Fox News on Mass Effect

[JerrySanders]

I think this is kind of funny, "Sexbox" lol, I think these people are overreacting and the video game guy Jeff pwns them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKzF173GqTU&eurl=http://www.nilechat.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15013

[Mr. Ron]

LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db2IYrRmQFk&feature=related


THATS IT!?

[JerrySanders]

Yeah I think it is, that's funny because you can see the same thing on a lot of pg-13 movies on tv.

[Mr. Ron]

oh noes buttocks?!


THE COLLAPSE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION IS NYE!

[thedeadwalk!]

"It's not the days of Playboy Magazine when a lot of moms were at home..."

Is she trying to make a comparison with the supervised viewing of Playboy by a mom on her son?

[Der Übermensch]

I like how they all admitted they actually hadn't played the game, and thus had no actual basis on which to found the complaints...

How about they go complain about the fact that I could find pictures of a girl getting it from a dog via Google rather then a side shot of an animated bum.

[FakePlasticTrees]

Oh. My. Fracking. God.



They're all cunts.

[Against Miik!]

I like how they all admitted they actually hadn't played the game, and thus had no actual basis on which to found the complaints...

How about they go complain about the fact that I could find pictures of a girl getting it from a dog via Google rather then a side shot of an animated bum.

Yeah, just like I'm sure Hillary Clinton played a lot of GTA: San Andreas a few years back.

Didn't the new Beowulf movie have a basically naked digital Angelina Jolie? Like that wasn't marketed to kids.

I don't get how they say these games are marketed to kids. It's marketed to people who own an xbox. It's rated M, which means most places won't sell it to a minor. This is dumb.

More of Fox News being Fox News and distracting people with fake issues and attractive blond anchors.

[dei]

Wow.

[gregulus]

I AM OFFENDED.

sincerely,
ridiculously conservative parents everywhere.

co-signed,
fox news.

[Der Übermensch]

It's rated M, which means most places won't sell it to a minor. This is dumb.
Good point, forgot to bring that up. Thats the equivalent of saying its Rated R in movie ratings.

[dei]

I think I am going to cry.

[Mr. Ron]

America.

[gregulus]

I think I am going to cry.
So is God at this debauchery.

[simplephotographinthesun]

clearly the real issue here is that female alien seducing that american hero into sex and marriage so that she can attain citizenship and amnesty for their children.

THEY DESERVE NO AMNESTY!!!111

[Linkinbassist]

American got wound up for that?

cry me a ****ing river.

[irishslappop]

I bought an Xbox 360 just for this game, played through it twice, and sold the whole system. This is possibly the most Amazing game ever created. for anything. Ever. FOX news is out of their minds. I hope they rot in hell. Where is my rocket launcher? spear. Kill.

[Metaljonus]

lawlz

[Iscariot]

It's funny how they claim to know exactly what this game is about from beginning to end yet none of them have actually played the game.

I also agree with the guy on the far right side of the panel who said that at the end of the day it's up to the parents to monitor what games their children play or don't play. If you know a game has questionable content and you don't want your kid to play it then don't buy it or rent it for him/her. If they play it at a friend's house then tough luck, you lost the battle.

[1338 h4x0r]

I like how they all admitted they actually hadn't played the game, and thus had no actual basis on which to found the complaints...


Kind of like how Bob Dole demonized Cannibal Corpse, then had to admit he never listened to Cannibal Corpse.

You may know that Aristotle said that vicariously experiencing violent acts eliminates our need to be violent. Maybe something similar applies for jiggling pixelated asscheeks.

[PerpetualBurn]

I enjoy the black woman's rant about how clearly she has no time to be a parent, so why can't the government do it for her?

[bradc1988]

I love EA's response to this, good to see them standing up to ignorance.

[Knifeboy]

When playing Mass Effect at my friends house, I created the most ugly female creature imaginable...
It was hilarious to play with such an unorthodox hero

I feel very lucky not to make it to the "sex scene"


edit:

lol at the so called psychology specialist claiming that sex has a desentizising effect as a teen.
if sex has a desentizising effect, then why the hell do I still get a boner everytime I see a nice set of boobs? I must have looked at thousands upon thousands of boobs since I was 13 years old

[Mother]

I think they mean desensitizing as in not noticing females as human beings (with feelings and what not) or something like that . Religion (in the middle ages at least) has that same effect lol.

[VomitStainedCretin]

"It's not the days of Playboy Magazine when a lot of moms were at home..."WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE IS LEAVING CHILDREN UNPROTECTED FROM THE EVIL THAT IS DIGITAL EXPOSED HUMAN BUTTOCKS. SEEING HUMAN BUTTOCKS WILL RESULT IN THEM THINKING SODOMY IS OK AND DYING OF AIDS.I think they mean desensitizing as in not noticing females as human beings (with feelings and what not)Women have feelings? I thought they were merely automata programmed to keep the house clean, pop out kids and satiate male lusts...

[evilmegaman]

WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE IS LEAVING CHILDREN UNPROTECTED FROM THE EVIL THAT IS DIGITAL EXPOSED HUMAN BUTTOCKS. SEEING HUMAN BUTTOCKS WILL RESULT IN THEM THINKING SODOMY IS OK AND DYING OF AIDS.Women have feelings? I thought they were merely automata programmed to keep the house clean, pop out kids and satiate male lusts...


Islam is truely enlightening.

[Knifeboy]

http://kotaku.com/348187/ea-calls-fo if anyone wants to read EA's response

[JerrySanders]

Nice, they really made a point by saying that you see sex scenes on prime tv and it's nothing new, I hate censorship.

[Mister_Che]

http://kotaku.com/348187/ea-calls-fo if anyone wants to read EA's response

Awesome.

[Mr. Ron]

You guys, how awesome would it be to bone an alien. I mean, come on.

[guitrguy]

You guys, how awesome would it be to bone an alien. I mean, come on.

Yeah, I've seen that porn.

[Kage]

When did our standards for televised media become so low that people will actually accept Fox News putting up people to debate on/talk about a topic they have no knowledge or experience with? How is it okay for a person to rant about a videogame on national television and then admit that they have never played it??

It's like putting two people up to debate causes of the Civil War who have never read a history book.

[dei]

It's like Serenity talking about anything.

[irishslappop]

You guys, how awesome would it be to bone an alien. I mean, come on.

i've always said that if aliens come and they're friendly, im gonna get them wasted and **** them :lol: It's your duty as a Human Being!

[Otherside]

The United States of Gaymerica

[Knifeboy]

http://kotaku.com/348355/quack-gets-amazon-book-rating-spammed the internet can be pretty entertaining at times

[Iscariot]

Amazon mass deleted the negative reviews.

[Knifeboy]

http://www.amazon.com/Been-There-Done-That-Jewelry/dp/1593376359/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201207656&sr=8-2
not for this one

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[spitfirejunky]

"Trying to encourage sexual acts in a book made available to young children is unacceptable."

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

So awesome.

[Linkinbassist]

I enjoy the black woman's rant about how clearly she has no time to be a parent, so why can't the government do it for her?

this is the problem though...parents can't be parents anymore! it's like they've lost the knack or something :S

[Independent_CA]

"I swore off and haven't bought video games until this Christmas."

Holy crap, how backwards and ridiculously neo-conservative can FOX possibly get? And I like how they needed a "panel" of 4 people to say absolutely nothing of substance.

"I don't understand why it didn't get an AO rating. What happened to Pac Man and Pong?"

Yeah, lets bring back disco and 10mpg standard cars cause the past is always so much better.

:rolleyes:

I have to wonder about that statistic. I would think that these days 18-35 year olds (or something like that) are probably the biggest group of gamers out there, if not a close second. Either way they're probably the more heavily involved when it comes to online play and things like that.

[VomitStainedCretin]

Pac-Man is an insidious metaphor for laissez-faire capitalism teaching children to consume as much as possible and viciously attack opponents when they are disadvantaged for financial gain.

[irishslappop]

hahahahaha

[McP3000]

Pac-Man is an insidious metaphor for laissez-faire capitalism teaching children to consume as much as possible and viciously attack opponents when they are disadvantaged for financial gain.
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[Mr. Ron]

Conservatism needs to be eliminated. Thats all I have to say.

[Iscariot]

Conservatism needs to be eliminated. Thats all I have to say.

Not on all levels. Some liberal views are sickeningly lenient.

[Mr. Ron]

I'm just cranky. :<

[McP3000]

Conservatism needs to be eliminated. Thats all I have to say.
A lot on the social level, not so much the economic level.

[MoonlightBleeding]

"I have to go with that study..."

WTF?

[dei]

Economic freedom must go.

[McP3000]

Economic freedom must go.
ok marx

[Independent_CA]

Someone should "mass effect" that stupid analyst chicks face.


Economic freedom must go.
And yours too...

[gregulus]

she looks pretty good on the cover of her book. not gonna lie.

[guitrguy]

Ann Coulter? Her idiocy kills whatever physical attractiveness she has.

[Iskandar]

The term "economic freedom" is right-wing Newspeak for capitalism. It doesn't actually mean anything insightful or useful.

Not on all levels. Some liberal views are sickeningly lenient.No they're not.

[beso negro]

here is the study from University of Maryland that the women was referencing: (incase you want to look it up at your uni's library)

Author: Brenick, Alaina; Henning, Alexandra; Killen, Melanie; O'Connor, Alexander; Collins, Michael
Year: 2007
Article Title: Social evaluations of stereotypic images in video games: Unfair, legitimate, or "just entertainment"?
Journal: Youth and Society
Volume: 38
Edition: 4
Issue: 38

surfer, terrorist hunt, and extreme golf were the games referenced in the study.

[Phalanx]

I'm glad EA emailed Fox, first good thing they've done in years.

As the parent company of BioWare… EA would like you to set the record straight on a number of errors and misstatements which incorrectly characterize the story and character interactions in Mass Effect.

Your headline above the televised story read: “New videogame shows full digital nudity and sex.” Fact: Mass Effect does not include explicit or frontal nudity. Love scenes in non-interactive sequences include side and profile shots - a vantage frequently used in many prime-time television shows…

FNC voice-over reporter says: “You’ll see full digital nudity and the ability for players to engage in graphic sex.” Fact: Sex scenes in Mass Effect are not graphic. These scenes are very similar to sex sequences frequently seen on network television in prime time.

FNC reporter says: “Critics say Mass Effect is being marketed to kids and teenagers.” Fact: That is flat out false…

Brown also named several of Fox’s own programs for displaying a level of sexuality far beyond Mass Effect’s single, rather tasteful love scene:

Do you watch the Fox Network? Do you watch Family Guy? Have you ever seen The OC? Do you think the sexual situations in Mass Effect are any more graphic than scenes routinely aired on those shows? Do you honestly believe that young people have more exposure to Mass Effect than to those prime time shows?

From Gamepolitics.com

[Smokey D]

The term "economic freedom" is right-wing Newspeak for capitalism. It doesn't actually mean anything insightful or useful

Whatever Uncle Joe.

[1338 h4x0r]

Ann Coulter? Her idiocy kills whatever physical attractiveness she has.

She looks like a Lich anyway.

[south_of_heaven 11]

Damnit. I watch FOX because I got sick of turning on NBC or CNN and just having constant streams of anti-american bullshit slung at me. FOX was dumber but at least it wasn't hippie based. Looks like I need to find a new source of news :/

[Kage]

Like, not the television.

[spitfirejunky]

CNN slings anti-American bullshit?

[south_of_heaven 11]

Yeah that sums it up pretty much.

[1338 h4x0r]

Damnit. I watch FOX because I got sick of turning on NBC or CNN and just having constant streams of anti-american bullshit slung at me. FOX was dumber but at least it wasn't hippie based. Looks like I need to find a new source of news :/

Anti-American bullshit? Such as?

Sveriges Radio is way more awesome anyways.

[spitfirejunky]

Yeah that sums it up pretty much.

Examples?

[south_of_heaven 11]

CNN showed videos of an insurgent sniper picking off US soldiers. That's anti-american IMO.

Coming from a media party that did the right thing choosing not to show victims of 9/11 and beheadings, they went ahead and showed videos of US soldiers being executed.

edit:

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/cnn-shows-video-of-sniper-targetting-us-soldiers-in-iraq

No idea what the main website is like but I did a quick search on google to find the story. This popped up first.

[Kage]

That's not really anti-American, it's just sensationalistic so they can make money.

[south_of_heaven 11]

I take it as anti-american. Promoting the enemies kills over our (US) troops? IMO it is.

Examples?

My 2nd post here was directed at Kage.

[Kage]

Well, you can take it however you like, but I'm not offended by anti-America ****; what does offend me is shitty reporting, and that's all it is. The fact is that turmoil and tragedy and focusing on the enemy's successes is what's going to get people watching.

[Smokey D]

I don't know if I'd call it anti-American. Poor taste, perhaps.

It's hardly promoting the enemy killing Americans; it's showing that American soldiers are dying.

[1338 h4x0r]

I don't know if I'd call it anti-American. Poor taste, perhaps.

It's hardly promoting the enemy killing Americans; it's showing that American soldiers are dying.

Yeah, maybe we should know what happens during the war.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I take it as anti-american. Promoting the enemies kills over our (US) troops? IMO it is.
It's not a competition. They showed it because people are interested.

[|~Iceb0x~|]

Lame, I really like that woman's comments of " Boys can't tell the difference between A game and the real world"

[1338 h4x0r]

Lame, I really like that woman's comments of " Boys can't tell the difference between A game and the real world"

But beyond the age of two...?

[Independent_CA]

Lame, I really like that woman's comments of " Boys can't tell the difference between A game and the real world"

Maybe that's because their overprotective mothers seal them off from the real world and raise them in a Focus on the Family approved fantasy land?

[Iskandar]

Americans keep saying CNN has a lib'rul bias. That's funny, I always thought it had a conservative bias.

Guess American's idea of liberal is Canada's idea of conservative.

Sveriges Radio is way more awesome anyways.I get that on my radio. It's neat.

[Mr. Ron]

Damnit. I watch FOX because I got sick of turning on NBC or CNN and just having constant streams of anti-american bullshit slung at me. FOX was dumber but at least it wasn't hippie based. Looks like I need to find a new source of news :/
what

[Bordello]

lol soh is an idiot

[Sleep]

Americans keep saying CNN has a lib'rul bias. That's funny, I always thought it had a conservative bias.

i always thought so too. (and i'm canadian.)

[Mr. Ron]

Well I think its pretty evident that America's model for a liberal is pretty skewed.

[Bordello]

most war movies are anti-american

[Mr. Ron]

what

[guitrguy]

CNN is just right of center, imo

[Surtr]

Lmao. In times like these you need to do one thing.

Remember this is Fox.

[guitrguy]

:eek: I live and die by Fox and its bible thumping pundits.

[Iskandar]

CNN is just right of center, imoSo are most American "liberals."

[Mr. Ron]

Yeah a lot of "libs" I know are basically that: Center. America doesn't really know what real left wing beliefs are.

[Bordello]

anyone else think glenn beck is annoying

[Mr. Ron]

his voice is so grating.

[guitrguy]

yes, but not as bad as Limbaugh.

[Mr. Ron]

Rush is largely just seen as a joke. At least he makes me laugh sometimes, granted he's a nut.



I actually think Hannity and O'reilly are by far worse.

[guitrguy]

True.

[Bordello]

his voice is so grating.

glenn beck starts talking like this AND THEN TALKS LIKE THIS SO PEOPLE WILL GET THE PICTURE WHILE USING "LOOK" AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY SENTENCE because he knows everything

[Iskandar]

Yeah a lot of "libs" I know are basically that: Center. America doesn't really know what real left wing beliefs are.Left-wing means, like, you're for abortion.

Then people like crazy Kucinich are like far left. Practically a communist.

[guitrguy]

he does that point thing with his hand, like people will believe him more when he does it.

[Independent_CA]

You've never tried that before? Dude, get involved.

[guitrguy]

I understand non verbal communication, and Glen Beck sucks at it.

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

ya i played through it amazing game

[VomitStainedCretin]

most war movies are anti-americanIndeed, by depicting American troops as mortal they discredit the beliefs of the backward cannibal societies that are the US's enemies that white people are gods. They also demonstrate key weaknesses like the inability to function without a head and the fact americans bleed.

[Independent_CA]

Indeed, by depicting American troops as mortal they discredit the beliefs of the backward cannibal societies that are the US's enemies that white people are gods. They also demonstrate key weaknesses like the inability to function without a head and the fact americans bleed.

I have never bled once in my life. My body also feeds itself by ingesting various diseases, bacteria, and other micro-organisms that dare to enter its domain.

[McP3000]

This thread makes me angry

[1338 h4x0r]

I get that on my radio. It's neat.

Consider the World Radio Network. Granted, programs like China Radio International and, to a lesser extent, Voice of Russia are lolworthy but Radio Sweden, Channel Africa, Copenhagen Calling and Radio Prague are all examples of great news programming.

[r1mbaud]

Kind of like how Bob Dole demonized Cannibal Corpse, then had to admit he never listened to Cannibal Corpse.

You may know that Aristotle said that vicariously experiencing violent acts eliminates our need to be violent. Maybe something similar applies for jiggling pixelated asscheeks.

Seeing sex does not make me not want to have sex. Infact suprise suprise, its just the opposite.
While with the game you actually have to go through and play the game to get a feel for the intimacy and character development, you can just look at cannibal corpses material.

you can realize how terrible it is, theres no need to sadden your ears with this nonsense expressed Vocally.
http://lyricwiki.org/Cannibal_Corpse:****ed_With_A_Knife

[PerpetualBurn]

Those lyrics are great.

[1338 h4x0r]

http://lyricwiki.org/Cannibal_Corpse:****ed_With_A_Knife

I love how they say it live

FUUUUUUCKED!!! ... WITH A KNIIIIIIFE!!!

[r1mbaud]

Those lyrics are great.

shhh...

[Mr. Ron]

The lyrics to Entrails Ripped From A Virgin's Cunt are much much better

[1338 h4x0r]

The best Cannibal Corpse song by far, lyrics wise, is Frantic Disembowelment.

[Sleep]

Yeah a lot of "libs" I know are basically that: Center. America doesn't really know what real left wing beliefs are.

yes. the next time i hear a democratic presidential candidate being called a communist i'm going to rip my arms off.

[McP3000]

yes. the next time i hear a democratic presidential candidate being called a communist i'm going to rip my arms off.
hillary is a communist

NOW RIP YOUR ARMS OFF BITCH

*gets camera*

[Mr. Ron]

yes. the next time i hear a democratic presidential candidate being called a communist i'm going to rip my arms off.

I post on another message board, and I started a thread about national health care and it's pros, and all I got was "National health care? Sounds like communism to me."



@_@

[McP3000]

I post on another message board, and I started a thread about national health care and it's pros, and all I got was "National health care? Sounds like communism to me."



@_@
what message board

and admittedly it is a fairly socialist idea

[Mr. Ron]

what message board

and admittedly it is a fairly socialist idea
yeah but its hardly, even by the stretch of the imagination, communist.

[1338 h4x0r]

yeah but its hardly, even by the stretch of the imagination, communist.

Don't be silly. Canada used Communist agents like Dick Cheney to get us to go into a pointless war in Iraq so they could easily charge down from the North and conquer our land.

[McP3000]

Don't be silly. Canada used Communist agents like Dick Cheney to get us to go into a pointless war in Iraq so they could easily charge down from the North and conquer our land.
you two should get acquainted...you're very similar.

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/6/6c/Epic_fail_guy.gif

[1338 h4x0r]

you two should get acquainted...you're very similar.

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/6/6c/Epic_fail_guy.gif

Epic Fail Guy with an einheri helmet (stereotyped 'Viking helmet') used to be my avatar on another forum.

I'll have you know I was being facetious. :lol:

[guitrguy]

I lol'd and rep'd

[Iskandar]

yes. the next time i hear a democratic presidential candidate being called a communist i'm going to rip my arms off.:):):)

Please be my wife.

Yesterday I heard a oh-so-knowledgeable pundit call Hillary a socialist, Edwards a communist, and ascribe America's "greatness" to its "capitalist, free-market system." He then proceeded to compare anti-poverty programs to the Soviet Union.

I banged my head against the wall a couple of times to let off some anger.

[Dave de Sylvia]

America's greatness is due to its free market system. Guy's still a nut though.

[Iskandar]

No it's not. It's due to its military strength.

[Dave de Sylvia]

America was awesome before it even had military strength.

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

america's greatness is due the fact it isnt ****ed over yet

if it had been as of now i wouldnt be noting this

[Dave de Sylvia]

Let me guess... Ron Paul?

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

wat

[Iskandar]

America was awesome before it even had military strength.no u

http://communistsforkerry.com/images/othersites/Hillary_CoxForkum.gif

[guitrguy]

No it's not. It's due to its military strength.

You can thank Hitler for that one.

[Mr. Ron]

no u

http://communistsforkerry.com/images/othersites/Hillary_CoxForkum.gif

what moron drew that piece of garbage

[dei]

Glenn Beck.

[Mr. Ron]

well there you go

[Sleep]

and admittedly it is a fairly socialist idea

that doesn't make it a bad idea, though. people like hannity and o'reilly call it socialized medicine like it carries some sort of negative connotation.

[gregulus]

what message board

and admittedly it is a fairly socialist idea
Socialized medicine and National Health Care are not the same thing.

[peeted]

The National health service is about as socialist an idea as the police force.

[Iskandar]

Healthcare is a mainstream idea. It's not like it's some far-left conspiracy concocted by neo-Stalinists to subvert American ideals of private initiative and enterprise.

Well, Glenn Beck might think that.

[VomitStainedCretin]

Marxists advocate it... it must be bad for America!

Logic at its finest...

[McP3000]

Socialized medicine and National Health Care are not the same thing.
Ummm

like what? You are legally binded to buy health insurance versus it being given to you by the government? Either way the government is in extreme control of the situation.

Healthcare is a mainstream idea. It's not like it's some far-left conspiracy concocted by neo-Stalinists to subvert American ideals of private initiative and enterprise.
Healthcare is a concept not defined by the political spectrum...

Free-Market Healthcare and Socialized Healthcare are however

Marxists advocate it... it must be bad for America!

Logic at its finest...
Well, Marx isn't known for having that great of ideas :rolleyes:

[guitrguy]

Ummm

like what? You are legally binded to buy health insurance versus it being given to you by the government? Either way the government is in extreme control of the situation.
gov't control is implied.

Healthcare is a concept not defined by the political spectrum...

Free-Market Healthcare and Socialized Healthcare are however
wtf? what are you saying? Human health is not a commodity that should be bought buy the highest bidder, as this alienates the right to life. Private healthcare only encourages such a ridiculous idea.

[Iskandar]

Either way the government is in extreme control of the situation.They're providing the healthcare. It's not like they're in control of every single decision made, down to individual patients.

[beso negro]

she apologized:

http://gamepolitics.com/2008/01/26/cooper-lawrence-i-misspoke-about-mass-effect/

[beso negro]

Human health is not a commodity that should be bought buy the highest bidder, as this alienates the right to life. Private healthcare only encourages such a ridiculous idea.

that's capitalism at its finest tbh.

poor people are replaceable.

[guitrguy]

at least she has the decency to rescind her comments.

[Independent_CA]

Its too late though. Fox already got the ratings it wanted and convinced millions of narrow-minded parents not to buy this "godless" game or allow their children to play it.

[McP3000]

wtf? what are you saying? Human health is not a commodity that should be bought buy the highest bidder, as this alienates the right to life. Private healthcare only encourages such a ridiculous idea.
What
unless you misquoted me, i never said anything of the sort. I said healthcare is not politically defined on the spectrum. What you said is irrelevant.
And, the idea that healthcare wouldn't be a commodity in a socialized healthcare environment is also false.

[Knifeboy]

she apologized:

http://gamepolitics.com/2008/01/26/cooper-lawrence-i-misspoke-about-mass-effect/

That's a pretty good apology..
Now it's Fox Turn

[McP3000]

This was a pretty low blow by Fox

it also sounds like it was a secret held by the few message pushing hardasses about this...erm..."sex scene"

[guitrguy]

What
unless you misquoted me, i never said anything of the sort. I said healthcare is not politically defined on the spectrum. What you said is irrelevant.wtf do you mean defined, and what the hell are you getting at?
And, the idea that healthcare wouldn't be a commodity in a socialized healthcare environment is also false.

lol, do tell how how socialized healthcare would be a commodity.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Its too late though. Fox already got the ratings it wanted and convinced millions of narrow-minded parents not to buy this "godless" game or allow their children to play it.
Millions?! I think you mean BILLIONS!

also lol at the fact that everybody involved in the show bar the gamer guy has admitted at some point to never having even seen the game

[Iskandar]

pushing hard asses
Man, this sounds like a great game. Where can I get it?

[Independent_CA]

Millions?! I think you mean BILLIONS!

also lol at the fact that everybody involved in the show bar the gamer guy has admitted at some point to never having even seen the game

I know, seriously.

If you've ever met one of FOX's hardcore fan-base its a very disturbing experience. A few months back I was on base and this old lady with her teenage grandson corners me and like 4 of my buddies at our table while we were eating lunch and just starts going off about pretty much whatever she could think of. Everything from the Clintons, to Jane Fonda, to Iran, to religion, you name it, she said it and wasted a good 45 minutes of our precious joke-and-story-telling time. All the while she kept like praising us for "being in uniform" and crap like that.

One of the most ridiculous things she said was how her entire family had "elected" her to go see The Golden Compass and report back to them whether it was acceptable. Apparently some religious nuts had been saying publicly that it subliminally taught people, especially children, to kill God and whatnot. And to make matters worse, it was based on a book by an atheist (oh no!!!). Their pastor(s) were among this group, so she was to see it and then I guess tell the entire family whether or not they could see it or whatever. But it was obvious from her comments that she'd already condemned it and wouldn't give it a chance even if it was a good movie.

Anyways, after hearing her opinion about that, some movie called "Redacted", and what we should do about Iran, I'm still not sure how I avoided poking my eyes out with my straw. Or getting up and just punching her right in the face like what happens to the lesbian in the beginning of The Boondock Saints.

Anyway, like I was saying, very very disturbing who FOX news actually talks to and how much they are able to influence them.

[guitrguy]

whoa..... I'm sorry you had to experience that.

[McP3000]

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what
you took my quote completely out of context

what are you trying to say

[McP3000]

One of the most ridiculous things she said was how her entire family had "elected" her to go see The Golden Compass and report back to them whether it was acceptable. Apparently some religious nuts had been saying publicly that it subliminally taught people, especially children, to kill God and whatnot. And to make matters worse, it was based on a book by an atheist (oh no!!!). Their pastor(s) were among this group, so she was to see it and then I guess tell the entire family whether or not they could see it or whatever. But it was obvious from her comments that she'd already condemned it and wouldn't give it a chance even if it was a good movie.
But the Golden Compass was a stupid and bad movie
whats your point

[guitrguy]

But the Golden Compass was a stupid and bad movie
whats your point
probably because they stripped it down to almost nothing.

[Saetia]

**** Fox news.










And ****ing **** Neil Cavuto.

[1338 h4x0r]

One of the most ridiculous things she said was how her entire family had "elected" her to go see The Golden Compass and report back to them whether it was acceptable. Apparently some religious nuts had been saying publicly that it subliminally taught people, especially children, to kill God and whatnot. And to make matters worse, it was based on a book by an atheist (oh no!!!). Their pastor(s) were among this group, so she was to see it and then I guess tell the entire family whether or not they could see it or whatever. But it was obvious from her comments that she'd already condemned it and wouldn't give it a chance even if it was a good movie.



Sounds like a dead ringer for Landover Baptist Church. http://landoverbaptist.org

Getting shut down by people you hold in high esteem is quite painful; so I would have just looked her in the eyes and said curtly "Shut the **** up." idk whether that violates any military conduct codes though. :confused:

[On second thought, the trauma might backfire and turn her into a hippie.]

[guitrguy]

I think its fine as long as he is not in uniform.

[Linkinbassist]

I think its fine as long as he is not in uniform.

she was praising him for being in uniform.

[guitrguy]

I know, I was talking about the code of conduct.

[Der Übermensch]

But the Golden Compass was a stupid and bad movie
whats your point

Mainly because they cannibalized the book to try and appease idiots like her... not that it helped apparently.

[Independent_CA]

But the Golden Compass was a stupid and bad movie
whats your point

I dunno, I've never seen it. It was just the narrow-mindedness of her views and the conviction with which she held them that was very troubling. She hadn't even bothered to see it but had already pretty much black-listed it based on what undoubtedly skewed information she'd been fed about it.


Sounds like a dead ringer for Landover Baptist Church. http://landoverbaptist.org

Getting shut down by people you hold in high esteem is quite painful; so I would have just looked her in the eyes and said curtly "Shut the **** up." idk whether that violates any military conduct codes though.

[On second thought, the trauma might backfire and turn her into a hippie.]
Yeah it would technically have been out of line for me to start debating her while I was in uniform, even though me and the other guys I was with really wanted her to shut up.

I didn't hold her or people like her in high-esteem because it was obvious within about 5 minutes that she was a complete moron. It's just really shocking to run into someone like that and in my case I was wondering whether I should pity her more for her ignorance, or despise her for her extremism. Literally all I could think was that people like her are the reason we're still in Iraq and the Patriot Act was passed.

Honestly I had a really hard time restraining myself after listening to her for a few minutes. Especially when she started talking about Iran. I was literally on the verge of saying "You know, I've about 4 sets of desert cammies, maybe you'd like to borrow one and go to Iran yourself since you care so much about it."


she was praising him for being in uniform.
Yeah, and we all were kinda rolling our eyes while she was doing this. She also kept saying something like people who haven't at least been in the military shouldn't be counted when it comes to foreign policy, national security, and the like. Then she kept talking about all of her retired husband's stories and whatnot from Vietnam and so on. Basically it was the "what have YOU done?" kind of thing. I think that all started of with George Soros and the owner of the Dallas Mavericks or something.

God she pissed me off. It's unbelievable that ignorance like that still exists today. That's definitely what hit me the most, I had to keep checking the rest of the day to make sure it was still the 21st century.

That same kind of crap is what I see on FOX all the time and what we saw in this video. It's disgusting.


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[Dave de Sylvia]

All the while she kept like praising us for "being in uniform" and crap like that.
It must be annoying to have people assuming you're just as stupid as them just because you're wearing a uniform.

[Independent_CA]

It must be annoying to have people assuming you're just as stupid as them just because you're wearing a uniform.

Yeah, people tend to assume a lot of things about folks in the military. Just about all of them are annoying.

[Linkinbassist]

Yeah, people tend to assume a lot of things about folks in the military. Just about all of them are annoying.

my dad gets that. he's a warrant officer in the british army and if he goes out in uniform during or after work he gets the good old british short stare :angry:

The british government wants the troops to go out more in uniform to ease the public. it just scares them. and then there are the comments. and then there's the 'oh, you poor thing, is your house covered in mould?' and...oh god, why are the public so stupid?!

[Independent_CA]

my dad gets that. he's a warrant officer in the british army and if he goes out in uniform during or after work he gets the good old british short stare :angry:

The british government wants the troops to go out more in uniform to ease the public. it just scares them. and then there are the comments. and then there's the 'oh, you poor thing, is your house covered in mould?' and...oh god, why are the public so stupid?!
Really? Does he go out in his cammies or in some kind of dress uniform?

In the Marine Corps, we aren't allowed to be in cammies or pretty much any uniform off-base unless we're on official business. There's few if any exceptions to this rule.

The Army is allowed to do it though for some reason.

[Give me Beer]

Yeah, people tend to assume a lot of things about folks in the military. Just about all of them are annoying.

Gee, I got the impression that Americans are really supportive of the military in general. I once expressed a general distrust of anything in uniform to some Americans and I got a barrage of insults in return.

[Independent_CA]

Gee, I got the impression that Americans are really supportive of the military in general. I once expressed a general distrust of anything in uniform to some Americans and I got a barrage of insults in return.
Many are, some blindly so. That also falls under the umbrella of assumptions I was talking about.

[guitrguy]

Soldiers are people too!

My dad is in the military also, but as much as I hate to say it, he is the typical serviceman.

[McP3000]

Soldiers are people too!

My dad is in the military also, but as much as I hate to say it, he is the typical serviceman.
As in he loves his country?

[guitrguy]

As in everything has a proper order, the war is a good thing, he supports Romney, etc.

[McP3000]

As in everything has a proper order, the war is a good thing, he supports Romney, etc.
oh

im conservative and i hate romney

wtf does he mean by proper order?

[guitrguy]

His world view is the only one that exits, all others are just attempts at rebellion.

[irishslappop]

my father got drafted into Vietnam. He saw action twice i think he said, but he wasn't in the really bad stuff. He isn't a fan of the military, i so i've kind had that grilled onto me for my whole life.

[VomitStainedCretin]

His world view is the only one that exits, all others are just attempts at rebellion.Your dad's not a fan of relativism I'm guessing...

My parents are both fairly left of centre in some respects, though they both think there should be much less puszyfooting concerning social problems, e.g. yobbery.

My dad was conscripted into the army in apartheid South Africa and he's pretty anti-war, though I'm not sure if as a result or whether he was already.

[Linkinbassist]

Really? Does he go out in his cammies or in some kind of dress uniform?

In the Marine Corps, we aren't allowed to be in cammies or pretty much any uniform off-base unless we're on official business. There's few if any exceptions to this rule.

The Army is allowed to do it though for some reason.

Aye, he's a standard soldier.

The marine corp are seen as kind of supertroops, in realtive comparison to the regular army. also, the US Marine Corp kind of has a reputation as trained killing machines. I think the Marine Commanders know this and thus protect the public accordingly :p

My father's had a few run-ins with the US marines, and whilst not true for all, it does apply to most. Reputation preceeds, it seems.

[Independent_CA]

Aye, he's a standard soldier.

The marine corp are seen as kind of supertroops, in realtive comparison to the regular army. also, the US Marine Corp kind of has a reputation as trained killing machines. I think the Marine Commanders know this and thus protect the public accordingly :p
Haha, yeah well remember we are technically descended from the Royal Marines so what's that say eh? :thumb:

I remember hearing sometime around the beginning of the Iraq War that Iraqi troops or maybe the Republican Guard had been told by their intelligence officers that US Marines had to kill their own mothers as part of their training. The intent of this being to discourage the Iraqis from surrendering and get them to fight. I never found out if that was a joke or whether it was true, but I hope nobody actually believes that.

Seriously though, I don't know why anyone would want to wear their uniform off base and off duty. Most dress uniforms aren't all that comfortable, and digital camo isn't exactly bar attire. Sometimes when I see Army folks wearing theirs around town I think it's kinda funny.


My father's had a few run-ins with the US marines, and whilst not true for all, it does apply to most. Reputation preceeds, it seems.
Yeah, we're definitely a rowdy bunch. Quite a few alcoholics too. In reality though we're quite a diverse group.

[mullets suk]

Seriously though, I don't know why anyone would want to wear their uniform off base and off duty.

i know that the marines (US) will wear their dress uniform when they get back from combat service. i don't know if its the same for the British marines. im not sure about the US army either, i know my dad didn't do it when he got back from desert storm in 91.

if i do see them ill go shake their hand and say thank you. call me a stupid patriot, but if their wearing their uniform it means that they are proud to of served.