Please Stern! (Oh no, a petition!)

[ríomhaire]

Stern please stand up against this senseless blaming of games for violence by the media. You are by far the best candidate!

 

[Tr0n]

Don't mind me asking, but...what the **** is the point of this thread?

 

[The Monkey]

He made one thread about a boy killing a baby because a video game, and you have to start a whole new thread. Couldn't you have said anything in the thread or PMed him?

 

[CptStern]

well heheheh to be honest most of the legislation that's passed is in the US ...me being a canadian I dont think I'd have much of a say on US laws

 

[ríomhaire]

You're Canadian! I thought you lived in the internets!
But seriously, a trip over the boarder for a week to get an interview wouldn't cost that much would it :angel:
Do you not have crazy anti-games phycos in Canadia?

 

[CptStern]

nope Canadia is anti-game whacko-free ....for the most part, but I'm sure it's just a matter of time before those crazy parent/religious groups find their way up here ...we'll be waiting with our lacrosse sticks and plates of poutine

 

[Foxtrot]

I think we could find someone better than Stern (no offense) like maybe a lawyer, or someone who works in the video game industry.

 

[Kangy]

We need... ANGRY LAWYER!

Wryyyyyyyyyy!

 

[ríomhaire]

I think we could find someone better than Stern (no offense) like maybe a lawyer, or someone who works in the video game industry.

Like these idiots would listen to someone from the games industry. Stern is the best choice because he has a family.

Edit: I pretty sure Angry Lawyer isn't really a lawyer

 

[Foxtrot]

Like these idiots would listen to someone from the games industry. Stern is the best choice because he has a family.

Edit: I pretty sure Angry Lawyer isn't really a lawyer

People in the game industry don't have a family? I think a lawyer would be better than a rabid fanboy who is already addicted to these blood filled games.

 

[CptStern]

well I wouldnt go by myself ...I'd definately go with a HL2.net ...errrr ....posse

maybe: me, Angry Lawyer (bound to intimidate someone), Munro (cuz he pwns everyone) gh0st (cuz he can shout with the best of them) Tron (cuz he's a sassy southerner) ...and maybe a few "bruisers" who could bust a few heads should they not want to listen to reason

 

[Tr0n]

Stupid idea rio.

 

[CptStern]

People in the game industry don't have a family? I think a lawyer would be better than a rabid fanboy who is already addicted to these blood filled games.

hey I'm no fanboy nor am I addicted to blood filled games! what exactly is a blood filled game? when you open the case ...blood comes out?

 

[Foxtrot]

hey I'm no fanboy nor am I addicted to blood filled games! what exactly is a blood filled game? when you open the case ...blood comes out?

It just doesn't come out, it kicks you in the ****ing face and then makes you shoot up the school.

 

[The Mullinator]

If you want conservatives to change their views and stop what they are doing then you are going to need someone who they will like. As good as CptStern probably is I really don't think they will like him.

If you want someone to be completely confrontational and in your face on the other hand then maybe he could work.

 

[CptStern]

well to be honest I'm far more reserved in real life(whatever the hell that's supposed to mean) ...but ya I can see how they'd take a dislike to me pretty quickly ...kinda like how I've become the liberal poster boy for the right-wingers in ou little community


if I didnt know better I'd swear you were volunteering for the position Mecha

 

[A True Canadian]

Honestly I think that the best we can hope for is a carefully worded letter on the issue sent to the major advocates and media centers covering the subject of video game violence corrupting our youth. No media source is going to give up precious time to interview someone without the proper credentials. No matter how effective Stern is at debating the issues, a proper interrogation is not going to happen unless Stern dedicates all of his time to becoming a mogal for the media. :E

At least a letter (if well written) can get spread across the net to be showcased on major gaming websites and concerned affiliates. Realistically speaking, this would likely garner more of a buzz than trying to request time from major (or minor) networks. It may be old-fashioned, but at least our efforts won't be in vain.

:cheers:

 

[CptStern]

well we do have an advocate on our side:

Henry Jenkins MIT proffessor on interactive media

here he squares up with that scare-mongering idiot Jack Thompson

 

[gh0st]

well heheheh to be honest most of the legislation that's passed is in the US ...me being a canadian I dont think I'd have much of a say on US laws

he admits it! he admits it! WRRRRYYYYY

and did you f'ing compliment me

 

[CptStern]

yes I admit I'm canadian :E

 

[gh0st]

hey stern when are you going to get xfire?

 

[ray_MAN]

Stern, send a letter of angst and I will march my way into the president's office and plead thy case!

 

[gh0st]

Stern, send a letter of angst and I will march my way into the president's office and plead thy case!

yes, use BIG RED FONT... bold!

 

[ray_MAN]

Precisely!

 

[Foxtrot]

If you want conservatives to change their views and stop what they are doing then you are going to need someone who they will like. As good as CptStern probably is I really don't think they will like him.

If you want someone to be completely confrontational and in your face on the other hand then maybe he could work.

It isn't just conservatives, that crazy bitch Hillary is at it too.

 

[pvtbones]

well we do have an advocate on our side:

Henry Jenkins MIT proffessor on interactive media

here he squares up with that scare-mongering idiot Jack Thompson

am I the only one who noticed that Jack repeatedly insulted others while mr. Jenkins did not?

 

[Sulkdodds]

Game publishers, console manufacturers, and retailers. They're all in cahoots with one another to have a rating system that doesn't work.

ZOMG conspiracy.

after I appeared on Good Morning America, a Gallop poll found 71 percent of all U.S teenage boys who played Vice City were twice as likely to have been engaged in an act of violence.

Ban Jack Thompson!

At least he actually plays the games he's crusading against, you've got to commend him on that. Most anti-games campaigners have never even played the things. But it's people like him that seriously ****ed the comics industry in the fifties.

 

[Glirk Dient]

While stern is fairly politically knowledgeable even he would not be able to thwart the anti-game activists. We would all need to collectively work together in order to put a stop to their nonsense. We could work on such things as writing individual letters to send to whoever is sponsoring them(end their money, end their campaign). I haven't looked...but I hope it isn't a bunch of rich people running it.

If that is the case we would need to spread the truth, not just on the internet but to our representative in government, they are the ones that count. We could make something happen, if we wanted to.

We would need to bring more sympathy and public support to our side. Instead of calling ourselfs pro-game or calling them anti-game it might be better pro-PC entertainment or something along those lines to make us sound better.

 

[Hapless]

There are idiot conservatives just like there are idiot liberals. I don't know what Jack Thompson's personal politics are, but he's definitely a moron. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't he the same genius who went after Ozzy over the lyrics to Suicide Solution?

edit: never mind, that was another idiot named Thomas Anderson. I hate lawyers.

 

[Sulkdodds]

You mean except Angry Lawyer, obviously. :thumbs:

never mind, that was another idiot named Thomas Anderson

Thomas Anderson? Are you sure?

No offence, but is Stern a politician or something? Only I don't see what difference he's going to make to the anti-game lobbyists.

"Hello, Mr Thompson. I'm Captain Stern. I'm this really cool guy from Canada, and, well, I'd just like you to stop taking shots at videogames. They're not that bad really."

"Yeah, right. Whatever."