9 Year Old Dies after Imitating move in Smackdown vs. Raw 09
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 21:23
Linky.
In my opinion, this is just another example of video games affecting people's minds. What people do is they just won't realize that a video game is just that: A GAME. They need to say to themselves while playing the game, "I know this is just a game, and whatever happens in the game, stays in the game." However, one night when I was playing Splinter Cell I went downstairs to get a snack and I kept crouching in the shadows, and my mom asked what I was on.
I just hope no-one sues WWE. I don't want to see Undertaker's cape at the Goodwill store.
Discuss.
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 21:26
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 21:34
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 21:49
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Exactly this.
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The parents were neglectful of their child in need of special care.
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 22:46
Scope, on 17 Apr 2009, 7:49, said:
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If you're an journalist, you tend to think in headlines (Terry Pratchett got this one), in this case, it certainly gets people attention and leaves out some *IMPORTANT klaxons going off* detail that isn't quite worth putting into size 20 bold.
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 23:12
Edited by Chyros, 16 April 2009 - 23:13.
The brave hide behind technology. The stupid hide from it. The clever have technology, and hide it.
—The Book of Cataclysm
#8
Posted 16 April 2009 - 23:17
This really shows where video games may get blamed because of negligent parents who leave children who shouldn't even be playing the games they are.
It dosn't help either that the child had special needs.
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 01:02
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 01:17
#11
Posted 17 April 2009 - 01:22
While it is sad, its true.
#13
Posted 17 April 2009 - 02:54
Pavement 1 x Kid 0
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 03:04
#16
Posted 17 April 2009 - 03:16
Libains, on 17 Apr 2009, 0:04, said:
I understand how you feel and I feel partially the same. If I was born a thousand years ago I'd probably have a short life. I'm short and physically weak, my health isn't perfect either. These days however I can outlive others through wits, wisdom, intelligence and charisma. Natural selection for humans changed wildly since we've became civilized. Though in my opinion, we're still far from being a truly civilized species.
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 03:24
Overdose, on 17 Apr 2009, 4:16, said:
Libains, on 17 Apr 2009, 0:04, said:
I understand how you feel and I feel partially the same. If I was born a thousand years ago I'd probably have a short life. I'm short and physically weak, my health isn't perfect either. These days however I can outlive others through wits, wisdom, intelligence and charisma. Natural selection for humans changed wildly since we've became civilized. Though in my opinion, we're still far from being a truly civilized species.
Absolutely agreed - Natural Selection essentially died when we leant how to cure mortal diseases etc - by curing that person you are preventing natural selection from working - I for example am diabetic and would have been dead by the age of three had it not been for medical intervention. While that's kinda good, it's fair to say that as I now have a life, I will pass on my genes, which are messed up, and thus am not producing a perfectly viable offspring. Therefore, the process of natural selection can't keep going as was intended, and humans will not phase out genetic issues - they will remain forever. Frankly, my curing people at this point in time we are increasing the likelyhood of never reaching a phase in our existence where our genetics are right. We will forever be 'not quite completely evolved'
Btw, I still propose a move to PC - natural selection, poor healthcare, etc doesn't belong in Game Discussion to me.
Edited by Libains, 17 April 2009 - 03:47.
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 03:30
#19
Posted 17 April 2009 - 04:35
Libains, on 16 Apr 2009, 23:24, said:
Overdose, on 17 Apr 2009, 4:16, said:
Libains, on 17 Apr 2009, 0:04, said:
I understand how you feel and I feel partially the same. If I was born a thousand years ago I'd probably have a short life. I'm short and physically weak, my health isn't perfect either. These days however I can outlive others through wits, wisdom, intelligence and charisma. Natural selection for humans changed wildly since we've became civilized. Though in my opinion, we're still far from being a truly civilized species.
Absolutely agreed - Natural Selection essentially died when we leant how to cure mortal diseases etc - by curing that person you are preventing natural selection from working - I for example am diabetic and would have been dead by the age of three had it not been for medical intervention. While that's kinda good, it's fair to say that as I now have a life, I will pass on my genes, which are messed up, and thus am not producing a perfectly viable offspring. Therefore, the process of natural selection can't keep going as was intended, and humans will not phase out genetic issues - they will remain forever. Frankly, my curing people at this point in time we are increasing the likelyhood of never reaching a phase in our existence where our genetics are right. We will forever be 'not quite completely evolved'
Btw, I still propose a move to PC - natural selection, poor healthcare, etc doesn't belong in Game Discussion to me.
Natural Selection still exists technically but its effect has been dampened by our own actions. As you said, we have been eliminating diseases. At the same time, we have bred and raised cattle and other domestic animals while pushing other species to extinction. However, large scale events still affect species evolution IMO.
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 05:51
Comrade Sanders, on 17 Apr 2009, 11:04, said:
you shouldn't feel to bad i laughed when i read the article. i wonder how long it will be before people start saying its the games fault? but its the parents fault and natural selection seems to have played a apart.
so whats the count on video games blamed for violence and death? that would be the second one recently before that was that german kid school shooting IIRC
I question the general assumption that i am inherently deficient in the area of grammar and sentence structure
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 07:29
@Topic, natural selection is no longer physical it is becoming more mental. Though not fast enough imo, if a parent does not want to look after their offspring then the consequence of their actions is easy to see.
#23
Posted 17 April 2009 - 10:16
I believe it is natural selection. Natural selection is my new thing.
Suggested Reading: The Darwin Awards
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 13:36
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heh?
@topic: people blaming videogames to be the source of all evil are IMO usually the guys who raise unstable children. just my notice...
#25
Posted 17 April 2009 - 14:41
Dauth, on 17 Apr 2009, 8:29, said:
@Topic, natural selection is no longer physical it is becoming more mental. Though not fast enough imo, if a parent does not want to look after their offspring then the consequence of their actions is easy to see.
Hmmm, it's true that as keep the useless, defective genes around we're more likely to develop diseases from them. Howeever it is a narcissistic view and I'd rather think that prior to then we will as a race either fix these genetic mutations forever, or be able to completely cure them when they raise their head. Sadly though, if the human race refuses to let itself evolve, which it is doing at the moment, I can see nothing more than a very bleak future for our race.
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