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Bruce Smith

6/8/2012 2:30:00 PM

Idiots.

http://tiny...

5 Answers

twk

6/8/2012 2:56:00 PM

In article <vNidnVlOJ4b-kU_SnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
Bruce Smith <misterbe@sprynet.com> wrote:

> Idiots.
>
>
> http://tiny...

I can see that page load yet I end up with a blank page when it's done.
I don't need to read it. The title of the page says it all.

Yep. Idiots.

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S U N risr

6/8/2012 3:14:00 PM

On 6/8/2012 10:56 AM, twk wrote:
> In article<vNidnVlOJ4b-kU_SnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> Bruce Smith<misterbe@sprynet.com> wrote:
>
>> Idiots.
>>
>>
>> http://tiny...
>
> I can see that page load yet I end up with a blank page when it's done.
> I don't need to read it. The title of the page says it all.
>
> Yep. Idiots.
>

I can't see it either, but is this to do with the Norway mass murderer?

The prosecution is going with the "he played WoW 7 hours a day" which is
contributing factor....

Hell - I've played WoW 7 hours one day...even longer. Maybe not all at
once, but sheesh. A day off from work, raining/snowing outside..played
for a 3 hour stint from 9 - 12, then maybe 2 -4 pm, then 3-4 hours in
the evening....AHHH That's even more than 7 hours!!! Better watch out
for me!!!! :) Hell - anyone who has played WoW knows your not
smashing buttons for 7 hours straight intense shooting. Hell, most of
the time your standing around waiting on other people...lol

The guy hasn't even played since The Burning Crusade days.... Your
right...They are Idiots....

twk

6/8/2012 8:03:00 PM

In article <jqt4gs$68m$1@dont-email.me>,
IYM <"S U N riser"@optonline.net> wrote:

> On 6/8/2012 10:56 AM, twk wrote:
> > In article<vNidnVlOJ4b-kU_SnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> > Bruce Smith<misterbe@sprynet.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Idiots.
> >>
> >>
> >> http://tiny...
> >
> > I can see that page load yet I end up with a blank page when it's done.
> > I don't need to read it. The title of the page says it all.
> >
> > Yep. Idiots.
> >
>
> I can't see it either, but is this to do with the Norway mass murderer?
>
> The prosecution is going with the "he played WoW 7 hours a day" which is
> contributing factor....
>
> Hell - I've played WoW 7 hours one day...even longer. Maybe not all at
> once, but sheesh. A day off from work, raining/snowing outside..played
> for a 3 hour stint from 9 - 12, then maybe 2 -4 pm, then 3-4 hours in
> the evening....AHHH That's even more than 7 hours!!! Better watch out
> for me!!!! :) Hell - anyone who has played WoW knows your not
> smashing buttons for 7 hours straight intense shooting. Hell, most of
> the time your standing around waiting on other people...lol
>
> The guy hasn't even played since The Burning Crusade days.... Your
> right...They are Idiots....

Luckily, there is more than one way for me to read a web page...

Top of the page has a screenshot of one of his characters, and this is
the caption:

Anders Behring Breivik was an avid World of Warcraft player, using the
above avatar and playing under the names "Andersnordic" and
"Conservatism", prior to his violent rampage which left 77 people dead
in Norway in July, 2011. (Obtained by ABC News)

By RANDY KREIDER
June 6, 2012

Anders Breivik, the right-wing extremist who has confessed to killing 77
people during a murder spree in Norway last summer, played the violent
computer game World of Warcraft nearly seven hours a day for several
consecutive months before his attack, prosecutors say.

Breivik, 33, already known to have a long history with the online
role-playing game, was particularly absorbed by it between November 2010
and February 2011, when he played for an average of 6 hours and 50
minutes per day, according to prosecutors.

The new evidence in Breivik's ongoing trial was presented in an Oslo
court on Wednesday. When asked about his interest in the game by a
prosecutor, Breivik angrily dismissed the idea that playing World of
Warcraft had any connection to his attacks, according to media reports.

"It is not relevant to this case whatsoever," Breivik said, getting so
upset that he threatened to turn off his microphone, according to
Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang.

On July 22, 2011, Breivik detonated a bomb in central Oslo that killed
eight people, and then shot and killed 69 people attending a youth
summer camp on the nearby island of Utoya. Breivik admitted mounting the
attacks after his arrest, and used weapons named after Norse gods to
massacre his victims.

He has previously stated that he played Warcraft, as well as another
"first-person shooter" game called Modern Warfare, for hours daily.

In Warcraft, players assume the identity of an online character to use
magic and weapons to battle monsters and other characters and go on
quests.

According to prosecutors, Breivik played Warcraft under the aliases
"Andersnordic" and "Conservatism."

Norwegian anthropologist Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who was brought in as
an expert witness for Breivik's defense earlier this year, said in an
interview with the British network ITN that Breivik was apparently
unable to separate games from reality.

"He does not seem to be very successful at distinguishing between the
virtual reality of 'World of Warcraft' and other video games and
reality," Eriksen said.

In a March 2008 post on a web forum devoted to the game, user
"Andersnordic" posted that the game had been responsible for making him
"300kg, bald and pale," and told the game's developer Blizzard
Entertainment, "You'll hear from my lawyer!"

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

---------- It ends here -----------

Note about last paragraph; Playing WoW has made me LOOSE weight.
Watching the boob toob I eat, playing WoW I don't eat. No time to eat!

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steve.kaye

6/9/2012 11:41:00 AM

On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:03:23 -0400, twk <twk@sleepless.knights.com>
wrote:

>In article <jqt4gs$68m$1@dont-email.me>,
> IYM <"S U N riser"@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>> On 6/8/2012 10:56 AM, twk wrote:
>> > In article<vNidnVlOJ4b-kU_SnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>> > Bruce Smith<misterbe@sprynet.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Idiots.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://tiny...
>> >
>> > I can see that page load yet I end up with a blank page when it's done.
>> > I don't need to read it. The title of the page says it all.
>> >
>> > Yep. Idiots.
>> >
>>
>> I can't see it either, but is this to do with the Norway mass murderer?
>>
>> The prosecution is going with the "he played WoW 7 hours a day" which is
>> contributing factor....
>>
>> Hell - I've played WoW 7 hours one day...even longer. Maybe not all at
>> once, but sheesh. A day off from work, raining/snowing outside..played
>> for a 3 hour stint from 9 - 12, then maybe 2 -4 pm, then 3-4 hours in
>> the evening....AHHH That's even more than 7 hours!!! Better watch out
>> for me!!!! :) Hell - anyone who has played WoW knows your not
>> smashing buttons for 7 hours straight intense shooting. Hell, most of
>> the time your standing around waiting on other people...lol
>>
>> The guy hasn't even played since The Burning Crusade days.... Your
>> right...They are Idiots....
>
>Luckily, there is more than one way for me to read a web page...
>
>Top of the page has a screenshot of one of his characters, and this is
>the caption:
>
>Anders Behring Breivik was an avid World of Warcraft player, using the
>above avatar and playing under the names "Andersnordic" and
>"Conservatism", prior to his violent rampage which left 77 people dead
>in Norway in July, 2011. (Obtained by ABC News)
>
>
>By RANDY KREIDER
>June 6, 2012
>
>Anders Breivik, the right-wing extremist who has confessed to killing 77
>people during a murder spree in Norway last summer, played the violent
>computer game World of Warcraft nearly seven hours a day for several
>consecutive months before his attack, prosecutors say.

<snip>

>"He does not seem to be very successful at distinguishing between the
>virtual reality of 'World of Warcraft' and other video games and
>reality," Eriksen said.
>
>In a March 2008 post on a web forum devoted to the game, user
>"Andersnordic" posted that the game had been responsible for making him
>"300kg, bald and pale," and told the game's developer Blizzard
>Entertainment, "You'll hear from my lawyer!"
>
>The Associated Press contributed to this report.
>
>---------- It ends here -----------
>
>Note about last paragraph; Playing WoW has made me LOOSE weight.
>Watching the boob toob I eat, playing WoW I don't eat. No time to eat!

Also, he's not bald or 300kg. Ok, he is pale but I think that's
hereditary.

steve.kaye
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josephus

7/22/2012 4:23:00 AM

Steve Kaye wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:03:23 -0400, twk <twk@sleepless.knights.com>
> wrote:
>
>> In article <jqt4gs$68m$1@dont-email.me>,
>> IYM <"S U N riser"@optonline.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/8/2012 10:56 AM, twk wrote:
>>>> In article<vNidnVlOJ4b-kU_SnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>>>> Bruce Smith<misterbe@sprynet.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Idiots.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://tiny...
>>>>
>>>> I can see that page load yet I end up with a blank page when it's done.
>>>> I don't need to read it. The title of the page says it all.
>>>>
>>>> Yep. Idiots.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I can't see it either, but is this to do with the Norway mass murderer?
>>>
>>> The prosecution is going with the "he played WoW 7 hours a day" which is
>>> contributing factor....
>>>
>>> Hell - I've played WoW 7 hours one day...even longer. Maybe not all at
>>> once, but sheesh. A day off from work, raining/snowing outside..played
>>> for a 3 hour stint from 9 - 12, then maybe 2 -4 pm, then 3-4 hours in
>>> the evening....AHHH That's even more than 7 hours!!! Better watch out
>>> for me!!!! :) Hell - anyone who has played WoW knows your not
>>> smashing buttons for 7 hours straight intense shooting. Hell, most of
>>> the time your standing around waiting on other people...lol
>>>
>>> The guy hasn't even played since The Burning Crusade days.... Your
>>> right...They are Idiots....
>>
>> Luckily, there is more than one way for me to read a web page...
>>
>> Top of the page has a screenshot of one of his characters, and this is
>> the caption:
>>
>> Anders Behring Breivik was an avid World of Warcraft player, using the
>> above avatar and playing under the names "Andersnordic" and
>> "Conservatism", prior to his violent rampage which left 77 people dead
>> in Norway in July, 2011. (Obtained by ABC News)
>>
>>
>> By RANDY KREIDER
>> June 6, 2012
>>
>> Anders Breivik, the right-wing extremist who has confessed to killing 77
>> people during a murder spree in Norway last summer, played the violent
>> computer game World of Warcraft nearly seven hours a day for several
>> consecutive months before his attack, prosecutors say.
>
> <snip>
>
>> "He does not seem to be very successful at distinguishing between the
>> virtual reality of 'World of Warcraft' and other video games and
>> reality," Eriksen said.
>>
>> In a March 2008 post on a web forum devoted to the game, user
>> "Andersnordic" posted that the game had been responsible for making him
>> "300kg, bald and pale," and told the game's developer Blizzard
>> Entertainment, "You'll hear from my lawyer!"
>>
>> The Associated Press contributed to this report.
>>
>> ---------- It ends here -----------
>>
>> Note about last paragraph; Playing WoW has made me LOOSE weight.
>> Watching the boob toob I eat, playing WoW I don't eat. No time to eat!
>
> Also, he's not bald or 300kg. Ok, he is pale but I think that's
> hereditary.
>
> steve.kaye
>
The problem with idiots like these they have nothing to do with
crazy and even less to with the game.

that said, obsession does not mean killer nor anti social. the
fellow has poor impulse control and immaturity

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