Anti-gaming quack in UK claims to be God

Peter Amsel
May 28, 2010
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You know how anti-gaming zealots love to claim that online gambling is akin to ‘crack cocaine’? UK ‘counselor’ Steve Pope made similar claims about how playing video games for two hours was the equivalent of doing a line of blow (cheaper, too). But when challenged to actually back up his tall tale with, you know, data, Pope says that he can’t, but doesn’t need to, because he knows what he sees. Really? Must be fucking cool to be omniscient. Attention, Christian fundamentalists: Jesus has returned, and is practicing quackery in the UK. Prepare for Armageddon. Read more.

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