I was told it was television that caused violence.
Kevin - 09:12pm on 12/09/2007
I thought it was those darn comic books!
Or Music Television.
Mr. Mxyzptlk - 11:12pm on 12/09/2007
Tom Brokaw is thrashing about in a futile attempt to gain relevance in his own mind. He yearns for the days when evening news was all that many people knew about the world, the opinions they vomited out were believed to be the ONLY opinions that mattered. Now people form their own opinions, and they point at Brokaw and Rather and Couric and laugh. THAT is pissing the talkingheads off no end.
2Hotel9 - 04:12am on 12/10/2007
And I’m a free speech absolutist, but I think that at the same time, we have to have free speech in some kind of a context.
Seriously, WTF. Typical liberal, all about free speech and diversity of ideas - as long as it conforms to what they agree with. Or, does he love free speech, before he was against free speech.
Hoss - 08:12am on 12/10/2007
I’m pretty sure it is the msm that is cancerous, and this sort of rhetoric from Tom proves it. Nothing will eat away at free speech like liberal elites who think thiers is the only voice worth hearing.
And I’m a free speech absolutist,
Nothing says free speech like the sound of your own voice, eh Tom?
but I think that at the same time, we have to have free speech in some kind of a context.
And Tom and his fellow “journalists” are just the one’s to establish that context—liberalism. Anything outside of that is hate speech, inflamatory, and cancerous.
It’s a good thing the constitution establishes free speech within the context of God given rights, otherwise Tom might very well get away with his limits on free speech.
HG - 09:12am on 12/10/2007
One would suspect that you play violent video games as you consider the possibilities of saving yourself from a coupe by a dictatorial government. Where do you suppose they get the ideas from? In almost every single school shooting, the young shooters spend an unusually large amount of time playing violent video games. The other two common characteristics are being bullied and being forced to take mind controlling drugs by the administration. Do you think the video games helped?
The number of people getting up in arms over the Compass that will be viewed by children as a Peter Pan/Wizard of Oz type triumph over evil, without using the F word or showing blood, while not getting up in arms over violent media is incredible.
Freedom without respect and responsibility is anarchy. Anarchy is not freedom.
ews48 - 09:12am on 12/10/2007
ews48,
Let’s test Brokov’s theory.
When you say “responsibility” what is the context? Does that mean that we should ban violent video games for the good of society?
I was told it was television that caused violence.
I thought it was those darn comic books!
Or Music Television.
Tom Brokaw is thrashing about in a futile attempt to gain relevance in his own mind. He yearns for the days when evening news was all that many people knew about the world, the opinions they vomited out were believed to be the ONLY opinions that mattered. Now people form their own opinions, and they point at Brokaw and Rather and Couric and laugh. THAT is pissing the talkingheads off no end.
Seriously, WTF. Typical liberal, all about free speech and diversity of ideas - as long as it conforms to what they agree with. Or, does he love free speech, before he was against free speech.
I’m pretty sure it is the msm that is cancerous, and this sort of rhetoric from Tom proves it. Nothing will eat away at free speech like liberal elites who think thiers is the only voice worth hearing.
Nothing says free speech like the sound of your own voice, eh Tom?
And Tom and his fellow “journalists” are just the one’s to establish that context—liberalism. Anything outside of that is hate speech, inflamatory, and cancerous.
It’s a good thing the constitution establishes free speech within the context of God given rights, otherwise Tom might very well get away with his limits on free speech.
One would suspect that you play violent video games as you consider the possibilities of saving yourself from a coupe by a dictatorial government. Where do you suppose they get the ideas from? In almost every single school shooting, the young shooters spend an unusually large amount of time playing violent video games. The other two common characteristics are being bullied and being forced to take mind controlling drugs by the administration. Do you think the video games helped?
The number of people getting up in arms over the Compass that will be viewed by children as a Peter Pan/Wizard of Oz type triumph over evil, without using the F word or showing blood, while not getting up in arms over violent media is incredible.
Freedom without respect and responsibility is anarchy. Anarchy is not freedom.
ews48,
Let’s test Brokov’s theory.
When you say “responsibility” what is the context? Does that mean that we should ban violent video games for the good of society?
I prefer a sedan. /humor