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Clinton, Lieberman Propose CDC Investigate Games
Gamespot reports that Senators Clinton and Lieberman have asked the Centers for Disease control to investigate how games impact us poor deluded citizens. From the article: "Even though the legislation--called the Children and Media Research Advancement Act--does not include restrictions, it appears to be intended as a way to justify them. That's because a string of court decisions have been striking down antigaming laws because of a lack of hard evidence that minors are harmed by violence in video games. The original version of the bill earmarked $90 million for the study, but Lieberman press secretary Rob Sawicki said that the committee had approved the measure without any dollar figure and that such a figure would be added later during the appropriations process." Gamasutra has some background on the bill, which was originally proposed in 2003.
What I want to know is, when will the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms figure out what to do with the Space Program while the Federal Aviation Administration revitalizes our nation's public school system?
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Then frag you all! mwahahahahaha
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
Why do we need the CDC to investigate? I think it would be better handled by an addictions group. The ONLY plausible reason to get the CDC involved is to have access to those bio-containment suits while they visit the homes of some of the most entranced gamers.
Proof by very large bribes. QED.
Oh, never mind...
Where do we draw the line at what is considered "neglect" by a parent?
Simple, right where the line between responsibility of protecting innocents meets the border of nanny state.
Hmm. Of course, I have no idea where that lies.
Some people have said that I play too many violent video games. It makes me so mad that I want to whip out an uzi and shoot them but I DON'T. Instead I go down town roll a couple of bums or scare whores by pretending that I'm going to run over them with my car. Then I usually feel much better so I can home and my mom makes me dinner. But then she keeps naggin me about getting a job and I feel like getting a carrot pealer and stabbing her in the eye but I DON'T because I go to my bedroom, lock myself in, find my game controller which is usually in the semi-clean pile of underwear on the bed, not the 3 day old at the foot of the bed. I play GTA until 3 or 4 AM, jackoff and go to sleep. My friends do pretty much the same thing and aren't anymore violent than I am. F-- you guys.