More On Grossman

I hope this revelation doesn\'t surprise anyone. Nobody would be as zealous as this guy if there wasn\'t money to be made off it. I hope id\'s attorneys put this freak on the stand and grill the shit out of him on how much he makes off his propaganda.

hmmm... nice letter by Grossman. I actually acknowledge the bulk of what he says there. Perhaps this will shift more of the focus onto the arcade gun shooters rather than PC and Console shooters. I for one would welcome such a move... I mean, that Aerosmith (sp?) shooting game where you shoot the cds is just evil.

I thought some of what the guy said was valid, like how it may be worth restricting access to games if it saves a life or two, but some things I don\'t agree on. I\'d like to see some other things he\'s written because part of me wonders if he said certain things when interviewed by a gaming website which were intended to manipulate the readers -- it is his job to know how our minds work, after all.

For an expert, though, his definition of catharsis is very wrong.

He says:

\"This is a term that Freud coined, now widely accepted, for taking the energy from unacceptable urges and redirecting them into acceptable areas. Thus the unacceptable is converted to the \"sublime\" and someone with the desire to hit people can become a boxer or football player.\"

He said elsewhere that you cannot have catharsis without physical activity. This is bullshit, though. Watching a film where the characters go to hell and back can be cathartic. www.m-w.com has a better definition:

1 : PURGATION
2 a : purification or purgation of the emotions (as pity and fear) primarily through art b : a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension
3 : elimination of a complex by bringing it to consciousness and affording it expression

> opinions are worse than assholes:
> only one asshole per person

I present to you...
THE FOUR ASSED HUMAN!
\"hh\'nuurghh\"

True. Pepsi is an abomination, and will be the ruin of us all.

Pepsi\'s new slogan should be:
Pepsi: The Drink of Psychotic Mass Murderers.

If only everyone drank Coca-Cola, the world would be a much nicer place.

Look, if you argue strictly from the logical standpoint, in the interview he was NOT talking about completely banning all games, but
restricting their access to children, which I agree upon. I consider that age to be anything up to about 12. Face it, some things are for
adults only.

I do not agree, however, with his assumption that playing computer games does NOT provide catharsis. His logic is that the only way to provide catharsis is through the expenditure of PHYSICAL energy. Who says that these games don\'t expend MENTAL energy?? Given his military
background, I can see why he can relate to physical activity more than mental activity.

I have been playin\' video games for a long time and they.. must kill.. have never had any effect whatsoever on.. must kill.. me in any way, shape, must kill, or form.. That Grossman guy must have.. must kill.. had one too many bombs land.. must kill.. near his head..

#6, the point being he advertises his company as non-profit but still charges $5,000 to be a witness at a trial.

non-profit usually means they only take donations etc. i think maarten was just trying to point out just what a joke this guy is.

ill give him credit though, he might not know dick about games, but he certainly knows how to get publicity.

#17 The fact that he is an evil pagan has nothing to do with anything, but I shall discriminate against him because of it regardless.

#3 blowdpanis, \'if we would like to dispute him, we should call him out and start fact challenging\'

Good idea but do you have $5000 for him? :)

Looks like we\'ve got the first professional anti-gamer before the first professional gamer. Nice.

#15, WTF does \"pagan\" have to do with this?

Grossman is just that... gross, man!

Grossman is a clueless weasel. He\'s actually making money as a direct result of the deaths of children. What a heartless and cruel evil pagan pos. What do you think?

#9
where are the other players scores?
ill post some of my scores sometime. :)
i am so much more l337er than the Lt.

DOH

didnt think about that

ah well

the kill*death ratio is sweet

Uhhhh Perrins old chap...
Please type \"+showfrags\" in the console so we can see the scores of all the OTHER players too.. Now all we see is the # of times they were killed.

:)

Somebody should dish out 5 grand and have him make a little appearance at the next QuakeCon...

Tonights Counter-Strike scores


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So the guy gets paid... this is news? Who gives a flying fuck. We all knew he was selling a book and was giving appearances... who fucking cares if he gets paid for it? But then again, I\'m sure this article will get a few hundred comments on a slow news day...

Grossman Blowz!

For all the wonders of online news and information why is it so difficult to get basic information like what all the master servers are that serve Q3. If I use the gamespy network server master0.gamespy.com am I seeing all the q3 servers?

Also where in the heck can a person see the list of console commands in Q3. In the old days this kind of stuff was plastered everywhere.

Color me lazy but this stuff should be easier to find.

signed

informationally overloaded with the wrong information.

I agree that Grossman\'s motives are highly suspect, but this article is insinuating a classic error in logic...\"defeat the argument by assassinating the character of the arguer.\" His words should stand on their own merit, and if we would like to dispute him, we should call him out and start fact challenging, analyze his \"credible\" data, and confer with other \"experts\" as well. Opinions are like assholes, you know =)