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Check out the post over at violentacres– V is absolutely correct, the war on drugs, euthanasia, et all are absolutely bullshit.  This is my greatest pet peeve, it makes me god damned angry, what right does anyone but me have to determine what i should or shouldn’t be trusted with putting in my body?  Why does someone other than me get to decide that it’s not okay for me to kill myself?  Why does someone other than me get to decide anything about what I do with my own life and body?  They shouldn’t.  What really pisses me off is I get no say on what the money I contribute to the government is used for… I especially dislike the fact that they’re using my money to keep drug addicts in jail… over 700k drug arrests with jail time last I checked and with minimum sentencing guidelines… a lot of those people aren’t going to get out of jail until I’ve been dead for many years… and thousands and thousands of dollars of *MY* money getting used to keep a non-violent offender in jail… That’s supreme bullshit.  Lets not forget the time the police waste hunting them down, the court costs, the cost of appeals, the cost of a state appointed attorney, etc… it all adds up to a whopping load of utter crap.  Dump that money into education, health care, shelters for the poor, social security– damn near anything would be a better place to spend the money… or hell, here’s a crazy idea, just let us keep some of our damn money that’s being wasted.   It’s just such an absolute load of crap… more damage has been done by prohibition (call the drug war whatever you like, but that’s all it is– prohibition.) than it has ever even come close to preventing.  The sooner we’re treated like adults who can responsibly control what they do with their own being when it isn’t infringing on the rights of someone else to do the same… the better off we’ll be as a society.

I’ve got a few thoughts about Gun Control that I recently saw expressed on a website very clearly — Let me quote it here…

If guns kill people, then…
  … Pencils miss spel werds.
  … Cars make people drive drunk.
  … Spoons make people fat.

In other news, my son had his penis correction surgery today, seeing his penis makes my penis hurt… it looks like a psychopath beat it with a hammer repeatedly… but it was necessary to fix the problems caused by his hypospadias.  Was cute when I showed up in recovery he was crying and trying to free himself from the nurse, as soon as he saw me he chilled right down and tackled me using legs and arms and went promptly to sleep so quickly his hiccups didn’t even stop. He went through it all like a little trooper, I’d have made more of a fuss than he did if they had done all that chopping on my penis.

Anyways, I just wanna sleep now, I’m exhausted from the stress.

So far Dr Phil & Jack Thompson have come out blaming video games and violent media for the shooting at VA Tech… I’m sure there will be plenty more religious and parent groups piling onto this bandwagon shortly…

One word: Bullshit.

Some of these people need to do some basic research on video games and violence before they start tossing mud at everything other than the person.

Maybe this ESA Report?… or maybe look up the actual crime statistics yourself and correlate them with the release of the best known violent games and widely popular consoles and systems… like this perhaps.

(Click image to see a larger more readable version.)

Oh wait… so… crime started to drop once doom, the first violent moderately realistic game was released… and continued even faster after the release of the Playstation… the first console that people who weren’t gamers owned and incidentally the first console that had graphics that looked reasonably realistic instead of a few colored blocks on the screen… oh and it kept dropping with doom 2… gta… gta2… gta3… doom3? Wait… could it be that people use video games as a … pressure release?

“I think it’s plain to see the massive increase in violent crime that coincides with the release of these violent video games.” Yah. Right. That sure is a massive spike in violent crime there. Yeap. Nice stuff. Kids stay in and play games more rather than going out and getting into trouble with other stuff is the simple explanation. Adults stay in more. Rather than go into the office with a glock and hose down a few dozen people people go home take a deep breath and play a game. Horrible stuff.

You can pull the stats on violent crime right off government sites, the video game and console release dates are available all over the web. Do some research *YOURSELF* think for *YOURSELF* take responsibility for *YOURSELF* quit blaming the world for *YOUR* woes and problems. Quit trying to find some scapegoat so you can shrink away from your personal responsibilities and blame everything that you dislike for a variety of reasons.

In my life alone, I’ve heard violence blamed on everything from music and movies to video games. No parent wants to accept that their child was sick in the head or that they missed all the warning signs that something was horribly wrong– I can’t imagine the horror of my children killing them self or someone else and then trying to figure out what I could have done differently to have changed things, it’s a what-if game that never ends. The end fact remains the same though, the person– in the end, is responsible for their own actions. When something like this happens it isn’t video games that cause it, it isn’t music, it isn’t the girl who cheated on you, it isn’t violence in the media, it isn’t guns in society (never mind the fact we have more guns available each year and violent crime has been dropping since the early 90s), it isn’t anything but that persons choice and that persons mental dysfunction. Respect each persons choices and the message they choose to send… it’s no ones choice but that persons. Learn from it, listen to the reasons, and leave the blame where it belongs… for any action you do, the responsibility lies on your shoulders… for any action someone else does the repurcussions lie on their shoulders. End of story.

Grow up sheeple, and start using that brain you evolved or were given by the graces of god. Here’s some food for thought too…

Edit: I generally disagree with Rush on many points, but the man made a good point and I think its worth reiterating. The part about gamers is a short distance down the transcript, but a lot of what he has to say in that transcript is interesting really.

Edit2: He didn’t play video games, sorry people… guess you’ll have to wait for the next massacre to blame video games.

Edit3:Another person’s take on the video game releases…

… YTMND, but well worth watching especially if you remember the original “We didn’t start the fire” by Billy Joel

I’ll toss the lyrics here too for the curious:
We didn’t start this Website (by: NeomatrixCTL & Freedrosie)

Harry Potter, Domo-Kun, Ridge Racer, Sailor Moon,
Stephen Colbert, Captain Picard, Attack of the Show.
Technologic, Curb Stomp, New Orleans, Falling Thwomp,
Bell Peppers, Brian Peppers, Myspace is Emo!

Captain Kirk, Oh Snap, Bill Cosby, It’s a Trap,
Connery, O RLY?, Katamari Damacy,
Cuppycake Gumdrop, Spinnaz never gonna stop,
Butterfinger, Lex Luthor, Screw YOU Scientology!

We didn’t start this Website,
It was always twisted,
Since the site’s existed,
We didn’t start this Website,
No we didn’t code it,
But we’re gonna vote it!

Had one weakness, Third Reich, Zelda, Nigga stole my bike,
Lindsay Lohan, Sonic, Hassan, NEDM,
Joshcube, Camping noob, Internet’s a big tube,
Hax, Max, Horsedick, Stapler, Tiny Tim!

What is Love, Dew Army, Safety isn’t guarenteed,
VinnyWeapons, CloudSong, Mastersitsu, Donkey Kong,
Conan, Cyberman, AsiaCopter, GMan,
Dinghis Kahn, Pokemon, People raiding eBaum!

We didn’t start the Website,
Though we didn’t start it,
Made it look retarded,
We didn’t start this Website,
No we’re not the smartest,
But We’re still called artists!

Willy Wonka, Virgin Nerd, Didn’t say the magic word,
Best day ever, Michael Moor, Holy crap a Dinosaur,
Spiderman, Barrel Roll, Batman Stares into your soul,
Had it with these F’n snakes, Punch the keys for gods sake!

Darth Vader, Bill Nye, Razor Gator, Homer, Pi,
Lazy Town, Gay Fuel Pride, Syncan’s gonna break my stride,
Eon8, Soylent Green, Never ending ball machine,
Shoe on Head, Violin, Stingray killed Steve Irwin!

We didn’t start the website,
We may be inventive,
But we’re not attentive,
We didn’t start the website,
No we didn’t make it,
But we’re here to break it!

PS3 vs Wii, 64 and DBZ, Russia, A-Ha, World of Warcraft drama,
Very Greedy Sea Gull, Chunk is Indestructible, Burger King,
Racial Slur, Pranking Telemarketer, Chuck Norris, Chocolate,
Jesus and a Fishbiscuit, Kool-Aid, not Afraid, Dr.Leet is getting laid!

We didn’t star the Website,
They may call us losers,
but there’s lots of users,
We didn’t start this website,
Much more than a blog,
Cause we’re the men now dog,
now dog (repeat)

Edit: The history and CORRECT lyrics ;) … Unfortunately this site didn’t exist when I sat down and listened to this three thousand fucking times :P

… wtf. Are we as a society so freaked out and scared that we react to everything in a negative manner? Didn’t someone ask any of the commuters near the “bombs” if they were there yesterday… or the day before… or the day before that?

“Turner Broadcasting is expected to issue an apology for causing today’s series of bomb scares throughout Boston. A statement emailed to the Globe from Turner Broadcasting said: “The ‘packages’ in question are magnetic lights that pose no danger. They are part of an outdoor marketing campaign in 10 cities in support of Adult Swim’s animated television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force. They have been in place for two to three weeks in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Austin, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Parent company Turner Broadcasting is in contact with local and federal law enforcement on the exact locations of the billboards. We regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger.”

I’d be embarrassed if I were from Boston right now. The mayor should probably also issue an apology for running his mouth off before knowing what the situation really was.

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