EPTChina Blocks Gaming For More Than 3 Hours - Page 3
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Amnesty
United States2054 Posts
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Abang_Zealot
Indonesia866 Posts
Who plays for longer than that O.o Major headache and you'll feel like crap afterwards~ | ||
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lIlIlIlIlIlI
Korea (South)3851 Posts
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camooT
United States1354 Posts
On August 26 2005 22:21 T______T wrote: If the education campaigns don't work, then pull them. Still, it's better than this semi-fascist shit. goddammit. study some history. "prohibition" "alien and sedition acts" "minimum drinking age" "minimum smoking age" "illegal drugs" | ||
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camooT
United States1354 Posts
On August 26 2005 23:15 Sky101 wrote: Chinese kids are brainwashed by the Communists so no matter how we try, they just won't understand real democracy. you're a fucking idiot. how did you make 1000 posts and not get banned yet? | ||
Excalibur_Z
United States12235 Posts
In America, the people are granted the power by birthright, and it is then lended to the government. By the will of the people, various fundamental laws are created, but they must never infringe upon their basic rights. I don't know how it is in China - maybe the government controls all the power, but that's not the way it works here. The main argument I'm seeing by haduken is that kids and youths become addicted to video games, then use up all their family's money and contribute nothing in return, and turn out to be failures. Why does the government have anything to do with it? That is up to individual families to decide. Look, I'm 22 years old. I can say swiftly that if I didn't have a job and wasn't currently saving money to move into my own place, my parents would throw me out of the house. They wouldn't do it to be cruel, they would do it as a last resort, because they know that if I wasn't pushed that I wouldn't accomplish anything. In any case, that is my parents' decision to make, because it's their house. You say the government speaks for the people, and many concerned families encourage this legislature because it means their kids will be forced to contribute to society. However, why should my neighbor's family have anything to say about what happens to me? Why does their will trump the will of my own family? | ||
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Ha.cK
United States271 Posts
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mcmascote
Brazil1575 Posts
On August 27 2005 00:01 Excalibur_Z wrote: Sky is right. I can't believe there are so many people in this thread who like the government running its people's lives. The government should have no say regarding to what degree people play games. I will explain a bit from the American point of view. In America, the people are granted the power by birthright, and it is then lended to the government. By the will of the people, various fundamental laws are created, but they must never infringe upon their basic rights. I don't know how it is in China - maybe the government controls all the power, but that's not the way it works here. The main argument I'm seeing by haduken is that kids and youths become addicted to video games, then use up all their family's money and contribute nothing in return, and turn out to be failures. Why does the government have anything to do with it? That is up to individual families to decide. Look, I'm 22 years old. I can say swiftly that if I didn't have a job and wasn't currently saving money to move into my own place, my parents would throw me out of the house. They wouldn't do it to be cruel, they would do it as a last resort, because they know that if I wasn't pushed that I wouldn't accomplish anything. In any case, that is my parents' decision to make, because it's their house. You say the government speaks for the people, and many concerned families encourage this legislature because it means their kids will be forced to contribute to society. However, why should my neighbor's family have anything to say about what happens to me? Why does their will trump the will of my own family? Simple as that. | ||
uhjoo
Korea (South)1740 Posts
On August 27 2005 00:01 Excalibur_Z wrote: Sky is right. I can't believe there are so many people in this thread who like the government running its people's lives. The government should have no say regarding to what degree people play games. I will explain a bit from the American point of view. In America, the people are granted the power by birthright, and it is then lended to the government. By the will of the people, various fundamental laws are created, but they must never infringe upon their basic rights. I don't know how it is in China - maybe the government controls all the power, but that's not the way it works here. The main argument I'm seeing by haduken is that kids and youths become addicted to video games, then use up all their family's money and contribute nothing in return, and turn out to be failures. Why does the government have anything to do with it? That is up to individual families to decide. Look, I'm 22 years old. I can say swiftly that if I didn't have a job and wasn't currently saving money to move into my own place, my parents would throw me out of the house. They wouldn't do it to be cruel, they would do it as a last resort, because they know that if I wasn't pushed that I wouldn't accomplish anything. In any case, that is my parents' decision to make, because it's their house. You say the government speaks for the people, and many concerned families encourage this legislature because it means their kids will be forced to contribute to society. However, why should my neighbor's family have anything to say about what happens to me? Why does their will trump the will of my own family? perfect example of american individualism not putting it down at all, but it's just a different model of thinking than many parts of the world that do not have as significant a history in weak, divided government, the notion of a social contract, inalienable rights, and private property and some people seem to equate democracy with good government-- that's so wrongheaded it's ridiculous -_-;; all governments repress their people in some way (even ours) but if they did not there would be heavy social consequences. none of this has anything to do with the chinese govt video gaming policy, which i suspect is bs anyway but as an aside video games are no doubt an addiction that probably most of us would benefit from if we did less of | ||
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camooT
United States1354 Posts
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uT)Murray
Finland359 Posts
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MaTRiX[SiN]
Sweden1282 Posts
On August 27 2005 04:17 uT)Murray wrote: do u have laws in finland deciding how much alcohol u can drink? ..mmorpgs are like drugs, they get you addicted and you become a slave of mmorpg. why should not they deal with that problem? game addiction can be as bad as alcohol addiction and drug addiction. | ||
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Chris307
3095 Posts
Log out after 3 hours and log back in???? No longer consecutive. Anyway, this is incredibly stupid. It's disgusting, really. Government gone way too far. "The best government is that which governs least." | ||
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uT)Murray
Finland359 Posts
On August 27 2005 05:15 MaTRiX[SiN] wrote: do u have laws in finland deciding how much alcohol u can drink? .. Did I say so? Restricting alcohol useage would be good, but then there would be black market and ppl making their own alcohol :[ | ||
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Macrophage
Germany730 Posts
On August 26 2005 03:21 LaZyScV wrote: That's stupid.  I would move out of China just because of that crap.  haha read that comment and so knew it gotta be United States up besides that name | ||
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LetMeBeWithYou
Canada4254 Posts
On August 27 2005 04:17 uT)Murray wrote: mmorpgs are like drugs, they get you addicted and you become a slave of mmorpg. why should not they deal with that problem? game addiction can be as bad as alcohol addiction and drug addiction. I dont know man I don't think MMORPG are addictive. I mean if I didn't have anything to do I'd play a mmorpg. But if I did have something I should be doing i wouldn't be playing a mmorpg | ||
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hasuwar
7365 Posts
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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On August 26 2005 23:37 Abang_Zealot wrote: Holy shit 3 hours are ages already :O Who plays for longer than that O.o Major headache and you'll feel like crap afterwards~ 3 hours is NOTHING. I NEVER play ladders unless I can play for longer than that because when I ladder, I want to play all day. | ||
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Raidern
Brazil3811 Posts
But put yourself in a state chief place. In china a guy has been killed for 'stealing' (or something) the sword of another guy. I can imagine that they think this game is THA EVIL. Sad but, I'm sure something similar to that could happen in Brazil, if that death occasion was here. | ||
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Sadist
United States7231 Posts
On August 27 2005 05:16 Chris307 wrote: "The best government is that which governs least." depends on what they are governing ;d if they are governing your personal life then ya you are kind of right. If they are governing the market so that people arent taken advantage of and companies cant just shit on everyone they want to then, uh no you arent right ;d | ||
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