bonkrowave
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Bo_Bice said:You can word it however you feel like. The fact remains that you blame peoples behaviour on the media.
Keep banging those rocks together. Some day you might just make fire.
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Bo_Bice said:You can word it however you feel like. The fact remains that you blame peoples behaviour on the media.
You can word it however you feel like. The fact remains that you blame peoples behaviour on the media.
versello said:His music makes my ears bleed whenever I flip the TV channels and stumble across MTV playing his songs. I shreek in pain everytime and end up huddling in the corner of my room.
S0m30n3 said:... Schools didnt know how to deal with me because I could manipulate everyone to get what I wanted. ... They made me who I am and I couldn't do a damn thing about it neither could my mom. ...
Cardboard Hammer said:Does anyone else see the glaring inconsistency between those two sentences?
Cardboard Hammer said:Does anyone else see the glaring inconsistency between those two sentences?
lolSteel Chicken said:yes but apparently the author doesn't
S0m30n3 said:Sigh... do you guys want to know about my childhood and the reasons why I am who I am and why my education isnt that great?
S0m30n3 said:I guess vin diesel can do all those things he does in the movies\game. Your singling out one person and hating him when theres a whole society of them.
d34dly said:No I am not... I am talking about them all. I didn't feel like typing out every shitty game and actor in it.
Besides Vin Diesel was at least in a movie, and at least used SOME talent. 50cent bypassed everything requiring talent and went straight to shit.
honkee said:50 has no talent
he just sells millions of records because of being shot 9 times
S0m30n3 said:Now thats its brought up it turned into all of them. Your right just because he has some acting talent makes it ok to be the star in a game. Your opinion is biased. And since your already saying the game is shit thats prejudice.
d34dly said:50cent bypassed everything requiring talent and went straight to shit.
S0m30n3 said:Bias: A preference or an inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment.
An unfair act or policy stemming from prejudice.
Prejudice: An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts.
A preconceived preference or idea.
The act or state of holding unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions.
d34dly said:Oh good so you can look shit up in a dictionary... good for you. Seems you learned something school. You're biased yourself by bullshitting everyone here and blaming your "educational system" for letting you fall through the cracks. False... it's your own responsibility. You're biased toward your own experiences and use that to justify your actions and possibly his. You will not acknowledge anyone elses point of view and that makes YOU biased.
And maybe I am biased. Maybe having a bias in this case is good. I have a bias toward talent and he has none. His music is crap and his image has no endearing qualities. He lacks everything and contributes nothing. This game is going to suck. The character invokes no good feelings and there is nothing special about it.
Wow a game where I can play a gangster and shoot other gangsters. Yes I know there are many games like this one just in different forms, but I also dislike those so you can stay off that one too.
bonkrowave said:See that's the thing. He is in fact hurting someone.
He is proliferating negative stereotypes against black people. By putting him up on a pedestal, you are allowing a younger generation to accept him as a role model. A former thug, gangster, drug dealer should never be thought of as a role model. He is hurting an entire race of people by perpetuating negative stereotypes against black people.
I see an entire generation of young people every day who dress, talk, and act like thugs. One just needs to watch the news to see the school yard fights that have turned into knife and fun fights. Where do you think they got the idea, that its ok to solve your problems with violence, or that violence somehow gives you respect or credibility on the street.
Not to mention that promiscuity has somehow become cool ? Peoples morals and ethics are going right down the toilet and its people like him that shoulder some of the responsibility, as they are ones who glorify this unrealistic lifestyle.
That's the problem, and yes he is hurting someone, its an entire generation that doesn't realize what he does is not "cool".
Jealousy .... HA .... more like reality.
S0m30n3 said:If games\rap influenced people as much as people say, the world would be full of millions of thug wannabe's and stabbing\shootings would happen in every neighborhood.
wfalcon said:News Flash - the world IS full of millions of thug wannabes and stabbings/shootings happen in every town and city. Even small towns are not immune.
Tossed and turned in my sleep at night
Woke up the next morning !!!!!s done stole my bike
Different day same shit, ain't nothing good in the hood
I'd run away from this bitch and never come back if I could
[Chorus (50 Cent & The Game):]
Hate it or love it the underdog's on top
And I'm gonna shine homie until my heart stop
pistola said:Thats not true, your looking in the wrong places.
How bout, Talib Kwali, Mos Def, The Roots, Jurassic 5, to mention a few.
link1 said:"In 1999, violent crimes accounted for one in five youths charged with a Criminal Code offence. The rate of youths charged with violent crimes began to fall only recently, with a 2% drop in 1997, a 1% decrease in 1998, and a 5% drop in 1999. Despite these declines, the 1999 youth violent crime rate remained 41% higher than it was a decade earlier."
In a December 2004 article on youth crime, the Toronto Sun reported the following: "While the number of all crime cases heard in Canadian youth court has dropped 20% over the last decade, violent crimes cases -- for homicide, sexual assault, assault and robbery -- have jumped 25% over the same period, reports Statistics Canada.
"Separate stats from the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) show an increase of 13% in the youth violent crime rate between 1993-2003, with a significant jump in 2000 after a decade of relative stability." The complete article follows along with additional items.
link2 said:Violent crime among youth was up 3%, also the third increase in four years. Increases were reported in the rate of youths accused of homicide, attempted murder and assault. Declines were reported for sexual assault and robbery.
The youth property crime rate increased 4% in 2003, following three years of relative stability. This was driven by a 7% increase in the rate of break-ins and a 6% increase in the rate of thefts under $5,000. The rate of young people accused of motor vehicle theft fell 7%.
The crime rate among young people aged 12 to 17, as measured by the total number accused by police, increased 5% last year. It was the third gain in the last four years.
S0m30n3 said:I would still like to know the facts in that study population wise which is valid. When clearly it says nothing about the population being bigger. Also how does it relate to people blaming games for ones actions?
d34dly said:They don't show it because it has nothing to do with it. A growing population doesn't mean jack in this case. Yeah you can cry and say the percentages woul dbe off... but if the population grows shouldn't the percentage drop? All your argument would mean is that the population grew and the violence still grew with it. It shouldn't be that way. Population growth or not... it is STILL and increase in crime.
No one is discounting the violence in GTA: SA. My argument was at how retarded the game looked anyway. I don't give a shit about the violence. It's that 50cent is the worst choice for a game charatcer... bleh.
S0m30n3 said:Theres many variable factors that need to be changed for it to be even close to accurate.
bonkrowave said:Is it really that hard to understand. If there was a higher population that would mean more people are doing crimes then with a lower population ... because these are percentages. This is a very accurate study done by a government regulated body.
S0m30n3 said:It doesn't say more people have been convicted of crimes just crime is up in general which is a result when th epopulation increases.
bonkrowave said:Violent youth crime up 41% in a decade
Violent criminal cases rose 25% in a decade
Increase of 13% in youth violent crime.
Can you not read ? It is not a result of the population increase, honestly the truth is staring you right in the face and you chose to remain ignorant.
S0m30n3 said:News flash its only a small amount of people who blame there actions on other people\games.
How many adults let there kids watch violent movies and play violent games or watch t.v? And how many of those kids act upon it? How about you back-up your claims with proven facts and statistics which I dont think there or atleast that I could find besides what a few thousand adults think. Maybe there's not enough claims to make a statistic on it?
Legend said:Also, you have a better chance of being struck by ightning...twice...than being in a terrorist attack. Yet, if you watch the news or go to the airport, you'd think this was an everyday occurence.
S0m30n3 said:Theres many variable factors that need to be changed for it to be even close to accurate.
How is he the worst choice? You haven't even given him a chance. Once again thats prejudice.