I don't have a problem with dead animals, I just find the whole idea of requesting pictures of dead animals to get a game bizarre.

Yeah, it is bizarre and it seems doing something bizarre here will get you labeled a douche bag and more.

From the OP: "impress me by speaking out against requests for pictures of dead animals"


Which would suggest that those posts are to do with the giveaway.

It was ment for people to make statements, not ripping each others heads of. That's why I tried to put a subtle wink into the first post. And it worked out fairly good, until langurmonkey joined the party.

@ langurmonkey

While I was accused of disrupting the other giveaway, just because of one single post I made, you have created a massive downward spiral here by raging against the topic and other people. You have driven this far enough, don't you think?

Obviously you have no interest in the giveaway and no intention to be constructiv or at least moderate. So I'm kindly asking you to do us all a favour and let it rest now.

I'm from the US, grew up in a farming community 10 miles from the closest town (which was less than 2,000 people). Seeing dead animals, wild and otherwise, was a normal part of life. Sometimes we had to shoot wild animals that were killing our pets. My dad grew up extremely poor, and his dad forced him to drown unwanted puppies as a kid. He also has had to put down his fair share of sick/dying pets (luckily, I haven't had to).

With all that, I think it's desensitized in the sense of "it doesn't make me throw up" or get "queasy" most of the time. Seeing dead animals doesn't bother me because birth and death are part of the life cycle.

I don't have any issues with regulated hunting (though I don't enjoy doing it). For those that don't know, regulated hunting of certain animals is actually benificial the species. In the area I grew up, a lot of animals got to be an 'overpopulation". Once that happened, all sorts of problems sprouted up, from disease in wildlife, more vehicle vs animal accidents, more aggressive animals causing problems in residential areas, starvation of overpopulated animals, and other things. It was more harm than good. Regulated hunting was a positive thing on wildlife. And if possible, most of the hunters will utilize the animals for more than just "decoration".

On the other hand, I don't like the blatent torturing of animals for entertainment. I know plenty of kids who did absolutely cruel things- Frog baseball, microwave-the-cat, firecracker animal, and other absolutely disgustingly nasty things... Which still bother me and always will. Some adults found it funny (though a significantly less number). I've always felt that was wrong- it served no purpose other than enterainment. People didn't eat the animal, feed it to other animals, or use any part of it constructively.

Delicious, delicious irony:

Apparently, I'm very evil.
Apparently, I'm as evil as a Nazi war criminal.
"Douchebags don't give away free GOGs to strangers."
Whoops, what's this?

That's how an idiot voices an approval of Josef fucking Mengele.

Now that he's out for good, to promote rationalism and a sense of perspective, I'm in with a GOG copy of Resonance.

I was going to not post here again but you had to start shit again(it seems you enjoy my posts)... So what is your point? That you are very generous towards the GOG community? That it was wrong of me to say Licurg can't be a douchebag because he is giving away free games? You are still a soulless rotten bastard though. A few good deeds doesn't cancel out the fact that you think the torturing and killing of animals is awesome. And even if everyday for the rest of your life, you give away GOGs, you will still be a soulless rotten bastard. You can't buy yourself a soul. I"m sure Josef Mengele was very nice to the people he wanted to be nice to...he was still a monster though.

PS
I never said you are exactly as evil as Josef Mengele. But I think you and him have a lot in common.

Well, I don't want to become involved in the discussion too heavily, but I decided to withdraw from that thread and put my hat into the ring here for Sacrifice. No hard feelings to the other thread or anybody there.

I guess I didn't think about it too much and was swept up mainly by the giveaway. But after seeing the arguments I felt a little bad. I had posted an old image of a cat on the road with a sign that says "Free Cat". I remembered that picture from many years ago. It popped into my head quickly and I didn't check other posts or pictures in there. But after the discussion of the past day or two, I began to wonder about the appropriateness of posting dead animals. Since the GOG forums are so awesome, I can understand the concerns of why a thread like the other one could possibly open certain doors, though I think we're far away from becoming like 4Chan. ;)

I do agree to an extent that there is a point at which a tasteless joke might go too far. I'm not sure if the other thread crosses that line or to what extent, but at the same time others were disturbed. I think it's important to acknowledge the different reactions and understand where others are coming from. I'm sad that there has been some anger and arguing over this. I hope that the community doesn't become too "divided" by this disagreement and everything is forgotten.

So, here is one entry for Sacrifice or Resonance. Thanks! :)

Let's get back to wishing for LucasArts, System Shock 2, and other great old games! Less hard feelings, more hugs and love!

(my withdrawal: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/so_you_still_havent_bought_sacrifice/post29)

"Requesting pictures of dead animals is not cool. It's just not cool. You're a douchebag if you think it's cool."

Are you illiterate? Show me where Bavarian said anything about either googling pix or harming animals.

Showing around and trading pictures of dead living beings looks like childish behavior to me, like school kids trying to impress their classmates. Imagine some adult being in real life, standing on the street and demanding pictures of dead animals for taking part in a contest.

The dead animal contest won't make the world a better place, making others search for pictures of dead animals can decrease their empathy and more empathy is something we need to keep our world from turning into a cold, selfish place.


I'm only entering the contest for Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Wing Commander Privateer and Sacrifice.

Not in the contest, but +1.

Entering for Wing Commander.

As for the topic before it was Godwinned...

On one hand, the other thread was rather tasteless.

On the other hand, first world problems...

We killed a deer the other day. It's in our freezer and it will be eaten over the course of time. On the other hand, people that torture and kill any living thing for the sake of torturing and killing something should be eliminated from the gene pool. I didn't see the other thread so I have no idea what was going on other than from what I've read in this thread. Cruelty on any level is sick and sad imo. And sadly we live in a world where these kinds of acts are committed against people and animals every day by people who would benefit the world more by being converted to fertilizer.

You have people like these sad fuckers who started out torturing small animals and filming the acts. Then later moving to humans and doing the same things. And more recently these three wasters of good oxygen.

Not entering. Thanks for the giveaway.

Some people's need (on both sides) to feel better than others is so big I wonder their heads hasn't exploded yet.