Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator for New York: Senators Clinton, Lieberman Announce Federal Legislation to Protect Children from Inappropriate Video Games
Where do ya even begin…
“I have developed legislation that will empower parents by making sure their kids can’t walk into a store and buy a video game that has graphic, violent and pornographic content,†said Senator Clinton.
How exactly are parents going to be empowered by that? That’s going to enable me to…think less about what my kids are doing? Empower me to be less watchful of my kids purchases? Sorry? Did I miss something here?
Oh, and later on:
“This is about protecting children,†said Senator Clinton.
Whew, cuz my elementary school kids have been engaging in unprotected video game purchases.
But wait, there’s more:
This bill requires the FTC to conduct an investigation to determine whether what happened with GTA: San Andreas is a pervasive problem. It also includes a Sense of Congress that the Commission shall take appropriate action if it determines that there is a pervasive problem.
Excellent! Because I just sat in my office reviewing the travesty of health care options I have in 2006 to adequate take care of all those kidlets and darn it, we need time and energy spent on finding out whether game developers are pervasively loading sexy easter eggs in games. Furthermore, you can’t just go digging without expectation of taking action on what you discover – cuz what kind of leadership would that be? – so create a commission if you find evidence of degenerates.
Congress reconvenes in 2 weeks they say – which is the week before Christmas and likely to be a truly productive time. Might be a good time to set 2006 resolutions – ya know – be a better parent and all that. Or maybe not – maybe Congress will just take care of that for us.
Comment by GameFam Dad
BRAVO! Well said!
-Dan
P.S. Nice piece in the Escapist.
Posted on December 27, 2005 at 4:25 am