Comments on: Oh Good. We’re Talking About Him Again. Yay.

By: HybridAndy

HybridAndy — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:49:14 +0000

Cut shortI personally like when the other guy (Tom?) throws out the \"it's ultimately the parents responsiblity to filter and control what their children consume\", the standard battle cry for any of these arguements. Jack actually responds that he's wrong and it's not and I really wanted to see where he was going with it but they cut him off. Oh well.

By: Crackbaby

Crackbaby — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 00:43:25 +0000

GoddammitSeriously, you yanks are fuckin it up for the rest of us (Cept you Sharkey). Honestly who is listening to Sessler, it's simple guys... FACT OVER FICTION!!! Opinions don't mean shit in the real word, talking over someone who is making a valid point does not mean your winning. It pains me to watch this video and see intellect being assulted by arrogance and opinion. I'm still drunk from last night but god dammit sharkey thankyou for putting it so succinctly. Sessler, one word. CLOWN. Get real.

By: Hawksfire

Hawksfire — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 07:15:01 +0000

I agree, but only sort of.I think Sessler's just bad at this, but \"coming at a lawyer\" with \"common sense statements\" is exactly -how- you beat them. At least, when a Jury's involved. Rhetoric is largely Logos (logic) in our society, but Pathos and Ethos are still viable: Pathos is an appeal to emotions, where completely nonsensical drivel can fire people up to be on your side. Ethos is, basically, reputation and the trust an audience has in a person.Thompson loses in our community on lack of Ethos alone. Game over for him. Sessler fucks up, but beating Thompson's string of facts wouldn't be difficult, even if he were 100% factually correct-- destroying his reliability or appealing to people's feelings can win the day as quickly as logical argument.

By: jason420

jason420 — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:28:26 +0000

...ugh...wut?

By: bob.hits

bob.hits — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:39:36 +0000

wtf...How did this shitty little piece from G4 become post worthy...let alone get on TV. You had 4 idiots bitching at eachother. Anyone who has a TV knows that studies aren't worth a damn 90% of the time. If you don't have at least a dozen studies all proving the EXACT same thing, you've got nothing. So you can throw away the freaking study he kept citing. Also parents can't control their kids...wtf is a parent going to actually do if their kid refuses to obey them? You can't ground a kid...they can just leave. You can't spank a kid anymore. Parents are completely powerless in this stuff. Now I'm still confused why video games are getting all this crap when R rated movies are just as easy to see when you're younge and just as likely to make someone more agressive. Hell, a good Arnold movie and who doesn't want to run around blowing people up? Just you know 99.9999999% of us never would act on those thoughts.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:20:07 +0000

re: difference between games and moviesI think his argument was that games are interactive and it's the person playing the game doing the actions rather than watching someone else doing the actions in a movie. I find that sorta true, you can't ride a bike after watching someone else ride one, you have to go do it yourself.Still, stupid parents are the reason for kids having violent video games. If you don't want them to play it, dont buy it for them.It's called parenting.