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TarsTarkas
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This is no different than the voluntary gun collections and just as useless.
Until we as a society learn to treat each other decently, we will continue to create our own human monsters. But that doesn't provide instant gratification so it will be the last thing we do. |
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Cecilthedarkknight_234
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That depends on the title, I have the black label resident evil 2 non dual shock with case/manual and both disc. It is worth around 40-60 dollars to collectors alone since it does not have any built any cheats or arrange mode "infinite ammo". |
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vangelionite88
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well you get a gift card to a restaurant or bowling alley.... that is awesome lol. yeah im not a huge gamer and i wont blame games for making people violent, there are stupid people who go apeshit over cod or battlefield or what have you, they take it too seriously, godamn ragers.
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Badlands
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I'd like to see the logistics of the event....such as the number of games they collect and specifically WHO brings in the games kids/teens/adults?
Collecting violent media is NOT going to bring back those children or heal those that have lost loved ones. It won't even stop any future incidents. |
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penguintruth
 Posts: 8461 Location: Penguinopolis |
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So, never? |
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Nandosagi
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I'm all for community-level actions to address problems. That said, I sincerely hope the people cited in this article don't actually believe this is any sort of solution, because the idea that this had any one cause that can easily be addressed is dangerously narrow-minded. Not only will things like this not provide a real solution to the larger problem, it is a slippery slope that could lead to a Pandora's Box: do we start burning DVDs of violent films next? Then print media? CDs?
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TarsTarkas
Posts: 5836 Location: Virginia, United States |
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Sadly, I think you nailed it. Our society and media ignores the real causes, and just deals with the superficial symptoms. We really have learned nothing since Columbine and further back in the past. |
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Kelly
Posts: 868 Location: New York City |
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I never said anything about incarceration, configspace. That should always be a last resort. What I said was that we need to do a much better job as a society of finding and helping these people before they shoot a place up or push someone off a subway track, both for their sakes and our own. |
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TitanXL
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I don't really see how this works. Anyone, erm, 'young' or 'mentally unstable' enough to go kill people from playing a video game or seeing a movie would probably not turn in their stuff to be destroyed. And anyone who was level-headed enough to not want another Connecticut incident to happen is clearly not in any danger of going on a killing spree. Not entirely sure who this is aimed for.
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revolutionotaku
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"Those Who Cannot Remember The Past Are Condemned To Repeat It". -George Santayana 
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Nandosagi
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It would help if you better defined what exactly "helping these people" means in your opinion. I'm not trying to be combative, I just would like it if you clarified what you mean some more. |
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enurtsol
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Django was packed, again! Lots of red paint.** We're all done for. We're all gonna be shooters!
(** They don't make 'em like they used to!) (The funniest scene was with the KKK burn-raiding!) |
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Kelly
Posts: 868 Location: New York City |
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I mean ensuring that they are getting therapy and medication if necessary - as well as followup as often as necessary to make sure that medication doesn't need to be adjusted. Perhaps also continuing to destigmatize mental illness to make it easier for their families to feel that they can reach out for help instead of trying to hide the problem. |
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Polycell
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What if they don't want therapy or medication? Even if you agree to imprisoning them until they're medicated and therapated, what if they choose to skip their appointments and chuck their prescriptions?
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Mohawk52
 Posts: 8202 Location: England, UK |
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So armed guards in every school and bullet proof vests for children. Hasn't America come a long way from "Leave It to Beaver"? Certainly not the future they envisioned at the 1964 World's Fair, is it? 
Last edited by Mohawk52 on Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:18 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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