Comments on: Yes, I clubbed baby seals http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/10/yes-i-clubbed-baby-seals/ Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:16:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/10/yes-i-clubbed-baby-seals/#comment-26822 Anonymous Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:56:29 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3801#comment-26822 Was the designer of this game a supporter of anything non-Mac? It would explain alot because clubbing baby seals is the equivalent of giving Steve Jobs the finger on the internet. I award the designer(s) of this game +over 9000 internets Was the designer of this game a supporter of anything non-Mac? It would explain alot because clubbing baby seals is the equivalent of giving Steve Jobs the finger on the internet.

I award the designer(s) of this game +over 9000 internets

]]> By: debbie http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/10/yes-i-clubbed-baby-seals/#comment-25963 debbie Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:25:21 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3801#comment-25963 Hey winner: Is there anybody or anything that's off limits in video games? Do you worry about the fact that we are desensitizing youth through media and that they are losing empathy? They would probably make a pretty effective army, but is that the kind of country you want to live in? Hey winner: Is there anybody or anything that's off limits in video games? Do you worry about the fact that we are desensitizing youth through media and that they are losing empathy? They would probably make a pretty effective army, but is that the kind of country you want to live in?

]]> By: Hagar the Horrible http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/10/yes-i-clubbed-baby-seals/#comment-25912 Hagar the Horrible Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:00:03 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3801#comment-25912 Can't wait for seal populations to grow again. love to club my own seal skin Jacket.....Until then I guess I'll have to practice with the Game. Can't wait for seal populations to grow again. love to club my own seal skin Jacket.....Until then I guess I'll have to practice with the Game.

]]> By: john http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/10/yes-i-clubbed-baby-seals/#comment-25880 john Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:00:52 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3801#comment-25880 saying "it's pretend" is funny if you're Murphy Brown's actress saying it to Dan Quayle. All of the sudden it isn't so funny when the shoe is on the other foot and saying killing baby seals is pretend. Hypocrites... saying "it's pretend" is funny if you're Murphy Brown's actress saying it to Dan Quayle. All of the sudden it isn't so funny when the shoe is on the other foot and saying killing baby seals is pretend. Hypocrites...

]]> By: Catch A Clue http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/10/yes-i-clubbed-baby-seals/#comment-25873 Catch A Clue Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:29:57 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3801#comment-25873 Hello from Obvious World. Not only is this "just a game", the designers clearly put in the clubbing baby seals element precisely to provoke this predictable discourse! They're not being insensitive, they're being deliberately manipulative and exploitative. And thanks to the 'oh, woe is humankind" set their ploy is working just as expected. It is mild but amusing sport to poke these sanctimonious saps. Hopefully in the next version of the game they'll add points for clubbing a Prius! Hello from Obvious World. Not only is this "just a game", the designers clearly put in the clubbing baby seals element precisely to provoke this predictable discourse! They're not being insensitive, they're being deliberately manipulative and exploitative. And thanks to the 'oh, woe is humankind" set their ploy is working just as expected.

It is mild but amusing sport to poke these sanctimonious saps. Hopefully in the next version of the game they'll add points for clubbing a Prius!

]]> By: Michael B http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/10/yes-i-clubbed-baby-seals/#comment-25784 Michael B Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:44:34 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3801#comment-25784 After playing this game I definitely do have an urge to go way up north, purchase a club and find some seals. Are you serious? For the past 20 years (since centipede) people have been killing insects. There has never been an uproar on insecticide. It's only because this game portraits seals as cute and cuddly, and people think seals are cute and cudly that PETA is upset. Where were you when Centipede or Halo came out PETA? Or more obviously the game that is in thousands of bars accross the world, Deer Hunter.... PETA has too much time on their hands After playing this game I definitely do have an urge to go way up north, purchase a club and find some seals.

Are you serious? For the past 20 years (since centipede) people have been killing insects. There has never been an uproar on insecticide. It's only because this game portraits seals as cute and cuddly, and people think seals are cute and cudly that PETA is upset.

Where were you when Centipede or Halo came out PETA? Or more obviously the game that is in thousands of bars accross the world, Deer Hunter....

PETA has too much time on their hands

]]> By: Trey http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/10/yes-i-clubbed-baby-seals/#comment-25763 Trey Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:43:23 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3801#comment-25763 I can't believe that all of you people are really raising hell about this. Get a life! I can't believe that all of you people are really raising hell about this. Get a life!

]]> By: Irene, TX http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/10/yes-i-clubbed-baby-seals/#comment-25708 Irene, TX Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:56:17 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3801#comment-25708 Oh, so it does not change behavior? Quite a few posts show quite the opposite and their authors seem to be beyond repair. Kill and smile is normal these days. This is a normal joke. Wow, people can't even hear or comprehend what they say... Professional help needed on a national level. . Jason, adult people may understand, they still remember what real life is, but kids who no longer read, or make real friends, or go see sunrise or sunset or fishing with their parents, don't have any pets etc, kids who stay inside heads in the monitors 24/7 - are you sure they all understand? Their numbers are growing rapidly, so rapidly it is scary... Oh, so it does not change behavior? Quite a few posts show quite the opposite and their authors seem to be beyond repair. Kill and smile is normal these days. This is a normal joke. Wow, people can't even hear or comprehend what they say... Professional help needed on a national level. .

Jason, adult people may understand, they still remember what real life is, but kids who no longer read, or make real friends, or go see sunrise or sunset or fishing with their parents, don't have any pets etc, kids who stay inside heads in the monitors 24/7 – are you sure they all understand? Their numbers are growing rapidly, so rapidly it is scary...

]]> By: David http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/10/yes-i-clubbed-baby-seals/#comment-25673 David Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:02:41 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3801#comment-25673 "rabid zombie baby seals that are out for blood"... oh crap, I might not sleep tonight "rabid zombie baby seals that are out for blood"... oh crap, I might not sleep tonight

]]> By: Starman http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/10/yes-i-clubbed-baby-seals/#comment-25596 Starman Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:29:44 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3801#comment-25596 Sick, sick, sick. Does no one see the massive desensitization going on here, and where it can lead? Sick, sick, sick. Does no one see the massive desensitization going on here, and where it can lead?

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