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Be that as it may, the video game remains the victim. It's cover is telling parents that it may not be suitable for their children, yet some idiots will still buy it for their kid. The game tried to warn them, but they wouldn't listen and now we have groups of parents lobbying to have the games removed from shelves or nerfed (GTA III was nerfed after the initial uproar over the hooker thing). These morons are using the game as a scape goat to take the blame for their own stupidity and for that they deserve to have their children acting this way. At any rate, I stick by my opinion that the video games themselves have no affect on children. It's parents who are giving the game to the kids who are having this affect because they're essentially telling the kid that whatever happens in the game is ok. Very rarely do you see bullies coming from good upbringings, or jocks from non-sport oriented backgrounds, etc. We all have tried to emulate our parents or siblings at one time or another and therein lies the core reason for all of the events that have unfolded. It's a good thing I didn't apply for that video game store job because I would probably be smacking people every now and then.

So you're saying that we should build a large rocket ship, stuff it with the world's supply of cars, trucks, vans, sporting equipment, kitchen utensils, tools, medical equipment, alcohol, video games, TVs, movies, *rambles on*. Sorry, the first part of that equation is simply not true. If the first part were removed I guarantee you that this equation would continue to be true, hence the overcrowding problem in many US prisons. You could bubble wrap the entire world and these idiots would continue to wreak havoc with their stupidity and carelessness. If anything, the video games in question are the victim of stupidity. They did nothing to bring this upon themselves, it's the idiots putting them in the hands of children who are to blame. I personally find GTA IV very entertaining. As the author of the article that was posted earlier pointed out it's a lot more involved plot-wise than the previous installments. I haven't gotten very far yet but the plot really is enthralling -- and I've yet to meet a hooker or kill blindly (except for the idiots who jump in front my car). I went to a strip club today and that was a very entertaining experience, particularly when another girl joined in the lap dance Nico was getting to the music of "Shake that ass, show me whatchu got!" hahaha. If there are parents out there who are allowing their children to play it, then I fear that our work to cleanse the gene pool is far from finished.

I wasn't gonna vote (technically still virgin) but since the poll was expanded to that... less than a day... *kicks the dirt in shame* Jeez can't a guy get head without getting grilled about it? (I was grilled about it last night by some friends haha).

Any parents who say that video games are the root of child behavior need to have their children taken away from them. Parents are the root of child behavior, plain and simple. All children look up to their parents to determine what is right and what is wrong, so if the parent buys this sort of game for their eight-year-old they're basically telling them that the contents of the game are ok to repeat in real life. Some people need to be realistic and understand that the ESRB didn't create a video game rating system for their health. Just like movie rating systems, security systems, etc., they're useless if they're ignored. Sure, some clerks are dumb enough to sell such games to people who are clearly too young, but I have yet to meet one. My sister still gets carded from time to time when she buys an M-rated video game and she doesn't at all look sixteen (M-rated games are for people who are 17+), she is actually 25 now. As for the story about the violent kindergarten boy -- the game has absolutely positively NOTHING to do with the boys actions. It is entirely the fathers fault, as evidenced by his clear indifference to the boy's actions. I have been playing these games for a long time and GTA is by far one of my favorite franchises. I play it largely to steal cars and break things. What's really entertaining in this latest installment is that if you hit a low wall at high speed you will fly through the windshield. It was hilarious the first time it happened! The other day I went to Blockbuster with a friend of mine and on the way out of the store, there was a group of high school punks pulling Jackass moves in a shopping cart (one guy sits in it while the other pushes him into a curb). When we got into my car and started to leave the other punks were approaching the guys messing around with the cart, laughing like the idiots they were. I was SO TEMPTED to just hit them with the car. Want to know a secret? Don't tell those fanatical absent-minded parents and politicians, but GTA was FAR from my mind when those thoughts occurred. I wanted to do that only because every single one of those shit heads was a drain on society with their Jackass-like antics. Particularly since they were shoving shopping carts around near my car.

Congratulations CJ, you're among the very few authors to get my eyes to water with a story. Personally, if I was in Brandon's shoes before, during, or after the landing, I'd have been bawling like a baby. The vivid description of the Beechcraft's incoming speed, the possibility of the engine stalling, the bouncing, etc. had even me scared and I'm safe and sound in the living room of my apartment. At any rate, I was worried there for a minute that the USAF wouldn't look into the issue (at the same time saying to myself that that would never happen when the country is at DEFCON 1), and subsequently was relieved when Brandon mentioned the fog. I had no idea what the fog meant since I don't know anything about explosives (other than to be far away from them when they detonate) but I figured that the General would take that to mean that the windshield blowout was not a result of Canada's weapon against US aircraft and sidewalks striking it. Thank you for posting early, easing my suspense. Damn you for posting early, forcing to me procrastinate from studying for the final I have tomorrow afternoon. I knew I shouldn't have checked the forum...

Hold the celebration until 6666 hahaha

One thing that's nagging me in the back of my mind is that the story read that the planes structure met its maximum just as Brandon took the empty yoke -- before he could correct the nosedive. Is there the off chance that the plane starts to break apart and fall out of the sky before the missiles hit? Kind of like what was already suggested about the portside engine failing -- except the plane comes apart and crash-lands that way. The people in the back of the plane could still survive if the plane doesn't go into a total nose-dive, but it probably would at that altitude. If it crash lands then the military could see that it was not armed with a nuke and could send help out to the scene of the accident. Note that if that happened, Brandon would die. No matter what, at least one member of Instinct will die. Two if Eric fails to stop Chase from going up there.

I like that idea, but rather than kill him instantly with the spit, why not hog tie him to it and pop an apple in his mouth?

Roast goat would really hit the spot right about now... The only scenario I can think of to save them is there is some sort of uncontrollable maneuver in the plane that forces it to accidentally dodge the missiles. Realizing they've missed their target they'll, as per Hollywood, turn towards each other to come back at the jet and hit each other, exploding. That or Instinct dies. Either way this is the climax of the story where we find out if Jerry will be discovered. If they survive, they'll tell the first authority they see (they're out of range already of the L.A. bomb, so it won't matter if that goes off). If they don't, then CJ will have to find another way to bring Scar down or simply let him have his way.

[Euro Trip]Or you may hide them in your anus. [/Euro Trip] Haha sorry, I love that movie.

I meant every word. When I switched from WinME to Win2k, life was worth living. My grades improved dramatically, I was happy (for once!) and the BSOD was a thing of the past. I upgrade way back in 2002 and I haven't had major system trouble since then beyond the occasional bug that pops up around formatting time anyway. You might think I'm kidding or being dramatic, but I'm dead serious.

I've seen and read enough porn to understand the mechanics of sex. Nuclear physics on the other hand...

First, I doubt that I would ever have a relationship that would go that far. I've yet to have a first boyfriend and there is none on the horizon, which is fine since I'd rather it be this way until I get my degrees. Anyway, after thinking about it I decided that the best and most likely scenario is that we'd sit down and talk about it. No proposals at all -- just a simple, "Hey, I've been thinking about us and where we're headed, I think we should do such and such, what do you think?" or something like that.

Pyromaniac of the highest order.

Depends. Did I love them/they love me before the accident? If so then I certainly would stay with them. If there wasn't any love between us beforehand then I would be there for them to help them cope, but I don't think we'd stay together (for reasons not inclusive of any accidents).

Even if the wrench made it to the bomb it would have never disrupted the detonation sequence. The bomb was contained within thick steel, so a wrench would do nothing. If it did then Jerry would have been more worried about the LA bomb after Eric kicked it several times. Eric would have likely kicked it will a force similar to a projectile (the wrench) being thrown by Vladimir. Matter of fact, I was surprised that the wrench had made it as far as it had.

You misread my post and misaligned my thoughts. During my discussion with these girls, I was fully imagining dating a woman when deciding my preferences. Does the fact that I'm gay play a role in my thought process? Maybe, we don't really know that for sure. What I CAN tell you is that the small part of me that is not gay was certainly doing the majority of my thinking when I came to that conclusion. I WAS imagining the hair on a girl. In fact I imagined it on a girl who, were I straight, would practically be my fiance right now and I had no qualms with it. Is there an unfair double standard? Yeah. The problem is I've yet to meet a woman who chose their body hair standards based on societal pressures and a few them do not operate under the philosophy that beauty is only skin deep (meaning they're a tad shallow). That said I don't think women need to shave as much as they think they do. Maybe just the mustache, but I don't like those on men either.

It's odd that double standards should be mentioned since I had a body hair discussion with a few of my female friends last week. I'd said that I really would not care if my girlfriend stopped shaving (though since my girlfriend would likely be a boy, I would beg "her" to stop shaving certain places). They argued that they feel unclean, so I get the feeling that there really isn't any double standard here... they do it because they want to, not because they feel pressured to. As a side note, it's been getting warm here near Atlantic City and the boys are starting to wear shorts! All of the guys I've been crushing on since January are showing off their hairy legs and I'm getting excited

VERY INTERESTING!!! I have no idea if the physics behind detonation scene is accurate (I'm only in pre-engineering!) but it was very enthralling and a good substitute for the actual physics work I should be doing right now Everything now hinges on Mario's hit! The boys know with no uncertainty that Jerry is bad news. Unless Mario and his hired goon (the flying super pooper that Canada loves) is successful, the world is done for! When this list of demands in the fax included 20 billion dollars, I couldn't help but think of Dr. Evil's monetary demands in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. lmfao

Not necessarily (unless you're hinting at something?). I can see two sides to the engineers fate from Dimitri's actions -- the first is that he just kills the mans after the first bomb goes off. The second is that he gives the guy a fighting chance. I say this because I noticed Dimitri having two attitudes towards him, one of benevolence and one malevolent. He's grown to like the engineer, but then he turns around and wants to eviscerate him on the spot. We'll see

If someone incorrectly assumes something about me because of some stereotype and voices it, I'll be sure to correct them. Otherwise I don't go around saying, "I'm this, but I don't do this, this, and this." It's not worth the effort.

Of the artists mentioned here I have either never heard them, never heard of them (Kylie whatsherface), or would rather have a mack truck fall off of a jack and onto my nuts than listen to them (Britney). Benji's post had a lot of good ones, though.

If you were trying to make Canada look good, you just failed miserably.

I voted sexually fluid. He's straight, but I feel like there will be a time or two in his life where he'll have casual sex with a man and enjoy it, regardless of his BAL at the time (Blood Alcohol Level). Might not happen in the span of LTMP though.

ROFLCOPTER holy crap that line just had me in tears hahahaha.