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JamesKass · May 3, 2004, 08:14 PM

Maybe it's just me, but is there anyone else somewhat offended by the "Shoot the Terrorist, Win an iPod" banner ads on the MacNN website?

Demonhood · May 3, 2004, 09:16 PM

i can't get that one to come up. can you tell me what it's for?
or what server it links to?

gorickey · May 4, 2004, 08:32 AM

I did see this ad very temporarily...however, I believe it's been banninated finally...

Zimphire · May 4, 2004, 10:30 AM

Because terrorists are good people.

gorickey · May 4, 2004, 12:30 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
Because terrorists are good people.

...with just bad intentions.

OreoCookie · May 4, 2004, 01:12 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
Because terrorists are good people.

It's about ads, an inappropriate one. Not the Gaza strip. Get a grip.

Zimphire · May 4, 2004, 03:08 PM

Eh? I was making a joke.

Lighten up.

gorickey · May 4, 2004, 05:09 PM

Originally posted by Demonhood:
i can't get that one to come up. can you tell me what it's for?
or what server it links to?

Hmm, it's baaaacccckkkkk....

el chupacabra · May 4, 2004, 06:19 PM

I'm trying to get offended. Must be missing something, its not working.

Dex13 · May 4, 2004, 08:30 PM

it's now comes full circle with "Shoot the Bear" and "Shoot the Criminal"

Zimphire · May 4, 2004, 10:15 PM

Originally posted by el chupacabra:
I'm trying to get offended. Must be missing something, its not working.

Pull a nose hair or something.

ghost_flash · May 5, 2004, 10:11 AM

Originally posted by gorickey:
...with just bad intentions.

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, then they must be on the
express elevator...

dcolton · May 5, 2004, 12:46 PM

How in the hell can you be offended? Terrorists = BAD PEOPLE!

Zimphire · May 6, 2004, 01:49 AM

Because guns are bad!

And terrorists are people too!

Haven't you learned anything?

CaseCom · May 6, 2004, 02:23 AM

Originally posted by Demonhood:
i can't get that one to come up. can you tell me what it's for?
or what server it links to?

Links to the following shady site:
http://sbase30.com/promotions/regist...=apipd_FASTCLK

"Hit the Bear" ... fine.

"Shoot the Criminal" ... borderline.

"Shoot the Terrorist" ... appalling.

Baninate!

Zimphire · May 6, 2004, 02:39 AM

Originally posted by CaseCom:
"Hit the Bear" ... fine.

"Shoot the Criminal" ... borderline.

"Shoot the Terrorist" ... appalling.

Baninate!

I am just curious why you feel shooting a innocent bear is better than shooting criminals and murderers?

I think this is a case of what I was told was called being "Over-sensitive"

It's just a game. They aren't actually ASKING you to do away with these slimy villains.

CaseCom · May 6, 2004, 01:22 PM

It's not the relative guilt or innocence of the target that's the issue for me. Yes, terrorists and criminals are bad. If I were appalled at an arcade game that has me shooting, say, cartoons of Hitler and Tojo, that wouldn't mean I sympathize with them.

Actually, I usually don't object to shoot-'em-up video games. If someone put out a realistic video game where you're a U.S. special forces soldier going after Al-Qaida fighters, that wouldn't bother me because at least then it has some kind of respect, on some level, for the real-life scenario that real soldiers find themselves in.

What bothers me is the use of a serious scenario (terrorism) as cheap cartoony entertainment for a cheesy spam-merchant "giveaway" that's probably a fraud anyway.

As to the bear: Hunting an animal is basically a game even in real life. So no, that one doesn't bother me, any more than Elmer Fudd singing "Kill the wabbit" traumatized me as a child. (Which is to say, not at all.) But if Elmer sang "Kill the Kraut" while pursuing a cartoon German WWII soldier, it would have been more troubling.

Zimphire · May 6, 2004, 03:26 PM

Maybe just block those ads from your router?