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OhhNoYouNintenDidnt:

I am no way trying to start a argument here, more trying to think of the image of these forums to a new person.

But is posting about and whooping up the acquisition of shiny new firearms, including those that are ludicrously unnecessary for personal protection and the sort used in pretty most of the contemporary mass murdering atrocities in the US, really appropriate for not just a site about video games (yeah Ok, video games have guns in them....) but also in a thread that is 98% talking about games?

Surely this kind of extremely divisive and contentious subject needs, at the very least, its own separate thread? Perhaps even in the "Members Only" section. Just so those that would perhaps react badly to discussion of buying firearms can simply not look into it, thus avoiding potential e-dick measuring contests...........or infinitely worse still, with the amount of gun deaths in the US and around the world every single day, imagine if someone who had just lost a loved one to an AR-15 came in here to take their mind of things and had a discussion about how superb their loved ones murder weapon is right under "Hey, I just bought Zelda from a Goodwill!".

Now please, again, I am really NOT trying to get into any debates surrounding guns, constitutional rights, freedom of speech/choice/expression - and I have always admired how the admins have handled conflict here with ease, culminating to a generally peaceful and well balanced forum - I am just trying to see this kind of discussion (again, in a thread no new member would expect to see such chatter) through the eyes of either an internet big boy looking for a fight, or worse a victim of gun crime.

Either one of those potential interactions being something I hope we all would not want to see break out into an argument for both our individual personal integrity, and that of the site as a whole.

Hope this comes across as intended, which is simply as a concern regarding the potential for serious arguments occurring and not as an attack on anyone discussing how they wish to live their lives.

FritzWhite:

--- Quote from: OhhNoYouNintenDidnt on June 29, 2016, 10:16:08 AM ---
I am no way trying to start a argument here, more trying to think of the image of these forums to a new person.

But is posting about and whooping up the acquisition of shiny new firearms, including those that are ludicrously unnecessary for personal protection and the sort used in pretty most of the contemporary mass murdering atrocities in the US, really appropriate for not just a site about video games (yeah Ok, video games have guns in them....) but also in a thread that is 98% talking about games?

Surely this kind of extremely divisive and contentious subject needs, at the very least, its own separate thread? Perhaps even in the "Members Only" section. Just so those that would perhaps react badly to discussion of buying firearms can simply not look into it, thus avoiding potential e-dick measuring contests...........or infinitely worse still, with the amount of gun deaths in the US and around the world every single day, imagine if someone who had just lost a loved one to an AR-15 came in here to take their mind of things and had a discussion about how superb their loved ones murder weapon is right under "Hey, I just bought Zelda from a Goodwill!".

Now please, again, I am really NOT trying to get into any debates surrounding guns, constitutional rights, freedom of speech/choice/expression - and I have always admired how the admins have handled conflict here with ease, culminating to a generally peaceful and well balanced forum - I am just trying to see this kind of discussion (again, in a thread no new member would expect to see such chatter) through the eyes of either an internet big boy looking for a fight, or worse a victim of gun crime.

Either one of those potential interactions being something I hope we all would not want to see break out into an argument for both our individual personal integrity, and that of the site as a whole.

Hope this comes across as intended, which is simply as a concern regarding the potential for serious arguments occurring and not as an attack on anyone discussing how they wish to live their lives.

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I see it as more an issue of whether or not pickups should be strictly gaming related. Personally, I don't mind non-gaming related pickups. If your qualm is over the pick up being a gun than that's different than being concerned with showing off non-gaming related pick ups.

On the gun issue and personal protection in general, I don't understand how you determine what is necessary. With all of the shootings going on, now more than ever I want to be as prepared as possible.

Anyway, nice pick up on the gun

Megatron:
Here we go again... ::)

Arseen:
Let's put it this way:

Mainly gaming related stuff, but occasional non-gaming-related allowed no matter how idiotic the purchase is... ;)

FritzWhite:

--- Quote from: Arseen on June 29, 2016, 06:32:07 PM ---Let's put it this way:

Mainly gaming related stuff, but occasional non-gaming-related allowed no matter how idiotic the purchase is... ;)

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Yep, same petty insults and name calling as last time this came up too.

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