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Old 08-08-2008, 01:42 PM   #133
Bungleau
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Join Date: October 29, 2001
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Default Re: Grand Theft Auto inspires Thai murder

I believe Chewbacca was poking fun at the series of Holiday Inn commercials where people do things well out of their skill set, but because they slept at a Holiday Inn the previous night, it's all okay. Hence the winking smiley at the end

As for the other parts of the arguments... I can say that I did not anticipate the game having *any* impact on my driving, so when it happened in the real world, I was surprised.

I also noticed that it was different... and the ability to recognize that things are different is not as common as one would hope. I suspect many people may not have noticed the difference, and may have just thought that they were in a mood to have fun (twisty roads) or were surrounded by stupider drivers ('nuff said).

I also confess I have not read Hillary Clinton's It Takes A Village, so I don't know to what extent I agree or disagree with her positions and her nice catchphrase. However, I do *NOT* believe in deferring the responsibility for raising my children *TO* the village... *I* am responsible (along with my wife, of course ), not the village. The village, however, is a support infrastructure for all of us.

Perhaps I'm too me-focused... I'm only really concerned with raising my kids, not other people's. Perhaps later on I'll be concerned with others, but right now, I have my hands full.
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