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Danieljay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:27 PM Original message |
Call of Duty 4. Desensitizing our unconscious by sensationalizing and glorifying warfare? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm getting it |
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Blashyrkh (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. Indeed. Playing CoD has given me an appreciation for what those men experienced |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. I plan on buying it.... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. The human mind can tell the difference between simulation and reality |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. No connective bonds to simulations, eh? Tell that to Bessie... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Now you are just indulging in fantasy |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. We gave one of those... |
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Danieljay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I'm not suggesting these games have a direct correlation with violent behavior, what I am suggesting |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Na, a kid sees their friend get blown up for real in combat and they are gonna barf |
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Danieljay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I totally agree.... with the body of your post. n/t |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
72. That's because the 1st Iraq war was fought like a video game... |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. I view Call of Duty differently than I would view say Grand Theft Auto for example... |
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Danieljay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Well said. I don't have issue with violent video games. I agree that |
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Blashyrkh (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. Propaganda is only as effective as the person reading it is stupid. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. If you get your history from Call of Duty then I don't know what to tell you... |
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Blashyrkh (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:55 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. I'm no buff... |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Yes propaganda does effect me, and it effects you too. You are in denial if you don't believe it. |
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Blashyrkh (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-08-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Most. Condescending. Post. Ever. |
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Danieljay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Actually, thats not exactly true, though I agree with your stats and premise. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Its a case of the media presenting the real war more like a simulation |
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Danieljay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Yes. Thanks for clarifying what I was attempting to say.. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. The ARMY is using these games as recruitment tools!! |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. If COD 4 is a recruitment tool, then it does a horrible job. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Enter the ARMY's Game Tournaments and you'll see. |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Um, what games have the Pentagon developed? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. You can OPT OUT |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. BTW, I meant to add this to the previous post. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I said if you play in the tournament. |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Ah. I thought you meant you would be asked for this information before you play the actual game |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. They have more than 30,000 signing up all the time |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. The Pentagon Invades Your Xbox |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Okay okay we get it. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. My kid loves the shit, but he's no killer! |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. And no reasonable person would claim that those who play violent video games are violent people... |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. When you say propaganda... |
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Danieljay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'm not sure about or even what Infinity Ward is but the US Government is paying for others... |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Infinity Ward is the developer of COD 4. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. How do you know it is not? |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I guess if you feel that way, I'm not going to debate all night. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Has your kid given them his name and address yet? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. That sort of violence is better aimed at Grand Theft Auto III |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sometimes |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. I thought it was pretty funny that while I was checking out Manhunt 2 on IGN. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. We have been glorifying war for over a genearation |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. What measured effects do you have to compare those countries to the US? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Look at Japan where these games are hugely popular |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. FWIW, the Japanese are not big fans of shooting games. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #48 |
66. They make some incredibly violent games though... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
67. Yeah right, that's why Battletech shoots bunnies |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Violent games are born in Japan |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. True, many Japanese games are extremely violent |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. um ... in the 80s and 90s, with movies like "Natural Born Killers", weren't |
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Danieljay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. Pentagon and CIA enlist video games - developed for training and recruitment |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. Exactly and then they have 'tournaments' designed to get |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. Americas Army is a recruitment tool, COD 4 is just a damn good game. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. It is also a recruitment tool. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
33. Nope. Just a video game. nt. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's just a game |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
35. just a game |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
42. It's just a game with cool graphics. n/t |
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Basileus Basileon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
54. I plan on buying it. It looks like a good game, just like the previous three. nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
55. Hi im seabeyond's 10 yr old son |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Call of Duty 4 is not set in WWII. It is in the modern era. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. He didn't say it wasn't |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. It wasn't very clear. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. thanks for talking to him guys. appreciate. now booktime and bedtime. n/t |
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Bright Eyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
59. I played a game recently at a friend's house |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. AA |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. And there are plenty of realism mods out there too. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
63. I think if people explained to their kids... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. yep.... i made my kids promise they wont go out and shoot people because they play |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
70. The woman plays all the Call of Duty games |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
71. No, just a cool first person shooter, the only real danger of which is sedentary players. -n/t |
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