Comment Scientology isn't a game? (Score 1) 523
these expansion packs cost a fortune!
You're incorrect. "Earning money" can be grossly unethical. Do you not understand that we live on a planet with finite resources, and that it is those resources that underwrite money? If someone is getting wealthy, he's doing it at the expense of a certain number of others: he's hoarding resources and depriving others of the use of those resources. In getting wealthy, that person is disadvantaging others. The wealthier the person is, the more people he had to disadvantage to achieve it. Warren Buffet understands and acknowledges this dynamic... why don't you?
You're incorrect. Certainly we live on a planet with finite resources, but you seem to be under the mistaken impression that economics is zero-sum. Since I'm not an expert in the field, the below is an excerpt from the linked wikipedia article.
Many economic situations are not zero-sum, since valuable goods and services can be created, destroyed, or badly allocated, and any of these will create a net gain or loss. Assuming the counterparties are acting rationally, any commercial exchange is a non-zero-sum activity, because each party must consider the goods it is receiving as being at least fractionally more valuable than the goods it is delivering. Economic exchanges must benefit both parties enough above the zero-sum such that each party can overcome its transaction costs.
Your other points about unethical behavior in business are valid and in my opinion probably occur all to often, but are certainly not universal. You seem to have a have a problem with capitalism but living in a capitalist society I can attest to an overall high standard of living for most residents. Not that I dislike the concept of socialism, I'm just saying capitalism isn't innately evil (and as I'm sure you would agree not a grand utopia).
People like this are why ham radio should be banned and all ham radio owners forbidden from owning electronics. Please tell me what benefit this man provides to anyone in public. There's so much distraction there. This is a pileup waiting to happen.
People like this are why Anonymous Coward posts should be banned and all Anonymous Cowards should be banned from owning computers. Please tell me what benefit this Anonymous Coward provides to anyone in public. There's so much distraction there. This is a Troll that has already happened.
Anyway, yeah - fat people. For some reason society has decided its okay to mock them. Even better, a normal healthy weight is "fat" and only absurdly low fat percentages are "normal", meaning that's even more people that you're allowed to tell them what they should be doing with their diets / bodies.
According to random numbers found here, acceptable body fat percentages for men are between 18%-26% and between 25%-31% for women. These numbers aren't even vaguely "absurdly low". Now, if you are talking about the media's version of what is "healthy" I agree. I really dislike that women (and to a lesser extent men) are pressured into being overly thin and often develop eating disorders.
I don't see a problem with this type of game though. As you said there are many overweight people and I think this could serve to motivate some of them. Anyone that might be discouraged by it doesn't need to play. As someone else mentioned the wii fit already does this.
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