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- nuclearpenguins, on 10/12/2007, -5/+83If you don't stop for cops I hope you enjoy going to jail for evasion.
- anthony1124, on 10/12/2007, -8/+76My uncle has gotten away with running away from the Police. This was before GTA though. In the 80's.
- cadpo76, on 10/12/2007, -9/+70The Police? Why would you want to run away from such a great band?
- kkaabboomm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+40once again, another reason why stupid people are a drain on society and ***** it up for the rest of us
- mycatsboots, on 10/12/2007, -1/+39Grand Theft Anal?
- p9s50W5k4GUD2c6, on 10/12/2007, -3/+39Isn't there an idiot warning "Don't Do This In Real Life" splash screen for this game?
- pjh3000, on 10/12/2007, -2/+34Vice City took place in 1987, not the '70's.
- aznboi04k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27i think i am going to go kill my ex-girlfriend because i got away with shooting shooting hookers in GTA.
morons these days... games are GAMES! they NOT reality. - SixSider, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28The same of course can be said of movies, television, books, music...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25that's not true. after years and years of double dragon, i finally perfected the cyclone kick.
- RyeBrye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25He was probably running from the cops because he just killed prostitutes to try and get money.
Maybe he could have beaten the cops if he had only remembered the cheat code to make them all go away - and then somehow found the "triangle", "square" and "R1" or "R2" buttons on his steering wheel... - Justice101, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25he obviously needs more practice :)
- bitt3n, on 10/12/2007, -7/+30thanks dad, can I borrow the keys now?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+27because we all know that acts of violence didn't exist before video games.
oh wait... they did. - Ascendant, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24Blaming video games is the new "twinkie defense"
- anthony1124, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18Oh, yeah. I forgot to mention it was in a Datsun. Out of all cars. Haha.
- T-Maaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Next thing you know, guys will be defending themselves in sexual harrassment lawsuits by citing "Leisure Suit Larry."
- twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15They already have laws against stupid people. Why do you think he was running?
- mctk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14It doesn't matter. They can't read it anyways.
- Destinatus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17I can discern real life from a video game.
- crnbrdeater, on 10/12/2007, -21/+35*sigh* I'll bite. It is too bad you don't have the respect for a police officer's authority to stop regardless of what he is driving.
When you choose to live within the jurisdiction of a given authority there is an implicit contract that you will live by the rules established by the local government whether you agree with them or not. Your other options are move, elect government officials that will provide laws you can live with, and in the case of totalitarian governments fight back.
Just to head off the standard retorts:
Yes elected officials tend to be corrupt. This is true regardless of where you live. On the other hand citizens in the US can't seem to find the gumption to take 30 seconds to voice their opinion through voting and writing letters to their congressman.
If you think the US government is totalitarian...Grow Up.
If you think the implicit contract doesn't apply to you...Grow Up.
If you think a world order of anarchy (no government rules) is a good idea...Get a Clue and Grow up.
OK I'm done now. - KidVicious, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16bitt3n:
Only if you agree that driving is a privilege, not a right. - twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14I for one, never sat on HIS ass.
- meltingrobot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Umm, no. I'm pretty sure he needs jail time. They don't prescribe anything for stupidity yet.
- saifrc, on 10/12/2007, -8/+18Why are you guys modding this comment down? He's not saying that violent games *cause* violence, or that crime simulators *cause* crime -- he's just making the perfectly sensible assertion that, for someone who's *thinking* of committing a crime, a crime-simulating game *might* embolden him, so as to pass his threshold of decision.
This isn't the argument where games, as well as books, movies, and TV, cause someone to commit a crime. This is more similar to the situation where someone who's thinking of committing a crime, if he thinks about long enough, might actually eventually do it. The only difference between committing the crime after long thought and committing the crime after playing a game is that playing the game might have sped up the process, made him blind to the negative consequences (like the subject of this article), and gotten his mind to the point where it seems like a good idea much sooner.
I'm not advocating the censorship of games -- not at all. I'm just saying that this consequence, the notion that people who are on the verge of committing a crime (not your average teenager) might be tipped towards action rather than reservation. It's no cause for mass hysteria, because the cause has been around for centuries -- we just now replaced thought, books, film, and TV with games.
For more insight on how a person's mind might work when prompted with the possibility of committing a crime, read Dostoyevsky. - brandizzle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11"If I ever get caught though, I'll blame GTA if it means they'll go easier on me."
And that right there would be the stupidity that gives video games such a bad reputation... - rrbaker, on 01/15/2009, -0/+9In other news a child finds hitting head on bricks does not produce coins or mushrooms and a Los Angeles woman is hospitalized after finding out the hard way that performing a 50/50 grind on a cruise ship railing is harder than it looks.
- aconbere, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12@crnbrdeater
"If you think a world order of anarchy (no government rules) is a good idea...Get a Clue and Grow up.
If you think the implicit contract doesn't apply to you...Grow Up."
Wow... you single handedly destroyed several centuries of political debate with so few words. I'm astounded!
Implied consent being the murky bog that it is I think you'll find that actually trying to justify any sort of action on those grounds becomes extremely difficult. Most of these difficulties stem from the difficulties in moving between political communities. For example, having family in one political community and not being willing to leave them behind, or being of an age that doesn't permit such movement (under that age of 18 etc.), other issue can include the ownership of property, difficulties in applying for foreign citizenship and the very cost of moving itself.
All of these issues make a compelling argument that even if one could make a case for implied consent (which I don't think you'll be able to do), that this implied consent is both a) not really contractually obligating and b) even if we were to assume that one could become contractually obligated through implied consent that the consent would be done with the above in mind and thus fail once again to be contractually obligating (for instance signing contracts under duress does not incur obligations upon the person who signed said contract).
Now this all precludes the argument to question the very validity of that implied consent! Say if I'm under the age of 18. I am unable to vote, I am without means to move, I own no real property in the eyes of the law... what if any consent have I given to be governed? If I haven't given consent why should I be bound by laws (being that your argument for the ethical nature of laws right now revolves around the contractual obligation incurred upon oneself when this consent is in fact given!). If those under the age of 18 aren't to be bound by our laws, then that raises another interesting case.
So... I mean I guess Simmons and Plato were pretty childish... It sucks to know something about ethics, it just brings your whole maturity level right through the floor.
~ Anders - gamerzworld, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9holy crap! Some one call, Jack Thompson!!!!
- lightningrod220, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Too bad he didn't kill or maim himself while doing it.... would have made a nice Darwin award.
- sapo916, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8If he is willing to evade police why would he care about driving illegally.
- davidkain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9dclowd9901:
If you ever feel uncomfortable while you are being pulled over, you may call the local police station and inform them that an umarked car is flashing its lights at you, and you would like the officer to know you are waiting for a place you feel is safe to pull over. All officers are required to call in their pull-overs, so if it isn't legit you'll have several well-labeled police cars there in a jiffy.
Also, as a general rule, police in unmarked cars (note that unmarked means it looks like a civilian car... I'm not talking about police cars without lights on top -- those are quite clearly marked, if less obvious) will not be pulling over speeders or people commiting those kinds of offenses. Usually if a cop is driving an unmarked vehicle, it's for a specific reason, and he/she has better things to do than give you or I a ticket. Usually. - davidkain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9saifrc:
To answer your question -- many comments seem to be "modded down" because people are using the comment digging system as a means to say "I agree" and "I do not agree" rather than using it to rate good and bad posts as they should be. It's an unfortunate side effect of the ability to digg posts, and a little ironic to be discussing in this thread (which, I must admit, is why I couldn't help but post).
Excellent reading suggestion! - zweben, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Ahh the difference a simple 't can make.
- nullmind, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"i think i am going to go kill my ex-girlfriend because i got away with shooting shooting hookers in GTA."
You dated a hooker? - retawd, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Well, from watching car chases, it seems like as long as you don't stop, the cops can't kneel on your head and hit you with sticks. Ever seen that happen BEFORE the guy stops the car? Nope, only AFTER he stops the car... Can't argue with logic, huh? Also, for all you new drivers I'll let out a little secret - the stops signs with a white outline are optional. They don't tell you this until your 25th birthday, but I think its unfair, so I'll tell you now.
- Frinkahedron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8What's that sound? It's Jack Thompson hurriedly chasing after the news vans to censor violent video games!
- dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10While I think you're a *****, and deserve to be banned from using so much as a bike, I have to say, I really feel uncomfortable stopping for unmarked police vehicles, so, as a rule, I'll only stop for them if I'm in a heavily populated area. Otherwise, they can haul my ass off to prison, because I don't give a damn if I feel I'm protecting myself from some would be criminal.
- twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Kloud...did you read the article??? He was being stopped for a PAROLE VIOLATION! He IS a habitual offender. His name is Tyrone, he lives in the 'hood and plays GTA while he's out on parole. He thinks 'cause he's good at GTA, he can out run the police in real life. He be stoopid...
- flush2000, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8instead of making laws against video games, they should make laws against stupid people.
- Durinthal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Spawn camping in real life: go to the maternity ward of your local hospital with a shotgun.
- Spoonicus, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13If you can discern real life from a computer game you are, in one word, INSANE. (maybe that's what he's going for)
- jrbrewin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6backed up by
"doing this in real life will likely result in mass ridicule by friends, family, strangers, and millions of people online..... if you're lucky it'll end in death" - superalamar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5poor bastard was just 3 blocks from the floating star he needed to drive through to end the chase.
- Xenstier, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7GTA doesnt need anymore bad press THIS GUY IS RETARDED
- toyotaboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5that is hilarious.. i would love to see a video of that court case 'yo man, i had a gameshark with me and everything, but i just couldn't outrun those cops'
- teampoop, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6-- And coming up on News at 11, a man was ran over on the freeway while trying to pick up cars with a ball of duct tape. Officers on the scene report man was "at least listening to some groovy music when he died"
- nerditup, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Theres no spawn points in RL
- kolobcreek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Yeah well I've watched COPS enough to know you have a much better chance launching your car off of a bridge or rolling it into a ditch. You can't outrun a radio or a helicopter with infrared.
- danpsmith, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10That's ***** and you know why? In the game you may be able to build some skill and resistance towards dying, but in real life, no one person is going to be able to kill every policeman and helicopter without catching a bullet in the head, they have way too much firepower. I don't care how much you practiced, it's ***** impossible.
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