Comments on: How Important Is Hilary’s Anti-Video Game Stance?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:54:22 +0000

(Sigh) Just wish people would think about this stuff.Most of Obama’s voters are young adults. You’d think they would be a little nicer about this kind of thing huh?

By: TD

TD — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:40:15 +0000

They all use games as a scapegoat.

Obama is more silent about the issue than anything, which is kind of scary. The only thing I’ve heard him say about games is relating them to slackers or kids not doing their school work.

Hilary is anti-gaming and will swing whichever way she is swung by the popular media at the moment.

I like Al Gore, but as someone mentioned, his wife is pretty much a communist when it comes to free speech. And Lieberman as a VP? (Lieberman is the reason he lost I think) He might as well have chosen Jack Thompson to run with.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:40:20 +0000

If your legal guardian feels that you are old enough and responsible to enjoy said entertainment then it should be their right. It should also be their right to prevent their child from playing such things if they so desire by not giving the money to their kids in the first place and/or monitoring their internet activities.

If you bring up tobacco and alcohol, those things are of course dangerous and have been scientifically proven to cause harm. That said, once you are 18 then I believe you should be able to put whatever into your body you feel like, but a parent giving his kids cigarettes is about as negligent as giving them some mercury or cyanide to play with.

Video games and even content of pornographic nature has never been conclusively shown to cause physical or mental harm to the average human. Yes, there are cases where people play a video game and flip out (like kids jumping out of windows because they thought they could fly like in Pokemon), but the same thing could be said about a psycho who reads the Bible or Koran and kills someone because he claims god told him to do it. (here’s your sign)

Makes you wish people would use their brain about stuff like this, huh?

By: Zonar90

Zonar90 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:27:28 +0000

we’re not saying girls are evil. not you at lest(smiles nervously)

By: Bonnie Ruberg

Bonnie Ruberg — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:34:57 +0000

It’s interesting that no one seems to feel threatened by Obama’s potential anti-game sentiments, while there are so many anti-Hilary voices. While I totally agree with what’s been said here, that Hilary’s pro-censorship stance is alarming and unacceptable, I can’t help but wonder if part of our reaction toward her (and not toward Obama) is based on the fact that she’s a woman talking about a man’s industry, i.e. games.

Then again, Jinny, you seem to be a pretty strong Obama advocate, and I’m sure you’re not basing your thoughts on how evil women are :).

By: Zonar90

Zonar90 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:45:36 +0000

I think Adult politicans just find stuff to whine about, do’nt you think?ahahahahahahahaha

By: Zonar90

Zonar90 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:43:39 +0000

Amen.Testify,Conejo! I myself am beginning to thiunk nether of them deserve it! Do’nt you think? I would vote for obama if he changes his jerky ways,though.

By: Zombie_Moogle

Zombie_Moogle — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:02:24 +0000

I think Hillary’s stance on video game cencorship is a pretty big indicator of her general stance of free speech. I’d like to make clear that i don’t like either party, Democrat or Republican (i think they both hold their party’s interests over that of the people they serve), but it seems like Hillary is happily filling that cliche spot of the Democrat “Thought Policeman” (policewoman, whatever). Obama’s comments about television and games strike me as more of a comment on the state of families, which is more or less harmless. McCain hasn’t said much on the issue yet, so i’m still keeping an eye on him.
Oh, and let’s not forget Hillary’s association with the Grand Dragon of Game-Hate himself, Jack Thompson

By: Zombie_Moogle

Zombie_Moogle — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:01:25 +0000

I think Hillary’s stance on video game cencorship is a pretty big indicator of her general stance of free speech. I’d like to make clear that i don’t like either party, Democrat or Republican (i think they both hold their party’s interests over that of the people they serve), but it seems like Hillary is happily filling that cliche spot of the Democrat “Thought Policeman” (policewoman, whatever). Obama’s comments about television and games strike me as more of a comment on the state of families, which is more or less harmless. McCain
hasn’t said much on the issue yet, so i’m still keeping an eye on him.
Oh, and let’s not forget Hillary’s association with the Grand Dragon of Game-Hate himself, Jack Thompson

By: cadallin

cadallin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:21:41 +0000

I don’t like Hillary because she is a Republican. She is a neoconservative just like Bush (although she is very slightly to the left of Bush).

The same was true of Bill as well really, although neither are quite as bad as Bush. The evidence is in his passage of NAFTA despite the flaws added by the Republicans, and in his signing of the repeal of Glass-Steagal (which was the regulation that kept the banking shenanigans responsible for the current credit crisis, and significantly implicated in the Great Depression illegal.) Glass-Steagal was one of the cornerstones of the New Deal.

Obama, on the other hand, is approximately where Eisenhower was, a mild conservative just to the right of center. Amongst the available choices, I support Obama.