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News of the Bogus:
- Too Much FDA Intervention, Too Few Drugs http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-21/too-much-fda-intervention-equals-too-few-drugs-ramesh-ponnuru.html
- Target Field guard scolded lesbian Twins fans for kissing http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2011/06/target_field_gay_kiss.php
- High court strikes down California video game ban http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43548265/ns/technology_and_science-games/?ocid=twitter
- The decision: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/08-1448.pdf
- What do you get when you put a terrorist inside of a brain scanner? http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2011/06/27/what-do-you-get-when-you-put-a-terrorist-inside-of-a-brain-scanner/
- Archive of the Washington Times article http://anti-state.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=printpage;threadid=4357
Biggest Bogon Emitter: Robert Reich http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb6Q2J5XqiM
Idiot Extraordinaire: Pat Robertson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZnPYfpp4gI
This Week's Quote: "If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." —Samuel Adams
OCD in me, but the subject says podcast for 7-14-2011
Anyway, yet another great podcast Shane
Thanks...it's just one of those days. I had to change the date on the video highlights 3 times before it accepted it. If I hadn't caught it it would have gone out as 6-20...
Thanks for bringing up the bit about Sodom and Homosexuality. I'm glad I'm not the only person who noticed that. :)
Quote from: surhotchaperchlorome on July 03, 2011, 07:56:53 PM
Thanks for bringing up the bit about Sodom and Homosexuality. I'm glad I'm not the only person who noticed that. :)
Dude, you are NEVER, EVER the only one to notice anything.
It makes you look like a douche when you keep saying that about everything, seriously.
Yeah, but I know how he feels. Most of the things that people "know" about the Bible (and lots of other things) are wrong, and you often feel like you're the only sane person in a sea of idiocy. You're not, of course, and it helps to be reminded of that.
Quote from: VectorM on July 03, 2011, 08:06:17 PM
Dude, you are NEVER, EVER the only one to notice anything.
It makes you look like a douche when you keep saying that about everything, seriously.
That's nice.
The part that gets me the most is the Brain scanner. I should just try to get an appointment with some bureaucrat and try to pass off dowsing rods as reliable lie/terrorist detectors. I probably have a 50/50 shot of them believing me no questions asked.
Quote from: FSBlueApocalypse on July 03, 2011, 08:55:43 PM
The part that gets me the most is the Brain scanner. I should just try to get an appointment with some bureaucrat and try to pass off dowsing rods as reliable lie/terrorist detectors. I probably have a 50/50 shot of them believing me no questions asked.
Wouldn't surprise me one bit. It reminds me of a few comments Shane left on his YouTube videos (can't remember where exactly) of the UK's NHS funding homeopathy.
Quote from: FSBlueApocalypse on July 03, 2011, 08:55:43 PM
The part that gets me the most is the Brain scanner. I should just try to get an appointment with some bureaucrat and try to pass off dowsing rods as reliable lie/terrorist detectors. I probably have a 50/50 shot of them believing me no questions asked.
Sniffex beat you to it.
You know, don't these idiots in government realize that the ESRB exists for the sole purpose of letting parents know what kind of content their kids will be purchasing? Of course ESRB is a private, self-regulating organization that rates games to provides enough information to let parents decide on their own if their kids should be playing such games. They're just mad that they don't get to make the decision themselves.
Robert Reich......words cannot describe the headache I received while listening to his asinine remarks.
The ESRB came out of government meddling anyway. After games like Mortal Kombat and Doom came out, Congress pulled the "THINK OF THE CHILDREN" act and gave the industry a year to form its own system or the government would create one.
Quote from: FSBlueApocalypse on July 03, 2011, 10:37:39 PM
The ESRB came out of government meddling anyway. After games like Mortal Kombat and Doom came out, Congress pulled the "THINK OF THE CHILDREN" act and gave the industry a year to form its own system or the government would create one.
That may be true, but it could have been a lot worse (for example what this bill in California would have caused.)
Of course some games had a warning on their label before the ESRB even existed. Splatterhouse 2 on the Sega Genesis is an example I can think of off of the top of my head. Great game by the way.
I was agreeing with what you were saying, just getting the point across that government is bitching despite getting what they wanted.
It's like a nanny running into your room, saying you have 5 minutes to get your Sunday best on, and then acting like you're a bum because your tie is a 1/4 inch too short.
Quote from: FSBlueApocalypse on July 03, 2011, 10:57:51 PM
I was agreeing with what you were saying, just getting the point across that government is bitching despite getting what they wanted.
It's like a nanny running into your room, saying you have 5 minutes to get your Sunday best on, and then acting like you're a bum because your tie is a 1/4 inch too short.
Very good analogy. I may have to steal that one.
Thankfully, the ESRB hasn't yet gone the route the MPAA rating system where it becomes an abusive way to shut down any movie for any reason with no accountability.
Because it's more of a voluntary system; the MPAA is a cartel. There is no such cartel that I've seen with video games.
On the Robert Reich video, the comments reek of stupidity and cult of the omnipotent state.
Quote@snipzor Ron Paul wants to get rid of all the regulatory agencies--they're not in the Constitution. The big corps would love that. They would then be totally free to pillage the middle class (they're not far from totally free now). Ron says he just wants us to be free, but without regulatory agencies we can be fed poisoned food, drugs, water, and forced to breath filthy air. Without regs, banks are free to ruin our economy. Without regs we can't sue the corps when they poison or cheat us.
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To quote Randy Orton, "STUPID STUPID STUPID!"
Quote from: Lord T Hawkeye on July 04, 2011, 08:56:25 AM
Thankfully, the ESRB hasn't yet gone the route the MPAA rating system where it becomes an abusive way to shut down any movie for any reason with no accountability.
The ESRB is weird, in general it seems they've gotten more lax on what will get a M vs a T. I think if something like Uncharted 2 came out in the late 90's it would've gotten a M rating.
But on the flip side you do see them occasionally throw down the "Adults Only" hammer of doom on games like Grand Theft Auto, Fahrenheit, and The Witcher even though they're on par with other M games.
Quote from: MrBogosity on July 04, 2011, 08:58:57 AM
Because it's more of a voluntary system; the MPAA is a cartel. There is no such cartel that I've seen with video games.
Though, isn't Blockbuster and Walmart's refusal to sell certain ratings their voluntary choice? Albeit, not a very wise one considering the MPAA's blatant bias?
They're making their decision based on what customers want. Apparently more customers don't want their children exposed to that than want to buy it.
On the other hand, nobody wants a ratings system tainted by bias. Remind me, why is the MPAA THE ratings system with no competitors who might offer a much more fair and better explained system?
Quote from: Lord T Hawkeye on July 04, 2011, 04:30:37 PM
On the other hand, nobody wants a ratings system tainted by bias. Remind me, why is the MPAA THE ratings system with no competitors who might offer a much more fair and better explained system?
Duuurrrrr....If we do that who will protect the children. After all, it isn't our job to do tha...that was painful just to write down as a joke. I suspect that something like that may come up as reasoning against something new because there are people that are so lazy that they do not have any interest in deciding for them selves what is appropriate for their children to watch.
As a gamer, I can say that (probably with some bias) the ESRB is possibly one of the best rating systems we have in the US, at the moment. Are their flaws, most likely, but the questions is, can they learn from their flaws and adapt to newer trends in the market. I like to think they have (the ratings and listing what made the rating what it is, excessive language drug use, etc).