A Half Dozen People Petition White House to Round Up All Copies of Skyrim, Outlaw and Burn Them

A Tennessee man kicked off a White House petition on Thanksgiving urging the President of the United States to ban The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for "the safety of America's youths."

[Majin-vegeta]

WTF??

[saladthieves]

It just makes me wonder...what is seriously going on with people's heads?

Edit: This is a video game. Why do people go to such crazy lengths to do such things? Proof that once again people who don't fully understand the meaning of video games should just shut up and mind their business.

Just because you suddenly think that a video game is not good for you or your children doesn't mean that your decisions should mess with my entertainment. Learn to shut up.

And then the arrogance of their demands:

1) To enact an immediate ban on the videogame known as "SkyRim" produced by Blizzard Entertainment.

2) To seize and destroy all copies already in public hands and erase its presence on the internet. (Seriously?)

3) To prosecute the players of "SkyRim" to the fullest extent of the law. (SERIOUSLY???)

4) To create a national database of videogame avatars and "screen names" so that teenagers can be better monitored. (SERIOUSLY????!??)

What was going through this guy's head when he thought through this (which he probably should have)?

[Bull5hifT]

yeah and Alien Dinosaur Zombie's took over my Braaiiinnnnzzzzz

[Corepred4]

Why do I have a feeling he's either insane, retarded or a Jesus freak. lmao

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

That petition breaks a few laws in itself. Kinda ironic.

[CoryHG]

"Proof that once again people who don't fully understand the meaning of video games should just shut up and mind their business."

Um people should do this for all things. Also yeah he's a jesus freak b/c the other two descriptions combined already entail the same thing.

[damnyouretall]

i dont play skyrim around my 5 year old. its up to me to protect my child from some videogames. dont blame the developer that wants to entertain adults, its not their fault. no run of the mill m17 game should ever be banned though.

[Celeras]

This is hilarious. Scratch that, pathetic.

Christwire is a satire site, like The Onion. You're all replying to a fake petition from a fake news site, because Kotaku is too stupid to recognize it... which surprises nobody.

[rumplstilts]

It is obviously a joke. if you believe people are really this ignorant I have no idea how you can sleep at night thinking people are so dumb.

[guitarded77]

This has to be fake... it's completely unconstitutional what they list.

[Dee_91]

me and my 3 friends just signed a petition to the white house to make angelina jolie give us naked napdances everryday at 7pm est.

[SilentNegotiator]

6 people protesting a video game. Let's all cry. /s

[upallnightgamer]

He didn't even get the right publisher. It's Bethesda, not Blizzard. It really does show his ignorance and how little he researched his grievance before making everyone at the White House laugh by posting this garbage.

[AntBoogy90]

Yeah, what IS going on with people's heads?

It's either that..

Or someone is trolling the hell out of everyone with this.

[snipes101]

Pfffff HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ...

*wipes tears from eyes, checks to make sure he read it right*

...

*realizes he read it right*

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA...woooo good one.

[NEW-AGE]

Starts Up W.O.W "FAP fap FFap" Takes a Bite of his Chalupa, Fap fap'..... .. Licks Creamy Fingers.. Happy Thanksgiving

[SuperNerd]

Damn cant the news , politicians , and crazy people just stay away from vedio games

[MariaHelFutura]

I bet they're Xtians.... They just cant handle people are attracted (naturally) to anything. People love these pleasures (of the flesh) get over it. You guys had your chance, its our time now.

:)

[Death]

Don't pin this on Christians. Contrary to popular belief, we do not condone or endorse blatant stupidity like this. This has to be one of your people. :)

-Death

[MariaHelFutura]

Nope, my people make the games.

O_-

[RankFTW]

I'm a christian and I like nothing better than popping a few heads off in Battlefield/CoD, and ofc I'm always a homosexual in Fable heh. They are only games.

[slayorofgods]

its radical thinking; unfortunately, and ironically, sometimes people doped up on religion bring out the absolute worst of humanity. A few steps away from this "Jesus freak" mentality is the mentality of AL-quida.

....It is also unfortunate for the moderate christains who use religion for basic morals and established tradition to be made to look the fool because of these scary jokers.

[awi5951]

Im from the south yes they do condone this.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

*Rolls eyes*

Oh brother. Here we go with more anti-Christian babble. Ya know for people who always bash Christians for intolerance you people seem to be in violation of that rule a lot...

And this is obviously a joke for the people who didn't get it. Now quit cluttering the website with this garbage and go back to listening to your heathen music and worshiping your pagan gods like Lady Gaga and Justin Beiber (again sarcasm for the people with anti Christian poles up their butts).

[Tuxedo_Mask]

You say "you guys" and "my people", and Death says "your people", but aren't we all human beings? Assuming you are typing these responses and reading the statements of others it would seem so.

Rather than separate yourself from others due to a difference in beliefs, why don't you accept that some people will think and believe differently than you will. The man who started this petition isn't doing that, and by separating yourselves from the rest of humanity because "they're Christians" or "they're 'stupid'" you're guilty of the same sentiments as the man you're condemning.

[slayorofgods]

@ExgamerLegends

I'm not sure where you were directing that talk.... But my comment certainly wasn't anti-chritian, I read this article and it reeked of radical intolerance from Christian fundamentalism. I also stated that it is unfortunate for normal Christians. Sure atheists can be radical fundamentalists too, I tried to incorporate another religion to show I wasn't discriminating just didn't use athiesm in my example. I do have Christian friends afteral.... But I can't stand this cult like thinking that I see in the article I am commenting on. Buildings being leveled in my city and my favorite games being banned affect me.

Should I also be tolerant of al-quida's beliefs?

[mynameisEvil]

Sometimes, people who love their opinion so much just look like idiots because they think they're correct about nothing at all. You are sadly one of those people.

I'm a Christian and I'll sit forever telling why I am one, and I'm also a Libertarian with Conservative leanings. Both, according to seemingly most gamers, think that we just think games are the devil.

NOPE! I am seriously one of the biggest gamers you'll ever find. This dude apparently loves Jesus so much that he fails to interpret His teachings that well.

And he apparently can't read the Constitution. I hope that this dude is joking or he is really one uber-dumbass.

But, back to my point, stop walking around with that view of yours. It's been proven false time and time again, yet you carry it around like it was your precious child. Think for yourself, please.

[upallnightgamer]

Rather, don't lump all of us Christians in with the morons that we see on the news. Just like the Muslims don't want to be lumped in with the extremist nimrods of their faith.

[Maddens Raiders]

after, "A Tennessee man..."

[MsclMexican]

This is what I don't get..

TO PROSECUTE THE PLAYERS OF SkyRim TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW...

What I do get is this simple equation

REDNECK+TEXAN+CHRISTIAN= EPIC LULZ

[QuodEratDemonstrandm]

@MsclMexican....
that's not the right equation. It goes like this.
Redneck+(Christian-Reason)=EP IC LULZ squared.

[upallnightgamer]

Unfortunately, that's where most of it comes from. We never hear this kind of crap from New England or Idaho. It's always Tennessee or Texas or some Southern state.

[MsclMexican]

Im imagining what would happen if this goes down

FBI: GET YOUR HAND'S IN THE AIR..... YOU ARE UNDER ARREST FOR THE CREATION OF SkyRim

BLIZZARD: WAIT.... WTF?

[Resistance_lord]

lol

[bloodybutcher]

actually skyrim was created while recent law allows it...then they can´t get arrested if the law gets changed.law is like ps3 now, without bc.heh.

[Hozi]

Blizzard? you mean Bethesda right?

[mynameisEvil]

*sigh* Hozi, the Tennessee man was the one who said it was "SkyRim" (not Skyrim, for whatever reason) , a game developed and published by BLIZZARD ENTERFRIGGINGTAINMENT.

Damn, the dude can't even do some basic Wikipedia searching.

[zeal0us]

Lol Majin-vegeta(added bubble and agree btw), I was thinking the same thing when I saw the headline. Know what? Im not even going to bother reading the article.

[QuodEratDemonstrandm]

Censorship is telling you that you're not allowed to eat steak because a baby can't chew it.

[lelo2play]

Let's make another petition ... that allows everyone to beat the crap out of the guy that made this petition.

[JLeVRT]

and this hasnt been done for Call of Duty, yet??

[turgore]

Because shooting non americans is ok - both in real life and games.

[Hozi]

Then let us(All people who love Videogames, and TES:SKYRIM) start a petition against this guys petition. I'm sure there are more than 26000 TES fans right?

[DeadlyFire]

Umm... You guys do know that this has been done a million times. Just because its skyrim it doesn't make a difference. ESA and our voice will always protect our rights.

[andron]

Check the alternative link from Eurogamer. The story is not true, it was a satirical article from Christwire...

http://christwire.org/2011/...

[HardCover]

Meh

[turgore]

It is a sarcastic petition created by a sarcastic website.

" to destroy the Christian foundations on which this nation was built"
- not really. America was founded on the basis of the separation of church and state and freedom of religion

And skyrim wasn't made by Blizzard.

[SuperNerd]

Lol

[Oldman100]

Don't worry guys they're talking about SkyRim made by Blizzard entertainment, not the Skyrim made by Bethesda. XD

[BattleTorn]

"A Tennessee man kicked off a White House petition on Thanksgiving urging the President of the United States to ban The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for "the safety of America's youths."

It says Elder Scrolls V then Blizzard's SkyRim, the article contradicts itsself????

What the hell is SkyRim from Blizzard anyways?

[saladthieves]

LoL...quick, nobody tell this n00b what the proper spelling of the game is...he might get all signatures (doubt that) but even if he does, it will be for a totally different game. :D

[Muffins1223]

Yea,title misleading :\

[Hazmat13]

ya cause MW3 is much safer or BF3 or GTA or SR ya elder scrolls just takes it too far.

[mynameisEvil]

Cause, you know, Skyrim does all the things other games don't, right? I mean, it uses the f-bomb frequently, involves some very disturbing executions, lets the player pull off every one of a NPC's limbs, includes guns, modern political struggles of real-world parties, a TON OF SEXY-SMEXY "FUDGING" (Read: FU**ING), and urges players to be just the biggest dick in the USA of A, right? Cause, you know, you can even fly your car into crowds of people!

Wait... Skyrim does NONE of those things. Ah, whatever. TO THE STAKE WITH THE GAME!

If case you didn't figure it out, the first part was all sarcasm.

[Detoxx]

Wtf is SkyRim made by Blizzard???

[LordLaguz]

Blizzard is trying to sell car parts now:

[BlueEye]

I'mma guess like 30k signatures from stupid religious redecks will be met by millions of signatures of another petition to not do this.

[Vgameman]

Grow up, morons.

Seriously, give me a break.

[OcularVision]

Only in America!

[xtremexx]

SkyRim lol, made by Blizzard.

[ZBlacktt]

Must be other game dev's in action, lol. Trying to take down the GOTY.

They might as well go after Hollywood next.

[HurstDarkStar]

Did my eyes read that right cuase I keep wiping them expecting a different result and it's not working D:

[FlashXIII]

Religious retards like this guy are far more dangerous to today's youth than any game. The only real reason he lists is because it allows for gay marriage.. like really, why do people like this guy feel the need to hide their own intolerance towards homosexuality by using religion as an excuse? Fucking religous bigots.

[-Gespenst-]

I want to smack some sense into this guy. Not because of violent videogames, but because HE'S an idiot.

[LordLaguz]

[ 3) To prosecute the players of "SkyRim" to the fullest extent of the law.]

Quick! hide your game before the imperial guard hunt us down.

...or did they get banned too?

[saladthieves]

Nah, they were on their way and got distracted by another side quest...currently sitting on their Miscellaneous list. XD

[voodoopickle]

they came for my copy but i told them i was part of the thief's guild and bribed them

[KaBaW]

They came for my copy, but I learned from Skyrim, and slaughtered them all.

[SwampCroc]

he probably got pissed because the Draugr resembles his family members.

Tennessee backwoods trash!

[Kakihara]

They can take my copy when they pry it from my cold dead hands. To be fair though, Skyrim is absolutely evil. Before I got my copy I was a successful handsome young Billionare Rocket scientist. Now I look like Gollum and spend all day curled up naked in my attic playing it.

[bozebo]

"the Christian foundations on which this nation was built"
lololol. Near-opposite from the truth.

Troll petition tbh :P

[Lord_Sloth]

I do indeed believe this nation was built for freedom FROM the church since England forced a single religion at the time. Correct me if I'm wrong. Never was a history buff.

[KaBaW]

Was founded for the Freedom of Religion; which is similar to what you said.
Of course, America was founded for other reasons, but that was a priority.

[urwifeminder]

The amount of articles on the skyrim and mw3 i wish they would burn both, they mean nothing to me sick of hearing about rim its harry potter grown up basicly lol.

[FlashXIII]

Harry Potter grown up? you trolling? Seriously I usually hate single player games but Skyrim hasn't left my console for two weeks and I've already logged around 60 hours of play.

[AliTheBrit420]

United States of America

Also brought you such things as:

Fundamentalist batshit crazy Christians trying to ban Harry Potter because of witch-craft

A man attempting to sue God, and it only stopping because technically the court needed an address to send God's summons

I shit you not..

[Parapraxis]

I think it's obvious where most of the Darwin Awards nominees/winners hail from.

[bloodybutcher]

and people who sue cigarette companies for losing health because they use said comp.products.even though beeing aware of risk.or suing mcdonalds because they get fat.

[Kran]

Let's hope Obama plays Skyrim ;P

[Navarone]

Skyrim..

Not.Even.Once

[Ember6940]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA! *inhale, skims over article again* hahahHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!

[360ICE]

I want to kill all these people who say videogames cause aggressive behaviour.
Hold me back... HOLD ME BACK!

[EminemAt3AM]

I AGREE! these 17 year olds are still babies. Next we're gonna give them the right to legally drive, enlist in the military, gamble, have abortions, and smoke....oh wait.

[SSKILLZ]

"Stupid people " setting the bar High on stupidity every year.

happy holidays

[Jacobite]

Everybody is stupid at some point in there lives, good thing is they can grow out of it : )
happy holidays, what holidays ? do you mean Merry Christmas when it comes : P lol

[duplissi]

get em while theyre hot!

[Legionaire2005]

This nation is founded upon Christians!!!! Yeah right how do you truly know that? Here is the truth the founding fathers where all Freemasons which merge itself with Christianity(which also explain the confusion). This is enough for some research if those are interested. but yeah this guy is stupid. Skyrim is not as violent as many of the movies or games before it.

[360ICE]

Dude I may be dumb, but I'm smart enough to take what's likely instead of going with the wild theories that explain some of the parts wrong with the otherwise likely, more sensible theories. Freemasons are a bunch of seniors who like to drink coffee (and the occasional templar role play) anyway so it wouldn't make any difference. 'sides, if anything they were atheists or had different beliefs. (and the nation is indeed founded upon christian moral and rules anyway so yeah. The dollar bill reads "in God we trust".

[Ethereal]

lol. If only people put this much effort into reforming our government...

[brettyd]

christians....

[SITH]

Religions...

[Jacobite]

nothing funnier than folks lol

[Getowned]

LOL whaaa

[kesvalk]

y'know, there is a little difference between christians and crazy ppl, of course some crazy ppl are christian, but not the other way around...

religion don't make this guy any more or less stupid though, that is, if any of this is really real...

[typeN8]

Im sorry but the person who wrote this needs to read another book besides the bible...and if the kids around the world had parents that cared about there children enough to teach them what is real and what is not then this kind of thing wouldnt be an issue..

But since it is...heres the deal

Teach your children to read and understand what they are reading. Let there mind develop without the constant pressure of a belief that only lets them make one type of choice

Im sorry if you dont know what im trying to say
Open your mind
Idiot that write articles like this are the problem

[Der_Kommandant]

Here's your answer...

http://troll.me/images/jayz...

[SuperbVillain]

I LOLed

[DeadManMcCarthy]

religion of ban

[ironwolf]

I just want to have a really good laugh at all the "deep thinkers" and oh, so superior, dare I say, self righteous "people" that have commented above ("people" is in quotes because most actual humans have IQs some what higher than the temperature of an ice cube). It is plainly stated in the article that this came from ChristWire, a satire site. But then it does take some modicum of intelligence to comprehend things like that.

[Eidolon]

Obviously a satirical website as Celeras has mentioned. Read the source article and you'll realize this.

[Knightofelemia]

You may aswell start a petition to ban all violent movies and tv shows as well hell why not heavy metal while a person is at it. Then your not called the land of the free but the land of communisim. The petition is a joke videogame do wreck kids but thats because parents make the tv, the internet, the videogame console the babysitter. And parents don't pay attention to the ESRB rating on the cover of the game I watched parents buyin Modern Warfare 3 for their 12 yr old kid.

[DOOMZ]

What a dumbass!

[ironwolf]

I want to start a petition to require that everyone who failed to notice that this article was a satire be immediately arrested and sterilized with out benefit of trial. The species must be protected from the DNA of so many defectives.

[OllieBoy]

I wish we can send all religious extremists back to the dark ages where they can be happy.

[Mrmagnumman357]

People need to get this straight. Most Christians aren't crazy. Some christians are crazy, just like some muslims are crazy, just like some atheists are crazy, and so on. I am a christian and i think this guy is crazy. Forcing people to stop playing a game actually goes against the christian faith. Also i play everything from BF3 to Skyrim. Also everyone has the right to make their own choices, this guy is an extremist, that takes things WAY too far, and forgot what the text ACTUALLY meant.

[maniactadpole]

If i ever see that man, I'm gonna punch him right in the nose.
*EDIT* Read the article.Man i feel stupid for saying what i had said earlier :P

[Venjense]

Whereas crazy-dude is crazy.

[GrumpyVeteran]

Read the entire article first. Yawn, ChristWire just trolling again. It's not really interesting when its fake.

[bobrea]

So six people who don't like something is now top-story worthy on n4g?

wtf happened to this place? This shit is embarrassing. These idiots need to be ignored, and that's it.

[MasterCornholio]

Those people are complete morons. We might as well get rid of the majority of American movies and the porn industry because American youths can get their hands on those things easily.

They wont be able to get anything done those communist pricks.

XperiaRay

[Jacobite]

Communists mmmmm pricks maybe lol just thought communists and religion dont go : )

[jozzah]

Have they seen Saints Row 3?

[Ocean]

Dont tell em that Jozzah lol

[rattletop]

lol obama was busy playing the witcher 2 that was gifted to him. and now he has started playing skyrim. he doesn't have time for this bs. lol

[jerethdagryphon]

just to show you how varied christians can be in there beliefs of what is right and wrong

you have your nuytters like that southern preacher
then you have a website devoted to furry Christians (thats furry not bestialist).

ignore the nutters and thell go away

[fourthpersonview]

Isn't this a bit too late? I mean people already legitimately bought copies. What are they going to do? Go to each American house and confiscate the game?

[Danniel1]

can we petition the white house to round up and burn all these wankers?

[TheMutator]

sorry but all i can say right now is lol!!!!!!!!

[tiffac008]

There is not enough face-palms in the world for the people who made that petition.

[SITH]

I am going to start a petition on the website to ban religions.

[modesign]

im pretty sure the obama administration created the petitions page so they can have some good laughs and beers.

[DeathChronx]

This is stupid...I don't have anything else to add to such a retarded subject....*ultimate facepalm*

[GTRrocker]

"To prosecute the players of "SkyRim" to the fullest extent of the law."

HAHAHA

[SmashBrawler101]

Jesus fucking Christ. This doesn't even call for an average facepalm. Can someone who can afford it, order a wrecking ball and take aim at my face?

[Asgaro]

Can't you people read?!
ITS FAKE.

[Snowii]

why are people making such a big deal of a poor petition?

i bet only this guy and mel gibson signed it

[goukijones]

You understand half dozen means 6, right Jimmy?

[ironwolf]

This thread is all the proof that's needed that the threat to civilization isn't Christianity or any other religion. The threat to civilization comes from ignorant, self righteous, people who form there deluded opinions without investigating the facts.

I'm talking about the idiots who have blown this up to a 1000degree plus story without reading it.

THIS IS A FAKE STORY FROM A SATIRE SITE YOU IGNORAMUSES!!!!

[Fez]

Poe's Law...

Is it really that unthinkable to see a christian website do something like this?

[Arkhamz]

Silly americans , it's 2011 not 1805.

[helghast102]

Can't say I was surprised to see "Christian" in there.

[lizard81288]

'Nuff said.

Christian groups should be ignored. They think everything is from he devil, like children's cartoon shows. They said (on the 300 club or so), Smurfs draw pentagrams in blood to summon the darklord to hypnotize our/their children.

Failblog and others point out the crazy things they say. If it wasn't in the bible, then it must be the work of the devil. They follow the good book whole.

--
Exodus 21:20-21

20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
---

So from this, Slavery was ok. If a slave owner beat his slave, so long as he didn't die, it was ok? Great to see they believe this, that it is ok to own slaves and beat them, BUT HEAVEN FORBID THEY WATCH THE SMURFS! Thats from the devil!!!!!!