Mod Chip Raids In Perspective

GamePolitics has extensive coverage on the aftermath of this past week's Federal raids on suspected modchippers. There were numerous negative reactions to the action here on the site, and your comments were not alone. Many commenters at the site Dvorak Uncensored expressed similar frustration and disbelief at the federal government's priorities. As stated on the site's original post: "Are you kidding me? With drug dealers everywhere, murder, porous borders, terrorism the Feds are concerned about game mods?? Holy crap. Next I supposed they will be cracking heads over unlocked phones. Great." Meanwhile, one of the raided men is now without any electronics whatsoever as a result of the search and seizure, and feeling very much alone. Another man has (more seriously) been barred from seeing his girlfriend and daughter, and has been reduced to sleeping in his car. As he puts it: "I would like to formally thank Microsoft and Nintendo for cracking down on the little guy with a soldering iron in his garage, rather than going after the people that are responsible for the bootlegs being available."

Comments

Re:The US democractic system is broken.

[lysse]

Unfortunately, if you aren't prepared to give your life in defence of freedom, you will lose it in time.

Re:Yeah, he *is* a victim

[Buran]

Then get the law behind the rules changed. Or stop being immature. Or did it not occur to you that a natural evolution of my comment was that you can keep going up the ladder?

The law may be stupid and dangerous to you, but it IS STILL IN FORCE.

I have no respect for people who can't handle the fact that they are selfish idiots, and I'm sorry (not really) that you are apparently unable to comprehend their selfishness.

Hey, if you think you can do better with making the law, RUN FOR OFFICE AND CHANGE IT.

But it looks like you'd rather take the lazy way out. Just like most of the other idiots out there.

It's lazy idiots like you who'd rather take a few minutes to whine and blindly break the law with no eyes toward the consequences in terms of public safety or financial punishment, rather than do the right thing, which takes time and effort.

No wonder this country is going to hell in a fucking handbasket.