Pope Calls Video Games "Perverse"

[Mikey_]

That's right... pope and perverse in one sentence.

"Any trend to produce programs and products -- including animated films and video games -- which in the name of entertainment exalt violence and portray anti-social behavior or the trivialization of human sexuality is a perversion," he said.

He said this was "all the more repulsive" when programs were directed at children and adolescents.

Read it on CNN.

The Catholic church is having less and less influence in the 21st Century, so I think his comments are pretty irrelevant at this point.

[Banned]

I'm not Catholic, so screw the pope.

[Cosmic]

How wonderfully ironic that an ex-member of the Hitler Youth wants to take the moral high ground. I think the jokes write themselves at this point...

[Cookie Monster]

He's right, some games are perverse. Perhaps that's why we like 'em

[kupo]

Let's mail the pope some hentai games

[Strongbad]

How wonderfully ironic that an ex-member of the Hitler Youth wants to take the moral high ground. I think the jokes write themselves at this point...

In all fairness, he probably didn't have any choice about joining Hitler Youth.

[Saeveo]

Let's mail the pope some hentai games

[email protected]

Knock yourself out.

"How could one explain this 'entertainment' to the countless innocent young people who actually suffer violence, exploitation and abuse?" he said.

We won't mention the countless cases of child abuse by priests, then?

[Cyberxion]

In all fairness, he probably didn't have any choice about joining Hitler Youth.

That doesn't exactly alter the fact that he was indeed a member, eh? Meh.

Anyway, who cares what the Pope says. I mean, it's incredibly easy to alter that statement to apply to just about any form of entertainment. It's pretty clear that he just took a hotbed issue, voilence in film and video games, and then crapped out a broad statement in order to placate those who already have it up their ass that video games are bad business. I'm sure that when the next big entertainment medium comes along, he'll just trot out the same verbiage, with it attatched. It's hard to care, really.

[Elmdor]

It does, Cyber. Scratch the "probably", he HAD to join Hitler Jugend. Legally required and whatnot.

[Jetsetlemming]

Exalted violence? Antisocial behavior? The trivialization of human sexuality? Hm, how odd. These are all things the Catholic church normally endorses.

[polokitty]

we all know the pope plays the original bible game for nes ...... BABY MOSES NOOOOOOO!

[Cyberxion]

It does, Cyber. Scratch the "probably", he HAD to join Hitler Jugend. Legally required and whatnot.

Let's say they enlist a draft here in America. I get called into duty. I maybe didn't want to go, but I still had to. Years down the road, even if I tell people that I never wanted to fight in such-and-such war, I cannot say that I wasn't involved in it. That I didn't kill people in the name of my country, if such were to be the case.

So yeah, the Pope can say he didn't want to be part of that bullshit, but he was still part of it. It doesn't necessarily mean that he believed in any of it, but he was still part of it just the same.

Really though, it still gives a hint of irony to his moral standings regarding this issue, even if he didn't buy that BS wholesale.

[Ktiger41]

Exalted violence? Antisocial behavior? The trivialization of human sexuality? Hm, how odd. These are all things the Catholic church normally endorses.

He's prolly in a fit of rage and got mad b/c he didn't get his weekly dose of altar boy ass, so lets forgive him for his erroneous statements.

we all know the pope plays the original bible game for nes ...... BABY MOSES NOOOOOOO!

Word he does...

Or to cover up his mad gaming addiction he says he has to cleanse each game of evil and spends all week playing online pwn'n everybody. But repents his skill on sundays.

[Elmdor]

Let's say they enlist a draft here in America. I get called into duty. I maybe didn't want to go, but I still had to. Years down the road, even if I tell people that I never wanted to fight in such-and-such war, I cannot say that I wasn't involved in it. That I didn't kill people in the name of my country, if such were to be the case.

So yeah, the Pope can say he didn't want to be part of that bullshit, but he was still part of it. It doesn't necessarily mean that he believed in any of it, but he was still part of it just the same.

Really though, it still gives a hint of irony to his moral standings regarding this issue, even if he didn't buy that BS wholesale.

Well.. I wouldn't say it's the same thing. Every kid was a member of Hitler Jugend, and he, supposedly, never showed up for the meetings.

Now, okay, he WAS a member of Hitler Jugend, but I don't think that's any reason for us to slander him. Better?

[Ktiger41]

Well.. I wouldn't say it's the same thing. Every kid was a member of Hitler Jugend, and he, supposedly, never showed up for the meetings.

Now, okay, he WAS a member of Hitler Jugend, but I don't think that's any reason for us to slander him. Better?

Well America also has this "Guilty by association" law so eventhough he didn;t show up he was guilty be those means.

For example your a passenger in a drunk drivers car and he hits, runs over, and kills and old lady. Your still in trouble.