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POPSMore possible abuse While reading this same page, I realized that my housemate/husband's girlfriend (long story, if you don't know me personally, please don't ask) did these things to me. I suppose that still counts as abuse even if she wasn't MY partner, doesn't it? Another thing to mention to my lawyer. ...Or maybe none of it matters since Oregon is a "no fault" state when it comes to divorce.
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POPSThe Political Game: Who will save gamers?
I'm so sick and $%&@* tired of people blaming violence in the youth culture on video games. How friggin ignorant do you have t be to believe that a kid who plays "grand Theft Auto" will turn into a homicidal maniac? Kids have been killing each other far longer than video games have been in the main stream (long before they were even in existence). It's sad that a comedy-satire show has to show us how absurd many of these legal actions are. I've played video games all my life. I had a VERY, VERY #*%&'ed up childhood. Dealt with physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, was bullied in school (until I reached about grade 10), and though the though of teaching a bully a good object lesson crossed my mind, I like the VAST majority of my fellows believed it would solve nothing. "Cold Case" the other night did a great job of showing how people blame violent video games. "you played maniac massacre, you must have loved the thought of killing people!".. oh blow it out your igno