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Schwarzenegger's Appeal of CA Games Bill Under Fire
The CA games bill struck down last week to cheers is currently in a holding pattern as Governor Schwarzenegger works on an appeal. His decision to fight the judiciary is coming under fire from several sources. The ESA has mounted a campaign against the initiative through its Videogame Voters Network. Even the media is objecting, with an opinion in the LA Times telling the governor not to bother. "Having made a career off fantasy violence, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is an odd advocate for the regulation of violent video games. After all, his face (and, sometimes, his voice) helps to sell a number of electronic kill-fests. Yet there he was last week, pledging to appeal a federal judge's decision against a state law banning the sale of such games to minors."
Sponsor of this odious law. After writing the Gov, you should find out what you can do to get him out of office. If your partisanship allows.
is there anything you Californians out there think is more important than video game viloence in your state that tax dollars would be better spent fighting on?
Yes. Just about anything else. California, especially the northern portion, is fairly environmentally conscious. I think most residents (and clearly, being a lone Californian entitles me to speak for all Californians) would prefer to see it go to, say, environmental cleanup efforts or maintaining the roads or even something as crazy liberal as low cost child care or health care.
It's worth noting that the MPAA's rating system (and the enforcement thereof) is voluntary. If he were arguing for the MPAA's rating system to have legal enforcement as well, there would be no hypocrisy but he's not.
This poo is cold.