Maine's Christian Civic League is calling for a ban on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
The League writes that we live in a time where "the public has been dangerously desensitized to violence," and that "many find a thrill in participating in violent video games." It claims that Modern Warfare 2 goes too far, "even in our own desensitized age," and specifically calls out the No Russian scene (which it calls the "Massacre Level") as most offending.
"All decent people should denounce the game," continues the League, which goes on to suggest that the state of Maine should open debate into banning "these" games completely.
The League then attempts to play up the link between violent videogames and school shootings, and while Maine has yet to have a school shooting of its own, "the danger is growing each passing day" adds the League.
In related League news, the group also accused the owner of a local book store of being a witch and claimed that the store owner cast a spell on the Administrator of the League, Mike Hein, in return for being "outed" as a "practitioner of the occult."
I posted this in the MW2 thread earlier but it looks better all on it's own and without numerous posts about glitches & stuff. :)
Sounds fair enough...I mean it's not like the game makers warned you about it and made you click yes several times just to play it with the level in or anything......oh wait.....hold on a second they did.
So much for choice then eh??
Quote from: xnightcrawlerxx on December 22, 2009, 04:21:27 PM
In related League news, the group also accused the owner of a local book store of being a witch and claimed that the store owner cast a spell on the Administrator of the League, Mike Hein, in return for being "outed" as a "practitioner of the occult."
I need to move to Maine. I'd be running that joing in 3 days.
(http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/8/8a/AoDBoomstick5.jpg/400px-AoDBoomstick5.jpg)
i bet they really hate stephen king
Quote from: nCogNeato on December 22, 2009, 07:31:10 PM
Quote from: xnightcrawlerxx on December 22, 2009, 04:21:27 PM
In related League news, the group also accused the owner of a local book store of being a witch and claimed that the store owner cast a spell on the Administrator of the League, Mike Hein, in return for being "outed" as a "practitioner of the occult."
I need to move to Maine. I'd be running that joing in 3 days.
(http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/8/8a/AoDBoomstick5.jpg/400px-AoDBoomstick5.jpg)
Is that Ash's boomstick I see before me? ;D
Quote from: Kyuubi on December 22, 2009, 05:21:03 PM
Sounds fair enough...I mean it's not like the game makers warned you about it and made you click yes several times just to play it with the level in or anything......oh wait.....hold on a second they did.
So much for choice then eh??
Doesn't the game ask you if you'd like NOT to see this message again and even if you click yes to not seeing the message it still pops up before the level anyway!
you are correct. unless that was a rhetorical question. then you would already know you are correct.
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unless that was a rhetorical question.
If you know the answer to your rhetorical question, then you know the answer to mine and if you don't then i've just answered. :P
Quote from: GamerMan316 on December 22, 2009, 08:54:06 PM
Is that Ash's boomstick I see before me? ;D
;D
It's the image I had in my head when I read "
the group also accused the owner of a local book store of being a witch".
I also imagined pulling out a lighter and telling them I control fire. But I couldn't find a good pic for that.