Congressman Tries to Slap Health Warning on Games... Again
Congressman Tries to Slap Health Warning on Games... Again
Posted 01/26/2011 at 1:41am
| by Nathan Grayson
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Boy, times sure have changed, haven't they? Our technology makes Thomas Edison's predictions look downright silly, we might have cured HIV, and – most insanely of all – Duke Nukem Forever has a friggin' release date. Oh, but you know what hasn't changed? Like, at all? Congressman Joe Baca.
Yep, he's at it again. Same “WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent games has been linked to blah, blah, blah” bit, same alleged proof that games cause violence, same ignorance of all evidence to the contrary. Hell, he's even regurgitating the same two year-old press release!
This time, though, Rep. Frank Wolf of Virginia is his co-sponsor, which means an entire two people now support this hilariously misguided cause. Seeing as the bill flopped last time and then proceeded to disappear for a couple years, its passing is about as likely as Baca changing his first name to “Chew.” (Which would completely change our opinion of him, but we digress.)
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kris79
January 26, 2011 at 12:32pm
Congressman Baca's bill was instrumental in narrowly averting a virtual non murder when the simulated weapon that the culprit wasn't really carrying failed to fire any real bullets, you know, because it isn't real! Duh? A witness to the non incident was heard to say "Thank the good congressman for pasting a warning label on PC games, or this might have turned into a virtual, violent, simulated calamity".
Perhaps congressman Tron should derez himself and get back to reality like creating some jobs for Americans, which, apparently also don't exist - much like his proof...his thought process...etc...
gothliciouz
January 26, 2011 at 8:43am
i'm not even going to comment on this!!!(no wayyy i just did!!!)
Cache
January 26, 2011 at 7:18am
Considering on average more people get into arguements and attempted assasinations due to politics, can we please, please outlaw Congress? My workplace recently instituted a 'no politics' atmosphere because the last election cycle had polarized the office so badly; but I can still play the Atari 2600 version of Halo on my break.
cc3d
January 26, 2011 at 5:49am
whatever warning goes on games has to go on TV shows and movies! Let the Film/TV industry deal with that! People let their 5 year-olds watch hour after hour of violence and stupid reality crap on TV and then bitch when their kid plays a game that requires they do something more than sit and drool on the couch!!
Blues22475
January 26, 2011 at 7:41am
+1
It seems Congressman don't get it nowadays. Video games have been a scapegoat since Mortal Kombat came out. They try to drive the point that violent video games are some kind of threat, but they are no more so than violent movies, tv shows and other forms of media. When will they get it? Video games are just another form of media.
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