To: swilhelm73; Guenevere; al_again
How so? Doom, for example, is clearly marketed as a game - not the true tale of how evil demons are invading Earth and must be killed by an intrepid hero. Newsweek claims to be portraying the truth. It's the principle. Don't think about the details -- look at the principle. Guns don't kill people; people kill people. That principle.
And just for the record, I think heads should roll at Newsweek. I'm just trying to get people to think. :-)
To: Nita Nupress
#241...I'm glad to hear that.
You had me worried :^)
254 posted on
05/15/2005 6:10:00 PM PDT by
Guenevere
(Sola Gratia)
To: Nita Nupress
It's the principle. Don't think about the details -- look at the principle. Guns don't kill people; people kill people. That principle.
Yes, I realize your point, I just disagree with it.
Yes, the actual killers diserve blame, obviously. But so do the people that purposefully incited them to it.
This is a case of yelling fire in a crowded theater that we are talking about here. Or perhaps a better example, if Newsweek maliciously and falsely called Joe Innocent a child molester, and someone killed Joe based on this, wouldn't Newsweek still also be to blame?
263 posted on
05/15/2005 6:26:46 PM PDT by
swilhelm73
(Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. --Lord Acton)
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