Gaming Politics To Watch Today

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday November 7, 2006 @03:23AM from the vote-em-out dept.

As you go to the polls today, alongside more serious issue be sure to think of how politics affects the gaming world. GamePolitics has a rundown of politicians associated with gaming (in either a good or bad way) who are up for re-election today. From the article: "Hillary Clinton (D-NY): sponsor of the Family Entertainment Protection Act (FEPA). Joe Lieberman (I-CT): his criticism of game violence in the mid-1990's led directly to the formation of the ESRB. Rick Santorum (R-PA): backs Hillary's game initiatives, but also backs the ESRB. George Allen (R-VA): backs the ESRB rating system. Candidate Mike McGavick (R-WA): trying to unseat Democrat Maria Cantwell; he believes the entertainment industry will not regulate itself and wants to explore legislative solutions."

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Re:War, economy, abortion, jobs.... gaming by Rhys · 2006-11-07 04:03 · Score: 2, Interesting

What's that quote? Ah yes, good old Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...

Erosion of the rights of the people is erosion of the rights of the people reguardless of if it is guns, abortion, or games (read: freedom of speech/expression).

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