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Another kid shot a kid today in the neighborhood where I am remodeling a house destroyed by Katrina. It was a block away. Last week the neighborhood suffered a loss of another young boy who was shot to death sitting on his front porch...the bullet holes are a chilling reminder of the brutality of what happended. To add to it, he happened to be the nephew of the lady I am contracting for. So what does HALO have to do with this.
I grew up in a crime ridden city...one they could never make movies about due to ratings. Even in all of that I never remember the violence between kids that we experience today. We have numbed our children to the taste of death...worse, we have taught them to fascinate about it...all in the name of civil rights and entertainment. Watch children (teens are children) as they play these games...they are hyptnotized...and are animalistic in their desire to kill. They literally go through the emotions of killing...and learn to love it. They are scared, fearful to death as they attempt to sneak up on their enemy, they go into panick when they are found. They rejoice upon escape like real soldiers do. I was amazed to see it but then quickly disgusted. To this day, I am against those games and beg parents to keep their children away from them.
Gruesome death is no joke to mess with and the reality of it can be felt even in a virtual setting. They are even diagnosing kids with post tramatic stress disorder for gaming!!! This is serious.
I was raised without video games in the Atari - Nintendo days and turned out ok. I may not be able to play a virtual guitar but I get paid well to play a real one. I may not be able to design a virtual theme park but you should see what I can do to a building.
Parents, I beg you...censor is not a bad word. Our children should be naive to some things |
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Patrick, I gotta say AMEN! And especially to the conclusion. My kids are so happy, so childlike, the oldest being 11. I know other 11 year olds that act, speak, and dress like 15 year olds. It makes me sad! But my daughter almost acts like she's 8 or 9 much of the time, and I love it! I say let kids be kids. They will grow out of it when they need to. God bless ya bro,
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I agree Mike. When I was a teacher, I did everything possible to get my students to understand that they were still young...and could (should) enjoy it. As a youth pastor trying to get parents not to let their teens bear the weight of responsibilities of an adult is almost alien today...but they are still babies!!! I think it's a conspiracy...yeah...that is what it is.
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I didn't realize what 'HALO' was in your story until I got to the 'Atari - Nintendo' part.
I have seen the previews for it on tv and it didn't sink in because I ignore those, and since my child is very young, and I never liked video games and we don't have a game player, I had no idea what this was.
Now I am right there with you and I totally agree. A lot of us have become numb to what we see, hear, say... and that is so wrong. We need to remember the 'old days', so to speak... get back the feeling of what it means to have family gatherings, the feeling of love, the feeling of safety, the feeling of friendship; before games, tv, theaters.
I applaude this and Star it.
Amen and Amen! |
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Yes Phyllis, I think we are to quick ot label something as "old fashion" as if that is a negative thing. Something to consider is that when things go on for a long time maybe its because they are good things...like marriage and family. They may be "old fashion" but they certainly are not "out of date."
HALO is a realistic video game where the players assume roles of combat soldiers...it is gruesome and completely innappropriate (in by book). War is not a game. |
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| And that also starts in the community...I say neither can nor should exist without the other historically...and Biblically in my opinion |
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| These kids are resulting to actions that they should not have in their response system. Our "civil liberties" society has destroyed the innocense of our children...and our adults. |
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To be clear, I am not a socialist or anything like that...but to take the rights that we all deserve and have fought for and then apply those rights to teaching rape and murder...that is wrong |
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December 09, 2007 at 11:16am |
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Patrick,
I agree and I only hope that I am granted enough time with my loved ones to assist them in learning the difference between the fantasy world created by the media/enterainment industry and the reality that we all experience. A jaded view of reality begins to form because of the inability to separate the two.
The events that recently occurred here in Omaha this past week are a prime example of this disconnected reality. |
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| Exactly David, although brutal killing has been going on since the beginning, never before has it been such an option...today it is almost reflex in these guys. Good to hear from you. |
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December 10, 2007 at 7:31am |
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Hey Patrick,
When I flip through the TV, I am still shocked by all the violence that I see. Advertising works. That's why companies spend huge amounts of money to do it. It works. As my wife and I went to breakfast yesterday morning (Sunday), we overheard a little conversation between a couple of girls. One said about the shooting that had just happened a few hours earlier, "why would anyone do that?" Answer: advertising works. Anyone who does not know what America is advertising is really out of touch. R... |
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December 10, 2007 at 7:56am |
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Hey Phyllis, Just to comment (or add to), what you shared. I thought in those good ol' days, they were innocent of the trash that is promoted today also. But I found out, that I was wrong. I was born in 57. One day I watched a movie staring Andy Griffith, it was released in 57, the same year I was born. I thought to myself, "oh this should be alright, it's 1957." But what it was - was... adultery and violence. Andy was a big rat! Although in 57 (and onward) Hollywood may have had more good messages about wholesome things than negative, but they were always seen to be pushing the envelope with the public. Until we've reached what we have today, the reverse of what was then (rarely one good one, over the mass of bad ones). It's just like growing up. You start out telling a small lie, and then it escalates into carefully calculating them, until you yourself don't know what the truth is anymore. America is in this same situation right now, they are so far out of plumb that only God can restore them. It is the same with us individually. Daily. R... |
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R...thank you for your comments. I think what you said in your response to Phyllis sums it up...
It's just like growing up. You start out telling a small lie, and then it escalates into carefully calculating them, until you yourself don't know what the truth is anymore. America is in this same situation right now, they are so far out of plumb that only God can restore them. It is the same with us individually. Daily.
The Bible makes it clear that we are to filter what goes before our senses...and keep our environment as pure as possible. We are to "go out from among them" and "touch no unclean thing" and to keep ourselves "unstained from the world." We make a million excuses as to why we feel it is ok but in the end it is because we WANT to take part of that which is being offered. That is unfortunate and the state that the country founded on God is in is just what you said. Isaiah 26 makes it clear how God restores a nation and those of us who truly wish to see that should be preparing ourselves to be a light in a dark place and soon
Dennis, it did get bad here. California, however, also had a big problem with looting during the fires...but nothing like it was here. Jindall is a good man and we will hopefully see some good decisions made here. New Orleans is a tough place to be...but mose large cities are the same. I recently went back to NY where I grew up and was shocked to find that the people there are acting the same as the people here...the "everybody owes me" mindset. It was not like that. I think that is been fed through the media over the years with the movies "depicting" city life that has led to the decay of the people's work ethic.
What was not destroyed, FEMA finished off. There were some shootings at the rescuers, only a few though. And you probably have never watched your children or loved ones die before your eyes of starvation and seen a rescue boat within 50 ft of you. It is a traumatic thing but these people suffered. They starved, they drowned, and they were not all the leaches of society. Sure there were many, but there were many who were not. Many hospital workers, nursing home workers, residents with no transportation or realization of the impending disaster (many previous evacuations called, never a problem). It is easy to sit from the viewing seat and decide what should have been done. But I know of fathers who evacuated who found out there dumb kids didn't and returned to get them and were trapped...and children who did the same.
Whether they be productive citizens or leaches, they are still people and God still loves them and Jesus still died for them and that is why I am here.
As far as the projects go, that will be difficult since there is no real "project area." Even teh lower 9th has prosperity mixed in with poverty. That is New Orleans as a whole...on the same block you have one extreme to another all over the place. Sure a few apartment complexes can be destroyed but there are only a few areas that can be called "projects." Much of what was destroyed was historical NOLA neighborhoods and places in St Bernard parish.
All that being said, I and my friend slept with a gun protecting our stuff and we kind of enjoyed our neighbors sign that said "looters will be shot. thank you" |
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December 11, 2007 at 7:23am |
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| Hey Patrick, you and your co-workers are in our prayers. Bless you. |
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Dennis, I understood your point and agree, just adding a little "cushion" to it maybe? But what you said is correct and accurate and THAT is unfortunate. As far as rebuilding...insurance is there for a reason. I am still trying to find out where the fed govt is responsible to rebuild a community within the constitution...in the USA anyways. As a person whose house was severely damaged by the hurricane, I find it repulsive that so many people who tried to save themselves a few bucks by shorting their insurance or not paying it at all now demand to receive funds. The road home is merely one step closer to socialism in my humble opinion.
It is being abused by many who collected a sum to rebuild then turn around and lowball their home and buy themselves a new ride...
Now to the many who had properly paid out their insurances yet are now in legal battle b/c the home insurance states that the damage was originated by the flood and the flood ins claims the winds caused the initial damage...road home is a welcomed necessity especially since FEMA just dumped 12000 people out on the street. The real picture is portrayed by the reaction of the church. Sure, some volunteers have come down for a week...many unskilled. And every bit helps...but if people understood what it means to lose everything, time would not matter.
I still say, if the church gave like it should and lived like it should, we could run every welfare and govt response program out of town. |
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December 11, 2007 at 11:29pm |
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There have also been recent reports that insurance companies have deliberately reduced their appraisals of the damage as to keep certain profits "safe" in the company. If true I don't think I could think of more disgusting corporate behavior. You know Pat, its funny. I bought the entire series of the orginal Transformers cartoon to watch with "big E", as I was a huge fan as a child and was thrilled with the remake. The remake is a bit too much for him but I thought the cartoon would be fine, but we started watching it and I winced a few times at the level of violence it must appear to be from the view of a 3 year old. I think we will wait until he is a little older before we watch more of it. |
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Insuance companies....disgusting corporate behavior??? Never! Paul, I think big E and little D have a lot to teach us on what we allow to pass before our eyes. I know this can be taken to an extreme but imagine how much less temptation our brain could offer if we were to filter what went before our eyes from the position of a child. I believe I read somewhere that unless we become as children...now that is stretching what Jesus was intending...not stretching just nowhere close but I think the thought is acceptable. While naturally we are going to be able to handle stuff our kids shouldn't, some things we can't ourselves...
I loved transformers too. Still haven't seen the movie...we were going to see it together but that fell apart, remember? I must see it |
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Paul |
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December 12, 2007 at 8:52am |
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Amen, bro. I have the movie, so maybe we can have a get together sometime soon, burn some meat in the backyard and watch it... |
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| Yes...because I definitely have some meat...lots of the pig ready to offer itself on the fire |
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Joey |
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January 17, 2008 at 3:41pm |
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Another excellent blog. We need you in Allen. Come on! |
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