Congress Sets Sights on Videogames

boarder8925 writes "According to CNET, Congress has set its sights on 'the purported problem of violent and sexually explicit video games.... A U.S. House of Representatives committee on consumer protection says it will hold a hearing on the topic later this month, with a focus on 'informing parents and protecting children' from the alleged dangers of those types of games.' " The article goes on to describe seven bills under consideration that either attach fines to the sales of Mature titles to children, or study "the effect of electronic media on youths." Five of them are sponsored by Democrats.

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Re:It's mid-term election time.

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This is where you find out that the Democrats are the other political party and not "liberal" by definition.

Actually I'd claim both parties are extremely liberal. With conservatives being those who support the ideals upon which America was founded. I'd have to look up quotes to be certain, but I'd say one of the founding principles upon with the USA was founded was the government not being a nanny state (otherwise why wouldn't they have just stuck with England?), with the "right to privacy" a strong indicator of this.

I figure I might as well see if I can redefine conservative and liberal so that the current "liberals" can re-take the term conservative. That way we can use all of their tactics "are you unAmerican?" against the current "conservatives."