Originally posted by: ComeComeParadise
I sent them an email asking them about their sources and rationality...still no reply...hmm, maybe they don't really have an argument?
Don't bother trying to reason with such people, I have tried to reason with insane websites (one such case it was a stupid anti-marilyn manson site by the CFN...I wrote out a perfectly polite e-mail asking them to justify what they say on the site, considering the fact most of the things they said were fraudulent or taken out of context...never got a reply...). At best they'll just sprout the same crap they posted on their site, as they seem to be reacting to shock horror news stories, most of which are created just to have something shocking to keep the viewers of the news interested, and to keep the parents concerned - featuring real politics and current events and actual 'news' just wouldn't do *rolls eyes* so they put in all this bullshit about Vice City encouraging people to murder prostitues (despite the fact that although you are free to do so, you are not, as far as I know, encouraged to kill them) and Manhunt encouraging racism and hatred because the bad guys say certain quotes (despite the fact that these are clearly THE BAD GUYS!).

The social issue is down to the individual, not the medium of entertainment...spending too much time playing games is no different to me than spending too much time reading, too much time watching TV/films etc...

I think the most ridiculous thing they said was that 'underground clans' basically encourage racism, sexism and hatred...where the hell they get that idea I haven't got a clue...

Fortunately video games are slowly being recognised as entertainment equal to (someday perhaps greater than) movies and other such entertainment...hopefully that trend will continue and people such as those on that website can spend their time fretting over "shocking and offensive" things like seeing a tit at the superbowl, and people using bad language on TV...