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O'Reilly says gamers are "know-nots"

Posted Nov 19, 2006 at 5:04AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3, PSP, Xbox 360, MMORPG, Nintendo DS, PC Gaming Tags: Jack Thompson, Sony

Hit the road, Jack Thompson. There's a new anti-game crusader in town. Bill O'Reilly, controversial talk show host and occasional David Letterman sparring partner, doesn't think highly of gamers and fanboys.

In his broadcast "Young and addicted to machines", the outspoken O'Reilly blamed machines (e.g. game consoles) for the deterioration of the American Society. In fact, he referred to them as the new drugs and alcohol and gamers as the new junkies.

A large portion of the population, mostly... under the age of 45, who donÂ’t deal with reality - ever. They donÂ’t know what day it is... they donÂ’t know what their neighbor looks like. They donÂ’t know anythingÂ… because they are constantly diverted by a machine... it takes a person away from reality because theyÂ’ve created their own realityÂ…

Then he sunk his teeth on the PS3 calling it a "big, big problem" because he says some "people get addicted to it, just like opium, just like drugs and alcohol." How about pain killers, the kind that fellow conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh is addicted to? Now Sony has always been crowing about how powerful the PS3 is but we didn't know how powerful until O'Reilly pointed out that the machine is "going to change every single thing in this country."

Wow! Every single thing? But wait! There's more! O'Reilly then takes on the entire video game industry and says it will send more people to the unemployment line. Why, you ask? Because video games make gamers too stupid to hold down jobs. You think we're kidding? His words were:

Because the skill set that is necessary to earn a decent living is being de-emphasized in a fantasy world of football games and shooting zombies and all that... Now you have the Â“knowsÂ” and the Â“know-notsÂ”, because if you spend all your youth being prisoners of machines... youÂ’re not going to know anything... youÂ’re gonna fail.

That's funny because a while back the U.S. Army said soldiers who grew up playing video games are better at operating CROWS (common remotely operated weapon stations). It's not only the U.S. Army who feels that way. Even the South Koreans were turning to professional online gamers to provide support for the development of war-simulation programs. Being a very big supporter of the Iraq invasion and probably every Republican-led war, shouldn't O'Reilly be promoting video games?

Speaking of wars, O'Reilly says game consoles has made him fear for the United States because "believe me, the Jihadists? ... theyÂ’re not playing the video games. TheyÂ’re killing real people over there." Uh, so you want gamers to get off their butts and start killing real people as part of their training to defend the U.S.?

Oh, really O'Reilly. We think David Letterman was right when he said 60 percent of what you say is crap.

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bill o'reily may be a conservative nut job, and his statements may not be entirely true, but there is A LOT of truth to what he is saying. i've seen people who've practically lost their souls to games like diablo and world of warcraft. i love video games and they're my favorite hobby and i give up some social time to have more time for them. but i still try and maintain a balance between video games and other things so that i don't lose my whole future. heed his warning to a degree and don't dismiss it just cause he insults your favorite passtime. he's not making all this up, folks. and im surprised how accurately, albeit unfairly, he has described the situation.

# lol — Guest 2006-11-19 06:26

thats funny, i bet that is the reason is he could not even get one, bet you his story will change once his pre-order comes in. love the pic posted with this article too, really puts it all into perspective.

# fghj — Guest 2006-11-19 06:28

he can go die!

# bwahaha — Guest 2006-11-19 06:40

I can't help but pay more attention to his multiple chins.

# Faux News — Guest 2006-11-19 06:43

Bill O' Lie-ly might have a point about machines being the cause for the deterioration of the American Society... although the true culprit has got to be television. Especially since people actually listen to and believe the propaganda that is broadcasted by Faux News and everything else that Ruppert Murdoch owns. The scary thing is that O' Lie-ly believes his own spin, especially the Jihadist comment. I'm sure he would prefer everyone to stop wasting time with fictitious imperialism and genocide found in some video games, and participate in the real thing by signing up for the war in Iraq. David Letterman is wrong... EVERYTHING Bill O' Reilly says is crap.

# .. — Guest 2006-11-19 06:57

Maybe he got a ps3 at launch and is annoyed at how ***** it is?

# Oh Bill O!!! — Guest 2006-11-19 07:09

shouldn't he be sexually assaulting his secretary??? Oh wait he paid her off...

I wonder if this is part I of this year's "The War on Xmas" (oh no I used X instead of Christ!!!!)

Damn right wing but jobs...

# Screw him! — Morocco Roco 2006-11-19 07:20

Treating us "alcoholics"... So car, bikes, PC hardware freaks, those who play solitaire games, chess games, etc... are all "alcoholics"? I never knew that people seeking fun are ranked as "alcoholics"... that big old fart doesn't even know how to hold a controller and pretends to know what gaming is?

"Because the skill set that is necessary to earn a decent living is being de-emphasized in a fantasy world of football games and shooting zombies and all that... Now you have the “knows” and the “know-nots”, because if you spend all your youth being prisoners of machines... you’re not going to know anything... you’re gonna fail."

Who the hell are you to tell us that we're gonna fail in the future? I spent all my youth playing games and I still do, I had quite good marks at school, and now I'm working at a quite famous company with a good salary, I knew more people than you, I had sex with more girls than you big mouth O'Reilly... Yes, I killed all the zombies I happened to meet on resident evil games, kicked my friends' ass at Madden or Winning Eleven, and my life is really an ordinary one. The people you're talking about are a very very small minority, but in the end, if there's a guilty in the story, it's not the games, but the player him/herself. THis leads us again to "GTAgate" where psychopaths outrun the police or shoot people around him just because "they can do it on GTA"...

"Speaking of wars, O'Reilly says game consoles has made him fear for the United States because "believe me, the Jihadists? ... they’re not playing the video games. They’re killing real people over there." Uh, so you want gamers to get off their butts and start killing real people as part of their training to defend the U.S.?"

lol... This proves he's really trash talking... I don't really need to comment this stupid statement...

Most of what he's saying is crap anyway... and comparing games to opium is completely out of subject... it has been proved that gaming is like mathematics or chess games, it helps maintaining nerves number and connections, contrarily to opium or alcohol...

This man doesn't know what he's talking about... Real crap

# Dumb*** O'Reilly... — Morocco Roco 2006-11-19 07:21

# seriously... — Guest 2006-11-19 07:28

Who cares about what this useless bigot says?

# hmm, biased? — Guest 2006-11-19 07:29

that is got to be the MOST biased pos i've ever read. most of you guys dont know jack ***** about who bill o'reilly is or what he is. sounds to me like all your info is from david lettermen. maybe you guys should start figuring stuff out on yourself and stop taking facts from a late night talk show eh.

# ... — Figboy 2006-11-19 07:34

yeah, it has nothing to do with bad parenting, or the fact that over 80% of the country is working poor, thus creating the desperate, survive or die situations that can cause certain people to do horrible crimes.

nope. it's video games. the root of all evil.

there was recently evidence brought to light that Cain bludgeoned Able to death with a Nintendo DS. and the reason why Japan bombed Pearl Harbor was because the US got the highest score in Dig Dug.

video games are not completely innocent from influencing certain people from committing heinous crimes, but if one were to fully explore the backgrounds and lifestyles of those criminals who use the "gaming made me do it" excuse, they'd find that almost all of them have a past history involving poor parenting, abuse, and being outcast by his/her peers in the social heirarchy simulator known as high school.

i've been playing video games since 1985, and the only thing that kept me from punching a hole through my sisters chest like in Mortal Kombat was because my mother (you know, those people that feed, clothe and house you while you're a young tyke; and sometimes when you're an adult) taught me the difference between right and wrong. i don't go out stealing and maiming and raping people because i know better.

i'm sick of faux politicians diverting Americans from the real issues that matter (ie, curing diseases, homelessness, unemployment, the constant degradation of American values), and trying to pin the blame on machines that are created simply for the entertainment of others (and to make a profit of course, but that goes without saying).

Bill O Reilly should be dipped in horse manure and forced to parade around the city with a propellor beanie on his head.

# lol — Morocco Roco 2006-11-19 07:53

"and the reason why Japan bombed Pearl Harbor was because the US got the highest score in Dig Dug."

That reminds me of a South Park episode where japanese were using chinpokomon (insinuating pokemon) propaganda with anime and gadget products to make american children stand by the japanese side to invade the us lol

# mix up — Guest 2006-11-19 07:57

Somebody confounding symptoms with causes?

# haha — Guest 2006-11-19 08:23

o reilly is a racist ball licker anyway

# Idiots... — Guest 2006-11-19 08:25

A lot of you guys are liberal extremists (homo-loving, stupid, and above all murderers) and are getting mad because you know what he is saying is true. Look, before they used to use propaganda on television to desensitize people into what they are today. Now they have video games which are twice as affective. Did you know that fifty percent of soldiers in World War One would shoot the ground instead of shooting their enemies? Now only one percent will shoot away from the enemy! People these days are so brainwashed by US propaganda that they don't even realize what they are defending.

# LOL — Guest 2006-11-19 08:30

You liberals will take any shot you can! Good job, we sure have no idea what political party you are, article writer!

Liberal moron.

# LOL — Guest 2006-11-19 08:40

Using "Liberal" as an insult only proves who's really been brainwashed.

Fausses News much ?

# He's paid to say that — Guest 2006-11-19 08:54

Bill OReilly is paid based on the number of viewers he has. The more controversy he creates, no matter how retarded it sounds, the more people will watch. He says these things because he knows it will create controversy and therefore get more attention. More viewers means better ads, which means a bigger bonus for himself.

Intellectuals will never support the level of extremism required to create the world Bill OReilly describes. However, Bill's on TV and TV is all about ratings.

# O'Reilly Is An Old Fool — CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS 2006-11-19 09:13

Bill O'Reilly knows nothing about the people who play games. Yeah there may be some people who don't have a life and that is all they do is play games, but I think a majority of the people who enjoy games are intelligent and hard working people. I personally love games and have played them since the early 80's and have owned and still own many games and systems. I stood in line for launches and even spent hundreds of dollars at a time for games and equipment to play them but that is just a hobbie I enjoy. O'Reilly just doesn't know what the times of today is all about and he wants to be stuck in an absurd past. That is something I can't stand about old fools, they can be so judgmental and misinformed that they rant and rave about everything from how the world is today to about how it should be and don't realize what things are really going on sense they are stuck in their little shell of reality themselves. I personally have a pretty good job troubleshooting and fixing high tech equipment and if anything videogames have helped me get interested in learning more about technology and cultures. Old man O'Reilly needs to just die already and let someone else unstinky and new with an open knowledgeable mind take over.

# gh — Guest 2006-11-19 09:17

I slept with his wife so now hes pist.

# one thing — Vecha 2006-11-19 09:22

Too much of ANYTHING is bad.

# ahahh — Guest 2006-11-19 09:23

Ummm actually he's right. I only play games maybe 30 minutes a week! You jobless, education-less, girl-less LOSER Gaylords play video games every damn day! How else did y'all complete 3,000 online matches on Fight Night Round 3???!!! What do you do, play video games all day and all night long!!! *****S!!!!!!!!!

# Unfortunately... — Shatterdome 2006-11-19 09:42

You can apply this logic to anything. Why isn't he attacking TV and Movies to harshly ? They are even worse as you just sit there and mindlessly gobble up information other people feed you....and commercials....oh wait, this guy is on TV, guess that explains that

Seriously, video games at the least enhance your relfexes and hand eye co-ordination. Many more work on problem solving skills and task management, as well as organizational skills. Not to mention with live and everyone having headsets we now have social learning being involved...

So this guy is an old-washed up piece of ***** in my mind...i've been playing games since I was 7, now i'm in university with a b+ average, no rocket scientist, but far from the "know-not" he thinks I am. Who the ***** uses that term anymore anyways.....trying to get more baby boomer viewers I guess...

# O'really? O'reilly is Wiitarded! — Guest 2006-11-19 10:10

Hes a tard. he dont know what da heck he is talking about.

# he has a good point — Guest 2006-11-19 10:13

I'm sorry but I agree with a lot of his points. We are becoming a very antisocial society where it's "akward" to interact with other human beings and we would rather be glued to the television or playing a game than to actually get out and interact with other people. Some of us gamers have a good balance but many, especially fanboys do not have a balance of this idea at all and are wasting their lives away.

# Way to be unbiased — Guest 2006-11-19 10:59

I don't agree with Bill O'Reilly frequently, and most certainly not in this case, but I think that bringing in Rush Limbaugh is totally off topic and a blatant attack by a biased writer for this website. And if you are going to attack someone get your points right. Rush Limbaugh is not addicted to painkillers.

# get a life! — Guest 2006-11-19 11:34

Well for one thing O'Reilly isn't Republican. But the other thing is that this website needs to stop revealing its left-wing bias and start reporting some real game news. You just lost your credibility QJ.NET! Anyway, I was talking to my friend and said "Wow this sunlight is just like on GTA" and he said "You mean the GTA sunlight looks like the real thing don't you?" lol. Bill's right.

# ahem — Guest 2006-11-19 11:36

CNN) -- Rush Limbaugh announced on his radio program Friday that he is addicted to pain medication and that he is checking himself into a treatment center immediately.

# ... — Guest 2006-11-19 11:59

.... for getting purdy good grades in school but having my life "diverted by a machine" more than half the time!

# Huwaaaaaaaaa!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!11 — Guest 2006-11-19 12:32

microsoft, nintendo, and sony fanboys UNIT!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

# ..... — Guest 2006-11-19 12:48

Lots hate on this piece of ***t news.

I'm getting straight A's, I know all my neighbors, I have a social life AND a Job, and I play Games for like 14hrs a week or more. O'Reilly should listen to what the people have to say about the crap he says, and I bet a ***t-load of it won't be pretty.

# stupid — Guest 2006-11-19 12:51

Playing video games is not causing any harm to society. He says that games make people stupid? My father is a history professor. I maintain a 4.0 GPA. My brother is an alumni of Pitt University Law School. We all play video games. O Reilly's comments are ludicrous.

Games are a drug? Well, a lot of drugs are illegal. Gaming isn't. You know what is also illegal? Sexually harrassing a co-worker. High five Bill!

One last thing. What's the difference between sitting on your ass all day playing video games, and sitting on your ass all day watching the news? Nothing. But Bill makes money from one of the two, so you won't see him protesting.

I lost a lot of respect for O Reilly.

# wow — Guest 2006-11-19 15:39

you can google a video of bill o'reilly in his younger days way way waaayyy younger days doing a report on the NES and how great he thought it was

# Doesn't really hold up — Guest 2006-11-19 16:26

I play games much more than the average person (1+ hour per day, often more), and I'm a lot more intelligent and social than any of my friends, including the ones who don't play videogames.

Like the guy above me (great post by the way), I've lost a lot of respect for this man.

# Camping... — Guest 2006-11-19 16:28

My experience camping out for a PS3 was more a social experience than anything else... and talking to all the people in line with me proved that we are definitely not "know-nots" who are trapped by the machine.

# Doesn't really hold up — Guest 2006-11-19 16:30

I play video games much more than the average person (1+ hours per day, often more), and I'm much more intelligent and social than any of my friends, including the ones who don't play video games.

Like the guy above me (great post by the way), I've lost a lot of respect for this man.

# Oops — Guest 2006-11-19 16:32

Didn't realize there was a second page. I was referring to sam's comment.

# i hate u — Guest 2006-11-19 17:40

***** u oreilly

# Settle down — Guest 2006-11-19 18:09

Well Alaric S. aren't "we" biased? Gee wiz, O'Reilly made a lot of good and valid points and he is NOT A CONSERVATIVE!! He supports Gay Adoption for cryin out loud! How many Conservatives support that?! hmmmm?????

O'Reilly could use some outreach from our (gaming) community to educate him on the reality most gamers live in and the positive aspects of gaming rather than your lam*****ing him.

# hahA — Guest 2006-11-19 18:11

^^^^ I like how many use my name to post garbage.

here's what the REAL truth says.

Bill sucks. Fox news sucks.

That is all and that it THE TRUTH.

# ??? — Guest 2006-11-19 18:18

WTF are you talking about? What do these random wwi facts have to do with anything???

Video games desensitize... huh???

let me guess you are still upset that you saw Janet jackson's boob during th Super Bowl halftime show. Oh think of the children!!!

You sir are a weeny, for lack of a better word that won't be blocked by the filter. grow some ballz man.

ladies and gentlemen this guys defines the term right wing nut job!!!!

Conservatives... the real weenies.

# HA HA HA! — Guest 2006-11-19 18:22

HA HA! You respected Bill O'Reilly and had a 4.0 GPA? Something isn't adding up...

# ... — Guest 2006-11-19 18:52

all you ignorant fools pissing on each other is exactly what the government wants. you've all been brainwashed into think that your own side has the answer. all the republicans think "conservatism" is the answer, and all the democrats think "liberalism" is the answer. YOU'RE ALL FOOLS. MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS RUN THE WORLD. BILL O'REILLY IS ONE OF RUPERT MURDOCH'S SOLDIERS. Bill O'Reilly's job is to say things to stop viewers from changing the channel (he probably doesn't even personally believe 90% of the crap he spews, he's an actor).

For all of you who havn't noticed, Fox News is an experiment on how much OPINION AND BIAS Murdoch's News Corporation can inject into your news before you notice! So far it looks like most of you just sit there and gobble it all up like its gods will.

***** FOX NEWS. ***** RUPERT MURDOCH. AND ***** NEWSCORP.

# .... — Guest 2006-11-19 19:06

chew on this quote, fox news fans:

Bill O'Reilly: "I'm not a journalist, but I play one on TV."

# "THIS IS FOR BILL" — Guest 2006-11-19 19:28

Bill,

I am really very tried of your attempts to attack the New Generation. You attacked hip hop and now you attack video games. You are a right wing shock-jock and this is why.

Everyone knows what a Left wing shock-jock is... i.e. Howard Stern. But Bill are the opposite. Hip Hop is Billion dollar industry with Millions of listener's worldwide. Video games are no different. With the Playstation 3 and Nintendo's Wii release for this Christmas it is sure to be the top of everyone's list, young and old. The hype of this is, the biggest Computer and Gaming industry has seen, and this being the tech age and the release of the new windows that's pretty big. And you Bill taking it, (spin-doctoring if you will) and use it to wide your listen audience. Bill you are full of it. By Shocking the nation again and spinning the hype for own good you are a hypocrite. No different than Dennis Rodman, Madonna or Stern.

You clam that Video Games are the down fall of the youth. You mis-informed, dumb or really smart ( See last par.) Video Games are not like Pac Man anymore. In Video Games you must earn money, to stay competitive. Muti-task, you must monitor your heath, radar, team members, ammo and enemies. In Sports you can have full control of your favorite team. Trade players even draft players from your NCAA game to your Pro game. With games like Grand Theft Auto (GTA) Do your homework, as sells of GTA went up, crime alone the same lines of in the game went down. The US Army said that soldiers who grew up playing video games are better . And Video Games trains you to be a soldier by use tactics to win ( things you should be happy about unless you are a Kerr supporter). And with Online ability in all of the Next Gen systems the world is your neighbor. You are able the talk to people around the world and play with or against them. All of these skill can help you in your adult life.

BILL, I challenge you to air this Full email without edit to your TV show and Radio show!!! Because you may have a lot good points on many issues ( I to side mostly with the right wing ) but attacks on hip hop and video games because it's big news or business. Bill, Stop attacking peoples fun, entertainment, and hobbies. You sound like the people that attack Elvis for dancing on a stage. And Bill what do you do for a hobby, read books, RPG's are interactive books. Play tennis, the Wii makes you run around the room and swinging the controller like a racket to play. So next time you want to hit the court and its raining theirs an idea. and Bill you say boy-cot the thing you do not like. You said "I don’t own an iPod. I would never wear an iPod…" I hope apple and the rest of the tech industry will thing about boy-cotting you. And Finally the underlining problem with the youths is this... The Parents! The Parents are the only true problem with our children. Like computers garbage in garbage out. Parents and You should not take games away from children but spent time on there interest (Video Games, Sports, and etc.) and show them love and not a $699 babysitter.

Signed

Shawn Talbott

Husband and Father

middle class citizen

and 28 y/o Gamer 4 life

# thats bull***** anyways — Guest 2006-11-19 20:17

thats just a stereotype. and with any stereotype its true in some cases, but not in all cases. the people hes talking about are just lazy people who are happy with just their reality in their game. what he didnt mention is that these people are the people in society that do the minimum wage jobs, hence without them all us educated people would have to do thoes jobs.

# ahhaha — Guest 2006-11-19 22:36

Don't you know that the C Students run the world?????? The A students just end up being low income professors......

# games — Guest 2006-11-20 00:26

If games are drugs damn it's a good ass drug lol!

# wow he really has morons listening to him — Guest 2006-11-20 01:10

I know this peice of s*hit really well actually. Only a complete dumbf*ck would take anything he says seriously. He sold his soul to Satan long ago....

# BlTCH !!!! — Sackavelli 2006-11-20 01:12

Way to pigeonhole us all O'reilly

So all gamers are like those ebay parasites that waited for days in front of a local wal-mart near you, right? Or the fat hermit metal head across the street?

O'reilly huh..... sounds Irish......

He must be an alcoholic wife beating cop from the 1930's......et al

See, if it doesn't work both ways it doesn't work. He must be listening to the old philosopher, HYPOCRITEES. The lingering sect of the republican cult is withering away, and now they have nothing to pick on but the lowest common denominator. Because last I checked, it wasn't EBGAMES' fault we went to IRAQ and made me lose 2 BEST FRIENDS and about 3,000 other US Military and Countless Iraqi people

Bill, you want to talk about issues, lets talk about things "on the front line" (pun intended)

# What you just said proves my point — Guest 2006-11-20 01:18

Once fox news said all this talk of sending troops home is hurting morale. I think it hurts their morale by keeping them there with no plan of ever sending them home. Oh yes they brainwashed you good. I think he's a soulless scumbag so I'm a homo loving murderer now? You are brainwashed by propoganda, ImEc, and I'm greatful I'm not as stupid as you! Your arguments make even less sense than the BS they make up on fox news and you need to watch the Daily Show with John Stewart more often. That will give you an idea of what really goes on in washington, dumbf*ck

# OH !!! — Sackavelli 2006-11-20 01:19

Way to pigeonhole us all O'reilly

So all gamers are like those ebay parasites that waited for days in front of a local wal-mart near you, right? Or the fat hermit metal head across the street?

O'reilly huh..... sounds Irish......

He must be an alcoholic wife beating cop from the 1930's......et al

See, if it doesn't work both ways it doesn't work. He must be listening to the old philosopher, HYPOCRITEES. The lingering sect of the republican cult is withering away, and now they have nothing to pick on but the lowest common denominator. Because last I checked, it wasn't EBGAMES' fault we went to IRAQ and made me lose 2 BEST FRIENDS and about 3,000 other US Military and Countless Iraqi people. Shamus O'shanty here may not be republican, but he sure nods his head alot when an (R) is talking to him, while anything else gets his laid back, sardonic bullcrap

He and Nancy grace should turn on their cars and forget to open their 7 car garages

Bill, you want to talk about issues, lets talk about things "on the front line" (pun intended)

# Rush deez — Guest 2006-11-20 01:22

Don't forget he needs viagra too. I'd hate to imagine the women he has sex with. Blllluugggghhh! !!

# OOPS — Guest 2006-11-20 01:24

sorry for the double post, had to re-edit anyway

# Stupidity is contagious, O'Rilley lead the way! — Guest 2006-11-20 01:49

He's just a angry, bitter man always complaining about something. I have a hard time believing not only what he says, but how many people believe him. His job is really just making the public believe what republicans do is in the peoples' interest. I don't care for Democrats either, but they are easily the less of two evils. I would like to see Ralph Nader become president someday. Fox news has nothing to do with reporting the news, instead it is political propoganda disguised as news. The sh*t they come up with is pathetic to say the least.

# O RLY? — Guest 2006-11-20 01:56

Maybe if we stop giving this guy attention, he'll go away.

# Good point? — Guest 2006-11-20 02:13

Someone was saying he has a good point. The society isn't becoming antisocial because of video games. It's becoming antisocial because you don't know if your neighbor is murder or rapist and it is just harder to trust people now-a-days. I don't really understand why they think gaming isn't a social event. It gives people things to talk about, a reason to get together that doesn't cause bodily harm (assuming you don't play 48hrs straight).

# Do you have to be a liberal to hate O'rilley? — Guest 2006-11-20 02:22

Most intelligent people would dismiss his idiotic ramblings as BS. He doesn't play games, doesn't understand them, and therefore hates them. That pretty much sums up what he's about. Doesn't know or understand something, then he hates it!

# He's not republican? — Guest 2006-11-20 03:12

You're right, he's actually the human incarnation of Satan.

# Such mean-spiritedness.... — Guest 2006-11-20 03:44

Actually, the reason why a lot of troops in WWI were doing that was because the military in general back then wasn't too comprehensive in their training systems.

This meant that whatever training they had, it just couldn't prepare them for the harsh realities of battlefield shock.

Remember - it wasn't until WW II that the concept of "Shell Shock" or post-traumatic stress disorder became a part of modern psychology.

Don't go blaming this on propaganda - and no, a lot us are at least aware enough to know that we're in Iraq for the wrong reasons - why do you think the Democrats had so much support during the recently concluded elections?

And by the way, no need to label politically - that kind of pigeon-boxing may make for easier comprehension, but it breeds bigotry too.

# ***** you. — Guest 2006-11-20 07:20

Guess what girls and boys, you are the mother-*****ing pussies. You stupid bastards are proving his point even more, you are getting offended because none of you have lifes. Go outside, into the real world, if you tried to say this bull***** to me there, I'd kick the baby murdering liberal ***** out of you. No wonder you guys will only say this ***** on the internet, you are all weaklings. Actually, I have called liberals peices of ***** to their faces. Guess what they do, run home and discuss it on the forums. Liberals are hilarious, they are stupid, weak, and immoral, but just because there is alot of them they think they are smarter and more justified than everyone else.

# Banana — Guest 2006-11-20 08:12

He has a banana in his anus. I do not like Banana Splits...

# hahaha — Guest 2006-11-20 09:45

yea for real dude with a 4.0 and respecting O'Reilly that dont make sense. All of the stupid people respect him not the smart ones and just cause you had a 4.0 doesnt mean your smart buddy. Respect O'Reilly LMAO!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

# bleh — Guest 2006-11-20 14:47

"I was talking to my friend and said "Wow this sunlight is just like on GTA" and he said "You mean the GTA sunlight looks like the real thing don't you?" lol. Bill's right."

do you mean LENS FLARE? which only appears on VIDEO

# bleh — Guest 2006-11-20 14:49

# bleh — Guest 2006-11-20 14:51

# eerrr — Guest 2006-11-20 14:57

# uhm — Guest 2006-11-20 15:00

# heh — Guest 2006-11-21 01:39

its easy. whatever is popular at whatever time, he will attack. he did the same thing with horror movies recently. ratings, ratings, ratings.

he probably doesnt even believe what he is saying, the topic is selected purely to piss alot of people off, thus creating ratings. people hate this moron yet they keep watching, which only makes sure the show gets to stick around.

i wish people would just stop watching this kind of rubbish on tv. maybe it will go away.

look at how much most people here hate him and get angry at what he says - his pathetic shows formula works.

stop watching.

# heh — Guest 2006-11-21 01:41

finally someone with a clue. people need to stop watching this guy.

# heh — Guest 2006-11-21 01:44

its easy. whatever is popular at whatever time, he will attack. he did the same thing with horror movies recently. ratings, ratings, ratings.

he doesnt even believe what he is saying, the topic is selected purely to piss alot of people off, thus creating ratings. people hate this moron yet they keep watching, which only makes sure the show gets to stick around.

i wish people would just stop watching this kind of rubbish on tv. maybe it will go away.

look at how much most people here hate him and get angry at what he says - his pathetic shows formula works.

stop watching. the REAL problem with society is FAKE shows like these that exist only to make money. stop supporting it.

# heh — Guest 2006-11-21 01:48

apologies for double post. please prune this one.

# Some one kill him already — Guest 2006-11-21 05:14

Why can't some one just shoot this humos rubbing double chin motherfarker

# u no... — Guest 2006-11-21 14:29

u no where all the rest of the PS3's are, up Bill O'Reilly's ass

# ... — Guest 2006-11-21 14:35

hey if u wanna discuss this further *****, live up to ur word... give me your number and ill hapilly discuss this with you.

# haha — Guest 2006-11-21 14:37

maybe thats y he is angry now, NES led him to being the fat ass he is today. Hail Bill O'Reilly!

# no time for games, more time for revolution — Guest 2006-11-21 15:54

If Bill O'Reilly got his way, I imagine a lot of the distracted, young, jaded youth of this country might start to get off their couches in large, large numbers and finally take down the new Reich for which Bill is the mouthpiece for.

Less time to play, more time to realize what the hell is taking over our country, more time to finally fight it.

Couple this with reinstating the draft and there should be enough motivation for the youth of tomorrow to get out and take our country back.

# Moron — Gryff33 2006-11-21 17:20

Right, gamers don't deal with reality. I'm oft called an obsessed gamer, and I got a 35 on the ACT - twice.

# ;lg;lkgl.kj — Guest 2006-11-21 19:57

STFU! Gaming with people IS a social event. To think you need to "Balance" something out means that a part of thinks its wrong to play games. Yes, and mario has taken the soul of my friend as well...not. Go FUUUUCK Barbed Wire!

# A perfect conservative, brainwashed, retarded, stubborn — Guest 2006-11-22 04:50

You sure get pretty upset defending some guy who makes millions defending the actions of corrupt politicians and basically bit*hing about things rich closed-minded white guys don't like. Aren't you the one who's really getting offended? If all you can do is make threats to support your idiotic point of view, it's a pretty good sign you're full of s*it. You're just like bill o'liely in that you hate everything you don't understand. Dumbf*cks like you are the primary reason the government is so f*cked up. I'm not a liberal, but if you call me a piece of s*it to my face I'll cold ***** you and break your nose. Don't believe me? Just come on over to my house at 10 Deer Creek in St. Paul, MO.

# he may not have been evil untill working for fox — Guest 2006-11-22 05:19

When he used to be on Inside Edition, he had some sense of credibility. Now all he does is get paid millions to brainwash conservatives for fox. There is a DVD documnetary called Outfoxed that covers how fox turned news reporting into one-sided political propoganda.

# Gamers make better Surgeons — Guest 2006-11-22 06:15

I read about a study recently that showed that laproscopic surgeons who were also gamers were consistently more skilled with better surgical outcomes thatn their non-gamer peers.

# jack the 1337 pirate — Guest 2006-11-28 17:12

yah so im addicted to many things in my life *****,beer,drug s and video games, they make me happy, thats the point of life, right, to be happy?, ohh and pillaging, plundering, swording and treasure, duh.

# jack — Guest 2006-11-28 17:16

it bleeped out p u s s y, fyi

# well — Guest 2006-12-19 10:27

Perhaps so many people play games so much because they like to escape a world where people always try to tell you they're wrong. This is a good example of it. Our society has become so hyper critical that its hard to deal with most people in every day life. Thats the fault of people, not game consoles. Games are an escape for most people, just like movies, tv, books, comics, etc... Everyone has a hobby. I don't see this guy giving out money to poor kids so they can dress like the rich kids and make their opinion matter.

I guess I'm a lazy, no good, gamer. I want to enjoy my life. Maybe I don't believe what the right wing believes is waiting for me in death.

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