bobleplask

Well.. some places still have death penalty, and that is murder, no?

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Buddha

USA, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Liberty: freedom from control, interference, obligation, restriction, hampering conditions, etc.; power or right of doing, thinking, speaking, etc., according to choice.

Now does that sound like the USA you know?

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Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission
Ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite
All of which are american dreams

shadowind

video games? i've never heard of video game decreasing life expectancy before.

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remember "for mere impulse of appetite is slavery, while obedience to a law which we prescirbe to oursleves is liberty"-rousseau: the concept of the general will "if we can not reconcile all opions, then let us endeavour to unite all hearts."-?"to be is to be perceived"-? "‘We can be as honest as we are ignorant. If we are, when asked what is beyond the horizon of the known, we must say that we do not know’-Robert G. Ingersoll

shadowind

"for mere impulse of appetite is slavery, while obedience to a law which one prescirbes to himself is liberty"-rousseau: the concept of the general will

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remember "for mere impulse of appetite is slavery, while obedience to a law which we prescirbe to oursleves is liberty"-rousseau: the concept of the general will "if we can not reconcile all opions, then let us endeavour to unite all hearts."-?"to be is to be perceived"-? "‘We can be as honest as we are ignorant. If we are, when asked what is beyond the horizon of the known, we must say that we do not know’-Robert G. Ingersoll

debdodd

[quote=shadowind;23947video games? i've never heard of video game decreasing life expectancy before.[/QUOTE]

You've never heard about women killing their husbands because they played video games? It's a suburban secret ..... every time a new Madden football video comes out ... another suburban housewife goes over the line into insanity and another husband bites the dust ...

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NotConvinced

Atleast a couple Chinese citizens have died as a result of exhaustion from video game binges. That alone would negatively effect life expectancy. But I'd also say that it's highly probable that video games contribute to the obesity problem, and being majorly obese has been shown to also negatively effect your life expectancy.

For a short time I myself was addicted to a video game, the negative effects of being such are indeed real; thus it's hard to see how a longterm addiction could not negatively impact anyone's life. The nature of the addiction mentally impales your capability of breaking away from the addiction itself.

Banning them isn't the answer. Banning alcohol isn't the answer. Banning marijuana is also not the answer.

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AB517

You stuck a nerve … look out ... what is harm?

When I can chose where my taxes go, then and only then, people can think they have other rights other than giving up some personal freedoms for the greater good.

I heard so many times in my career “it is not the kids fault!” You should see the looks I get when I say “you’re right, it is not my kids fault so why should my kid pay for the two or three kids that parent has today?”

Drugs were legal at one time and they should not be legal now. Marijuana is a borderline one I think and we have to draw a line somewhere. Between Alcohol and Herb is an ok line. Although both can be done during work or school, Herb is just a lil easier to conceal. It really is that easy.

Forget about the game ... that is a diversion.

NotConvinced

Would you tell alcoholics to "just forget about drinking" because it's a diversion?

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Telimaktar

I say YES! Even though I haven't smoked it in three years. Some of the best times of my life were while I was high. BUT I stated doing a lot of research, reading papers which contained so many damn words that I couldn't understand and eventually it became very obvious that the long term negative effects are not worth it.

I someone has self control and only smokes/eats it once a month or so then I say yes, go for it. Otherwise no. But each person should decide for themselves.

...I miss those days.

AB517

lol

that wasnt the point.