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PlayStation is poison and leads children down the capitalist road to hell

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CARACAS — Sony's PlayStation video game console is "poison" and leads children down the capitalist "road to hell," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said.

Chavez, in his weekly radio-TV show "Alo Presidente," called on Venezuelan manufacturers to make "educational" toys and dolls with indigenous peoples' features to replace capitalistic counterparts like the Barbie doll that "have nothing to do with our culture."

In expanding on his dislike of western toys and games -- he already slammed Nintendo for promoting "selfishness, individualism and violence," Chavez Sunday took on the world's top selling game console, Sony's PlayStation.

"Those games they call 'PlayStation' are poison. Some games teach you to kill. They once put my face on a game, 'you've got to find Chavez to kill him.'"

The firebrand leftist president said any game that "bomb cities or just throw bombs," are sold by capitalist countries to sow violence so they can "later sell weapons."

They "promote the need for cigarettes, drugs and alcohol so they can sell them. That's capitalism, the road to hell," he added.

Venezuela, Chavez said, should be making "educational games," and suggested designing "little indigenous dolls" to sell in place of dolls "like Barbie, that have nothing to do with our culture."

Venezuelan lawmakers in October passed a law outlawing the sale of "bellicose" games and videogames that can be punished with up to five years imprisonment.
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I'm already on the road to hell. Might as well keep going.
 
Sounds like somebody's turning in their jacket after NPD day.
 
thetrin said:
I'm already on the road to hell. Might as well keep going.
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According to people like this guy, I'm on the friggin jet to hell.

Seriously, people with ignorant extremist views are hilarious to me. Too bad a lot of them have a decent following. Takes all kinds to make the world I guess.
 
tonkatsu_ramen said:
what is this game that features chavez? anybody know?
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He must be referring to Mercenaries 2, which is set in Venezuela, but doesn't feature Chavez. The Venezuelan government had taken issue with the game earlier, believing it to be American propaganda intended to lay the foundation for an invasion of Venezuela.

From the Gamespot article:
Gamespot said:
Chavez isn't actually in the game, but those loyal to him believe the game intends to mar his image and that of the country by portraying it as a war-torn battle zone mired in chaos.
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No point in letting facts get in the way of a good point.
 
So it now seems video games invented capitalism, financial collapses, murder, genocide, rape, armageddon, child abuse, war and corruption.
I guess if the medium is to blame for all that can we at least take credit for inventing football and jumping?
 
sonicmj1 said:
He must be referring to Mercenaries 2, which is set in Venezuela, but doesn't feature Chavez. The Venezuelan government had taken issue with the game earlier, believing it to be American propaganda intended to lay the foundation for an invasion of Venezuela.

From the Gamespot article:


No point in letting facts get in the way of a good point.
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I for one would be more upset about my country appearing it such a shitty game
 
Ookami-kun said:
Well if he was, I wonder what traits would he have.
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Background:
Generalissimo

Rise to Power:
Elected as Socialist

Qualities:
Patriot
Populist

Flaws:
Pompous
Jingo

something like that? :P
 
Chavez meet Jack Thompson. Jack Thompson, meet Hugo Chavez. I'm sure you have much to talk about.
 
toys in communist countries

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Hugo Chavez Defence Force, assemble!

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Anti-Capitalism Attack Force, rock-rock on!

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Seriously, not even you guys?


Alright...

SDF, get your butts in here.
 
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