Politics

[SlowPokemon]

I don't think it's either.

[Bubbles]

'a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells, and sows, violence against its own people'

whyyyyy

[spitllama]

I think Cobraroll brought up something similar to this when he was talking about a culture that treats violence as a source of entertainment (please correct me if I'm wrong).

What I think is hilarious is the recent "Demand a Plan" campaign video where Hollywood stars talk about how there needs to be changes etc. And yet, 75% of the individuals in the video make millions off of the use of guns in their movies. They are the vessels for the perpetuity of this "violent culture." How hypocritical.

[SuperFireKirby]

Fun fact: The Dutch play a shit ton of more video games, including the violent ones, than us. Their violent crime rate is far lower than the US. Japan allows much more violent games to be sold there than the USA, they have a much lower violent crime rate than the US.

How the fuck this is even an issue, I don't even know.

So how can we lower our violent crime rate?

1. Certain gun laws need to be stricter. Such as there should be stricter penalties for buying someone a gun that is then used for violent crime.

2. Ban assault weapons. Civilians have ABSOLUTELY no fucking need for that shit.

3. Control that media. The media fucking exploits tragedy like no ones business, but that's not the problem. They focus so much attention on the killer and turn them into someone who people will remember. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT APPEALS TO PSYCHOPATHS. We need to stop focusing on the god damn killer and pay way more attention to the victims.

4. Mental health. Ours sucks. There are people dealing with terrible mental illnesses, some of which can be violent and lead to murder or worse. We need to provide these people with the help they need before these terrible things happen. Reopen the institutions.

5. Ask some other countries how they've managed to keep their violent crime rates so low. Seriously, America is the guy who is completely lost but still refuses to ask for fucking directions, no matter how much all the passengers complain. Just call up ol' Britain, whose murder rate is only 35 versus over 11,000. I'm sure he'd be happy to help. Or she. Britain COULD be a woman after all.

There.

[Bubbles]

Literally every videogame has some form of violence in it, so idk where they're even trying to go with this. Even Pong. How would you like to be the ball that constantly gets hit back and forth? You are one of three beings in your entire universe and all the other two do is smack you around endlessly

Also all this stuff about a task force makes me think of Tarrlok and his task force, purely because I like Avatar. We all know what happened with that (go watch When Extremes Meet [/promoting])

[Yugi]

And it's not videogame violence that makes people violent, it's apparantly the compeditive nature of videogames, according to a study.

I don't even know anymore.

it's apparantly the compeditive nature of videogames, according to a study.

Compeditive nature

COMPEDATIVE NATURE

WHY DOES NOBODY LISTEN TO ME

[SuperFireKirby]

Literally every videogame has some form of violence in it, so idk where they're even trying to go with this. Even Pong. How would you like to be the ball that constantly gets hit back and forth? You are one of three beings in your entire universe and all the other two do is smack you around endlessly

Also all this stuff about a task force makes me think of Tarrlok and his task force, purely because I like Avatar. We all know what happened with that (go watch When Extremes Meet [/promoting])

XD This is awesthum.

[spitllama]

WHY DOES NOBODY LISTEN TO ME

I'm sorry. I realize English isn't your first language so I'm going to sound like a dick when I say this--

Usually when people spell competitive as "compedative," I instinctively stop reading and discount their argument entirely.

[MaestroUGC]

You've got to appreciate the fact that the guy brought so much attention to his spelling mistake.

[Jub3r7]

It's not compeditive, either, he spelled it multiple ways....

[Waddle Bro]

I'm sorry. I realize English isn't your first language so I'm going to sound like a dick when I say this--

Isn't he from Australia?

[Yugi]

Isn't he from Australia?

I am.

My First thought was, How does being Australian instantly mean I'm speaking a different language.

[MaestroUGC]

So then you admit you have no excuse. I mean really, if you want to say something important, it's not hard to make sure it's spelled correctly.

[spitllama]

Haha sorry. I could have sworn you were from the Netherlands. But regardless, Maestro rests my case

[Cobraroll]

I think Cobraroll brought up something similar to this when he was talking about a culture that treats violence as a source of entertainment (please correct me if I'm wrong).

The point I was trying to make, penned beautifully by Robert Brockway of Cracked.com