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Senator Clinton Slams GTA
Joining the ranks of such luminaries as Jack Thompson and Governor Blagojevich, GamesIndustry.biz has the word that Senator Hillary Clinton has joined right wing advocates in decrying the gaming industry as a paragon of loose morals and corrupting influences. From the article: "Children are playing a game that encourages them to have sex with prostitutes and then murder them...This is a silent epidemic of media desensitisation that teaches kids it's OK to diss people because they are a woman, they're a different colour or they're from a different place." Commentary available at The Australian. Update: 03/30 02:22 GMT by T : Thanks to reader mantle_etching, here is a link to the entire speech as delivered, so you can judge its content for yourself.
Aren't we teaching our "kids" the same thing in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Maybe a little offtopic, but the fact remains that her beliefs on fiscal policy revolve around the redistribution of wealth via taxation.
Regardless of the "context", the fact that she even uttered that string of words should scare the hell out of anybody who values their freedom.
"Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
I doubt if many here demanding context do the same thing when conservatives are quoted out of context. Many of you agree with her sentiment regardless of context, that it is desireable to confiscate the property of the wealthy for the common good.
But this caustic statement (Senator Clinton, the consummate politician, probably did not mean to sound so blunt) reveals a mindset and an attitude. We're going to take things away from you. Of course, this is true of all taxation, but rarely does it sound so much like "Gimme that back, it's mine". But that's her true government-knows-best self. Her views are very similar to the modern version of Chinese Communism, fascism with a big feel-good smiley-face on it.
And Clinton continues to move to the right. There's a chance she could win Ohio or Florida in an election. However, first she must lie to New York voters about serving a full term when she runs for re-election in 2006. Win or lose the Senate race, she will run in '08, and she can win. If that sounds like a catastrophe to you, the time to do something about it is now.
Good heavens Miss Sakamoto - you're beautiful!
What a fantastically well-reasoned, witty and insightful commentary. My goodness, have you considered getting your own talk show? Your masterful command of the English language leaves me all a-quiver! "Ridicules." Brilliant!
I bow before your obviously superior intellect. All hail! All hail #672391, "nate nice"!
Fear him! Praise him! Love him, for he is your god!
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