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Christian Police Association seeks video game ban
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article published on 14 August, 2011
Focuses on upcoming 2K Games title, The Darkness II.
The heads of the Christian Police Fellowship have taken aim at violent video games, singling out an upcoming title from 2K games, The Darkness II. Its complaint about the video game is that it will create a distorted perspective of police officers for younger gamers.
The group drafted a letter for politicians and game developers ... [ read the full article ]
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14. August 2011 @ 17:20 |
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14. August 2011 @ 18:14 |
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We don't like it so we want to force our views on everyone else and make fun illegal.
Maybe if parents did their f*cking jobs and PARENTED their kids, this won't be an issue.
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14. August 2011 @ 18:50 |
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stupid Christians always trying to ruin stuff
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14. August 2011 @ 19:49 |
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The game will be rated M. Which means, kids (for the most part) will not be playing it unless their parents buy it. How about better parenting, instead of blocking a harmless game from responsible players?
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14. August 2011 @ 20:29 |
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That's it blame the video games and not the people that play them from not knowing reality from fantasy and entertainment. Christianity has been forcing it's views on people forever and besides Christianity and other religious views are responsible for more violence in the world than anything else. Maybe they should worry about the people that start wars and kill others in the name of "their" god instead of some video game.
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14. August 2011 @ 22:29 |
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Christian...police...?
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14. August 2011 @ 23:14 |
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For bobiroc - I agree that many things have been done in the name of Christianity that should not have been in any way shape or form. However, if you read through what the New Testament says you will realize that those that have been done were not done by people following what it says.
Anyway, I feel that parents should be controlling what their kids are doing, and that there are many games that the Christian community should be promoting instead of picking games to demote. Because for those who do not follow Jesus, we really cannot hold them to the same standards.
In fact, one of my goals in life is to come up with some games that are Biblically sound and yet as fun, preferably more fun, to play than most others. It has always driven me nuts that a lot of Christians look at games as evil, choosing to avoid the great bonding experiences that come with many of them. Or, when companies make a game and say, "Look, it is a Christian game," and make it horrible quality because they figure why bother since the group that will buy it is small. Once more, reading what the Bible actually says would imply that it should be made of the best quality possible.
Anyway, I agree that people should be able to make their own decisions about what they play, and that parents should be the ones taking responsibility for their children. Games shouldn't be being banned because of their content, that is what a rating system is in place for. Parents, especially those claiming to be Christians, should be involved enough in their child's life to know what sort of games they are playing.
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15. August 2011 @ 01:04 |
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Might as well banned all bad games.... so stupid really, this why it has game ratings!!!
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15. August 2011 @ 02:53 |
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Originally posted by bobiroc:
That's it blame the video games.
I'm not surprised they're trying to put blame on video games. Editing all the violence and mindless destruction out of the Bible is beyond their reach.
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15. August 2011 @ 04:04 |
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you wanna see bad impressions of police officers go look at videos of american police on youtube.saw 1 video the other day that had a bunch of police officers beat a schizophrenic man to death for breaking into a car and it was real.
christians dont follow all the guidelines and beliefs set out by the old testament or the new testament or the bible.they manipulate religion and twist everything to suit there own actions.
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15. August 2011 @ 04:14 |
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Christian Police? some people from church who are Christian rape kids before so not sure what they're trying to prove here.
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15. August 2011 @ 05:24 |
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While I don't agree with this idea of blaming video games for the problems in society can we please cut back on all the Christian bashing. Christians aren't all bad. I feel that way considering I am one.
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15. August 2011 @ 08:32 |
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They should make a video game based on the Old Testament. Now that probably would be banned !!! Violence, human sacrifice, gang rape, murder, pillage, plagues of boils, etc. etc. etc. Sounds horrific, doesn't it?
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15. August 2011 @ 10:34 |
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All religious extremists all dangerous, especially bible thumping Christians.
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15. August 2011 @ 12:32 |
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Originally posted by Ragnarok8:
Christian...police...?
I know right? lmao what a joke! If they are wanting to ban it because of distored views on police officers we should just start banning books and movies that do the same thing. Sorry, no more Training Day because Denzel Washington was extorting people and doing drugs while a police officer. I mean give me a break! If you wanna make wholesome and christian games then you better open your own studio. Like someone else said, if parents would do their jobs then people wouldn't have to worry about it.
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15. August 2011 @ 13:03 |
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Originally posted by Semperfipal:
All religious extremists all dangerous, especially bible thumping Christians.
religion is not dangerous until they have power.in this case its a christian group trying to dictate what video games people can make,or play.had it been a group of atheist trying to ban a religion based videogame then they'd get laughed at.
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15. August 2011 @ 13:04 |
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When you look for something intangible, you will find it...is a rose red because God wanted a beautiful flower, or is it red because it is from the Hell, created for the purposes of inspiring unmarried couples to fornicate?
You can find God or Satan in that flower, it all depends on what you are looking for...and if they are looking for Satan, then they are not Christians.
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15. August 2011 @ 17:35 |
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"Madam, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." Sigmund Freud
I still reside in what is called the 'bible belt' & find it really frustrating to see these individuals take up arms against an inanimate enemy & then persecute those (real people/soldiers) that practice violence under the name of God & country. A notion that they (the christian minority) both voted for & supported.
How many times have I seen businesses flat out - run out of town because these morons, with little voice, pitched such a fit about what was being sold inside their walls... then to moan & complain when there are no jobs or textiles to afford a living, when it was they that chased the businesses out for one screwed up moral contradiction or another.
Like the socialist radicals of history, they have burned books containing what they didn't like or were (their) morally apposed to. They've burned albums that contained lyrics of a similar fashion & burned movies in effigy.
Now that those mediums have moved on & science has more than convinced the educated public that recorded medium doesn't affect what is in one's heart or mind, they've now turned to video games.
God doesn't turn the game machine off when your kid is either too stupid or age limited to be playing the game, it's the parents job; just as it isn't god making an idiot pull the trigger on an innocent, neither is playing a video game.
It's ALL an individual choice.
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15. August 2011 @ 18:00 |
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Mormons, Jehovas Witnesses, Catholics, Roman Catholics, Baptists, Evangelical... Theres a massive difference between each of them, some are sects or considered as cults others as mainstream. They didnt complain at Grand Theft Auto (well they did but a ban was never considered, or was it?) or Call of Duty, even though people who recently committed horrific crimes had apparently played them prior to their killing innocent people (the tabloids say this is relevant and means violent games = violent crimes, but i dunno.)
Lord Russ- i agree parents have a massive responsibility and nowadays a lot of them dont seem to understand that and often neglect discipline in what their kids should and should not watch/do/say. To some extent though i think public society & politics has desensitised parents of this fact and police are less firm. (they are in england anyway). what do you reck?
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15. August 2011 @ 18:13 |
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Originally posted by xboxdvl2:
Originally posted by Semperfipal:
All religious extremists all dangerous, especially bible thumping Christians.
religion is not dangerous until they have power.in this case its a christian group trying to dictate what video games people can make,or play.had it been a group of atheist trying to ban a religion based videogame then they'd get laughed at.
All religion sucks! IMO
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15. August 2011 @ 18:29 |
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Originally posted by EvaMae:
To some extent though i think public society & politics has desensitised parents of this fact and police are less firm. (they are in england anyway). what do you reck?
I didn't want to single any group out whatsoever, but I concur with your overview...
However, with regards over the desensitizing I can only reflect on what it was like when I grew up & relate it to now. We could blame the media for overburdening our sensory factors with 'too much input' & sensationalizing the affects that other medias have on our peoples, but since 1965 to today the story & the rhetoric hasn't changed, just the people. Or to say in another way, I'm not the same person today that I was 20 years ago.
I want to beat out of my kids everything that I saw in myself. This is a no brainer continuation of my previous ancestors as well I'm sure of yours.
I suppose I "could" say that the god of 2000 years ago is just simply not the god we need today. Whomever/whatever, he or she is to be needs to reflect & comment on the things pertinent today. Modern day technology alone has made it obvious as to what "goes bump in the night" & the boogie man can be dealt with on a nuclear, subatomic level.
What was once heard as voices in someones head & then taken as gospel is now frowned upon & medicated and is realized to be in no ones best interests than the individual spouting. People in general are far too smart for that anymore. Equally, if this god is all-knowing, then blue tooth & digital subscription isn't beneath him/her.
Borrowing from a cliche line of the 50s & 60s & simplify even further, "the devil made me do it" isn't an intelligent excuse for one's actions anymore. So to use it lends ones self to be viewed as a crackpot. So switching the "devil's" name to "video game" is no longer an excuse either. The bulk of the human populous is far too smart for that anymore.
They simply need to take advantage of their education & grow up.
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15. August 2011 @ 20:37 |
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Originally posted by Semperfipal:
All religion sucks! IMO
I wouldn't say that...I would say religion (any/all) as a whole is good, it's the people who profess, distort, twist and "read" what they specifically want are what make religion(s) bad.
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15. August 2011 @ 20:40 |
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Faith and spirituality are not the problem. The problem is when a small group use their power over their people to push their faith and spirituality on others.
I do not think religion, by itself is necessarily bad, but you need to keep your views to your group and don't judge my views.
Yes, as members of society, you have a say in how our society grows and matures (or doesn't), but your say needs to be tolerant, just like my views of your religion are tolerant. Make your views known but use the tools of society, not the tools of religion, to express those views.
This will cause MORE sales, not less. They have not achieved their purpose. They have failed in their task and as such, are irrelevant, other than making themselves a laughing stock.
Oh, Im sorry... Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?
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