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Edited by Bolt:
7/7/2013 7:01:16 PM
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When even Buddhists murder, it should become obvious.
We don't kill because of religion. We don't kill because of morals. We don't kill because of beliefs.
We kill because we [I]like[/I] to kill. We kill because we [I]love[/I] to kill. Religion and morality are justifications; not causations. Unless [I]you believe[/I] in supernatural evil, there is clearly no outside force that causes mankind to commit atrocities. Atheists should be able to realize that, even if religion acts as the catalyst for violence, the person committing it still [i]chose[/I] religion. The violence and hatred spoke to them, and they decided to continue the conversation.
Manslaughter is just another form of communication; a means to spread a message, and to confront and condemn humans with their own mortality. We like to hurt people this way, because we ourselves are mortally wounded from birth.
Ignore it if you want to, but don't ask why something like this happened while simultaneously disregarding who we are.
If you disagree then, by all means, explain why. I'd start with explaining why you spend so much of your free time playing games that let you pretend to kill people. Is it because it's "just a game?" Because it's the way games are made? Or is it that
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[p]erhaps, you are doing what you were meant to do. Your human
mentality screams for vengeance and thrives on the violence
that you say you can hardly endure. Your father told you as a
child to always fight with honor, but to always fight. Do you
care about honor, or do you use honor as an excuse? An excuse
to exist in a violent world.
Organic beings are constantly fighting for life. Every
breath, every motion brings you one instant closer to your
death. With that kind of heritage and destiny, how can you
deny yourself? How can you expect yourself to give up
violence?
It is your nature.
Do you feel free?
-Durandal
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Happy Bungie Day.
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Edited by Uncle Putin: 7/9/2013 3:16:30 AMWe may not be able to avoid killing people, but the pure fact that a few twisted individuals got in control of huge armies does not mean that the rest of humanity [i]enjoys[/i] killing people. You say I play games that simulate killing people? Yes, I do indeed. However, there are multiple reasons why people kind these types of games fun. First of all, violent video games are not meant to purely appeal to our lust for killing. The reason why so many people play it is because it gets your adrenaline going, something that a lot of people enjoy. What better way to get your adrenaline going than to have your life on the line? That's why FPS are so popular because it appeals to our innate instincts to survive, not to kill. Second, video games are like "puppy play" to humans. Puppies fight with each other to better their skills should they ever need them in a real encounter. Likewise, even though video games might be extremely unrealistic, we have a need for puppy play. It's programmed into us to play-fight with each other so that we can better our skills in that regard. We don't play video games because we want to kill someone. We do it to prepare. Why do we watch people fight? First of all, it appeals to our sense of competition. We watch sports because we like to root for our favorite team and brag to our friends when we win. It again appeals to our adrenaline, because we are always on the verge of losing, we are always on edge. We don't do it because we like to kill people. We do it because nature has programmed us to prepare ourselves.
