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SnowTroll · 01-11-2013, 11:43 AM

The nanny state nuts who want to regulate everything from video games to trans fats genuinely believe that the general populace is too stupid to take care of itself. Deep down inside, they know that 99% of people are normal and have no problem tying their shoes or making intelligent decisions about smoking, food, and hobbies, fully conscious of the pros and cons of their decisions (or at least capable of learning them and conscious of their decision not to).

But the over-regulating nuts aren't focused on the 99% of us who are normal. They're focused on the criminals, the addicts, and the mentally ill. They want to turn the world into a padded room, where even the tiny, tiny, tiny percentage of people who are psychologically unhealthy enough to actually become desensitized to gun violence by over-exposure to violent video games then go crazy and shoot people (ignoring the huge illogical leap between cause and effect) can wander the world, safe from themselves, forever thankful that the people in charge have regulated things so that the worst and dumbest and most damaged of us never have to worry about taking care of themselves. Forget the rest of us. We're too stupid to understand.

01-11-2013, 11:43 AM	#5
SnowTroll Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 183	Re: The current hot topic of violence in video games. The nanny state nuts who want to regulate everything from video games to trans fats genuinely believe that the general populace is too stupid to take care of itself. Deep down inside, they know that 99% of people are normal and have no problem tying their shoes or making intelligent decisions about smoking, food, and hobbies, fully conscious of the pros and cons of their decisions (or at least capable of learning them and conscious of their decision not to). But the over-regulating nuts aren't focused on the 99% of us who are normal. They're focused on the criminals, the addicts, and the mentally ill. They want to turn the world into a padded room, where even the tiny, tiny, tiny percentage of people who are psychologically unhealthy enough to actually become desensitized to gun violence by over-exposure to violent video games then go crazy and shoot people (ignoring the huge illogical leap between cause and effect) can wander the world, safe from themselves, forever thankful that the people in charge have regulated things so that the worst and dumbest and most damaged of us never have to worry about taking care of themselves. Forget the rest of us. We're too stupid to understand.