence being...?
Besides which, I don't know about you, but I'm either playing a videogame or have traded it in for another one. I don't just have games sitting around when they could be traded in. At best this is an opportunity for people who need to clean out their drawers, and even then they'll have to offer a better deal than retail outlets or eBay. I must say though, I do love how a shooting spree has lead to a buyback scheme for VIDEOGAMES.
Besides which, I don't know about you, but I'm either playing a videogame or have traded it in for another one. I don't just have games sitting around when they could be traded in. At best this is an opportunity for people who need to clean out their drawers, and even then they'll have to offer a better deal than retail outlets or eBay. I must say though, I do love how a shooting spree has lead to a buyback scheme for VIDEOGAMES.