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| Congress coming for your video games |
| 2013-04-05 |
| From Weasel Zippers. Can't tell iffin' she is playing to the cheap seats or not. I won't link to Puffington Host: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that Congress may be forced to take action to limit video game violence. Speaking to an audience of around 500 in San Francisco, Feinstein, who led the charge in the Senate on an assault weapons ban, said the video game industry should take voluntary steps to make sure it does not glorify guns in the wake of the December mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. She added that if the industry does not, Congress is prepared to take action, according to the Associated Press. Feinstein said that video games play, "a very negative role for young people, and the industry ought to take note of that." "If Sandy Hook doesn't do it ... then maybe we have to proceed, but that is in the future," she added. The California Democrat is the latest to add her voice to a chorus of lawmakers, including many Republicans, who have connected violence in video games to gun violence. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #9 It's for the children... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2013-04-05 21:33 |
| #8 ..and then they came for Burger Time, and there was nobody left to complain. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-04-05 21:23 |
| #7 Pappy said Notice no mention of Hollywood. But Pappy, they only attack private corporations, not divisions of the party. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-04-05 15:23 |
| #6 They clearly want to lose the youth vote. Violent videogames are already self-identified as for Mature audiences. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-04-05 14:44 |
| #5 But I doubt it. Most of 'em are just marking time until they can figure out how to go on disability. We're doomed, doomed I tell you. Meth and alcohol are usually real good for that, and the "social liberals/fiscal conservatives" can never be reached for comment about that. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-04-05 11:04 |
| #4 This could be just about the only thing that might concievably rouse the millions of slackjawed, indolent, apolitical, pot-smoking aspirational frat boys that make up the masculine wing of the millennial generation. But I doubt it. Most of 'em are just marking time until they can figure out how to go on disability. We're doomed, doomed I tell you. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2013-04-05 11:00 |
| #3 Notice no mention of Hollywood. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-04-05 10:29 |
| #2 I think it would be better if video games like CIV and Sim City were strictly controlled to prevent unfairly representing government as competent. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-04-05 08:48 |
| #1 First they come for the 2nd amendment, then they come for the 1st amendment. I think we all saw that one coming years ago. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-04-05 06:53 |