I'm sorry, but something as useless and mind numbing as video games (or t.v., all that mental junk food) are not a "natural part of the order of things." Wasting your life, time, energy, mental processes on video games has nothing to do with cosmic balance. It's a waste of your life energy, a waste of your money, a waste of your resources, a devourer of your time. Like any other junk food, used occasionally in moderation it can be a pleasant distraction. But when you're spending more than an hour a day playing video games you're probably verging on having a problem. And when you're spending more than three hours a day at them, every day, you're just another addict.
But if you insist on justifying it, then look at it this way, tobacco is a natural part of the cycle of things, and used in its natural state it is an entirely different product versus manufactured cigarettes, which I think are vile, nasty things, and highly toxic.
The coca plant in it's natural state is a mild stimulant, and totally non addictive. Cocaine, however, is not. I could go on and on and on. You have to use a little common sense when it comes to realizing what sways the scales of universal balance. Pissing your life away in front of a television living out an artificial fantasy is no better than shooting heroine into your veins and pissing your life away that way. It's a lazy way to waste time. Go do something productive, read a book, take a walk, develop face to face relationships, meditate, go to church, whatever, but do something frigging REAL.
The Japanese are some of the most diligent, hard working and intelligent people on earth. Videogames are embedded in their culture. Hmmmm. Maybe they know something we don't yet.
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Brandon Crisp died of chest trauma
Police say injuries consistent with fall from tree
Posted By Raymond Bowe
Updated 23 hours ago
Brandon Crisp died from severe chest trauma consistent with a fall from a tree, police said Saturday after releasing the autopsy results.
Even police were stunned by the news.
“It’s definitely a very tragic ending to this,” Barrie police Sgt. Dave Goodbrand told The Examiner, Saturday afternoon. “It’s very tragic news.”
There are several trees near where Brandon’s body was found Wednesday, but police wouldn’t speculate yesterday on the circumstances prior to his death.
“The investigation is continuing to determine the last moments and hours leading to Brandon’s death,” police said in a release.
Time of death has not been determined.
“The OPP is still trying to piece together the timeline,” Goodbrand said. “It’s still too early to say why he was where he was and what he was doing.”
When Brandon died is a question that may never be answered, authorities said.
“We may never get that information,” Goodbrand said. “That’s definitely something they’re still trying to determine and is still being worked on.”
A post-mortem examination was conducted Friday by the chief coroner in Toronto. Dental records were used to positively identify the boy’s body.
Foul play is not suspected.
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The 15-year-old Barrie boy ran away from his Hickling Trail home on Oct. 13 following an argument with his parents, Steve and Angelika Crisp, over his Xbox gaming habits, and his growing obsession with the video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
The diminutive teenager, a Grade 10 student at St. Joseph’s High School in Barrie, was reported missing early the next morning when he did not return home.
A massive search effort was commenced on Oct. 19 in the Shanty Bay area, where two people had reported seeing the youngster on the Oro-Medonte Rail Trail. However, the 10-day ground search, which also included aerial and marine surveys, turned up no evidence as to the boy’s whereabouts.
Deer hunters located the body Wednesday morning in a densely wooded area between Line 4 and Line 5, north of Ridge Road, a few kilometres northeast of where Barrie police had set up a command post in Shanty Bay.
The OPP has taken over the investigation because the body was found in their jurisdiction. Investigators continue to examine the scene for more clues.
There had been media speculation that Brandon died from hypothermia, because he had left home on an unseasonably warm day with clothing considered unsuitable for the cold weather that lay ahead.
Police are still appealing for the public’s help in developing a timeline, including possible sightings of Brandon in the 4th Line area of Oro-Medonte Township, including Oct. 13 between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Anyone with information can call Barrie OPP at 705-726-6484, Barrie city police at 705-725-7025, or anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
A book of condolences has been set up at the MacLaren Art Centre in downtown Barrie.
Brandon’s funeral is scheduled for Friday.
The Barrie Examiner - Ontario, CA
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