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Congressman Wants Health Warnings On Video Games
An anonymous reader writes "California Rep. Joe Baca has proposed a bill which would mandate placing health warning labels on any video game rated T (13+) or higher by the ESRB. The Video Game Health Labeling Act of 2009 would require a cigarette pack-like label that reads, 'WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior.'"
Just when I thought maybe elected officials could earn some modicum of respect.
But did you really think about that? Sorry, I'm not convinced.
That later go on to become officials.
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The American Medical Association urged the FDA to tattoo a warning label on the forehead of all elected federal officials that states 'Listening to this individuals' logic has been linked to violent and aggressive behavior towards others.'
Correlation does not mean causation. I guess I've been playing too many video games
If they insist that such warnings be placed on the entrances to religious institutions (like churches, mosques and synagogues) then I might think this idea is more than just political gainsaying.
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Congressman Joe Baca's brother Chew is known to be quite agressive.
She made the willows dance
WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior
Citation needed.
"Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior" Except that it hasn't been.
Well, we'll just have to put a disclaimer on the disclaimer
"Warning: the above warning is somewhere between misleading and complete bullshit."
How fitting that his name means "stupid" in Japanese...
Labels could include:
And for the bonus round:
Q: What do you call 1,000 politicians buried up to their necks in sand?
A: Not enough sand.
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If Congress passes this, I am buying a roll of stickers saying "[citation needed]" and visiting local video game stores.
Drop the diseased liver. If you want to discourage drinking (and you shouldn't; nor smoking. people know they're bad, and these warnings and gross pictures are nothing but a waste of time) -- put pictures of the direct result of drinking on the bottle.
that's right.
fat chicks. in YOUR bed.
that'll stop ya.
... still waiting for this free-as-in-beer free beer I keep hearing about.
"WARNING: Excessive exposure to politician's speeches may lead to nausea and vomiting!"
And of course the ever popular "WARNING: Excessive exposure to XXX DVD's may cause carpal tunnel and other Repetitive Stress Injuries!"
A multitude of studies have linked cigarettes and lung cancer -- how many valid scientific studies have proven a causal relationship between video games and violence?
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Hell, in LA and surrounds you can't even use the term "Master/Slave" in public documentation, because it's too blatantly racist. Or something. I've been to California (and LA in particular) more than once ... but damned if I would ever want to live there. Fucknuts, all of them.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Warning: Excessive exposure to Big Macs may cause a fat ass.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
All power corrupts, but we need electricity!
Well he is the ScrewMaster ...
I don't care why you're posting AC
That's easy, it'll go back to books.
You can however have faith in the fact that if your children are young enough, they may be as stupid as the chain of idiots who have wasted your tax money on this crap. This entails that, like lemmings, they will most likely find an enriching career within the U.S. senate
There, fixed it for you.
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Following the little warning, it should read, Warning: this link has been established with biased experiments and insufficient data, as well as lack of scientific analysis. Experiments have pointed both ways (yet we have cherry picked this one) and to this day, many dolts firmly believe that correlation implies causation. You can however have faith in the fact that if your children are young enough, they may be as stupid as the chain of idiots who have wasted your tax money on this crap. This entails that, like lemmings, without proper guidance/responsibility, they will most likely attempt (and fail) to pick up a hooker and shoot her in the face to avoid paying the fees, following an uninterrupted session of GTA. If they get closer to success than desired, no matter how hilarious it may be, it is YOUR responsibility, not the source of this media.
That would be a pretty huge label. We could sell games in old LP disc boxes, I guess.
Warning - banging hookers in GTA may impair your ability to bang hookers in real life.
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