I'd just like to point out that all of those statistics mean zippo (and they'd mean zippo if they were going up and the economy was turning sour too).
I certainly support sex and violence as much as the next guy, but the decline in crime has more to do with a good economy than a lot of bloody video games.
On another note - while the average person probably sees more fake violence now, they don't see as much real violence as they might have a hundred+ years ago. We don't even have to kill our own food (usually) - and so many people don't have the ability to think about death.
The politicians are just trying to find something to latch onto that will attract the "concerned mother" group. All of this group pandering makes me sick, and it doesn't do anything to solve the real issues we have in this country (like the outrageously high population percentage we have incarcerated, for mostly non-violent crimes).
Why should the boycott stop with this stupid little hacking challenge? Why not boycott any music affiliated with RIAA? Sure, your old music will begin to get boring... but it would give you some time to find new groups.
I think if we're really going to take a stand it has to be something like this. RIAA isn't loosing money now cuz of mp3s, but if they keep up all the stuff they're doing then maybe we can make them.
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I'd just like to point out that all of those statistics mean zippo (and they'd mean zippo if they were going up and the economy was turning sour too).
I certainly support sex and violence as much as the next guy, but the decline in crime has more to do with a good economy than a lot of bloody video games.
On another note - while the average person probably sees more fake violence now, they don't see as much real violence as they might have a hundred+ years ago. We don't even have to kill our own food (usually) - and so many people don't have the ability to think about death.
The politicians are just trying to find something to latch onto that will attract the "concerned mother" group. All of this group pandering makes me sick, and it doesn't do anything to solve the real issues we have in this country (like the outrageously high population percentage we have incarcerated, for mostly non-violent crimes).
Why should the boycott stop with this stupid little hacking challenge? Why not boycott any music affiliated with RIAA? Sure, your old music will begin to get boring... but it would give you some time to find new groups.
I think if we're really going to take a stand it has to be something like this. RIAA isn't loosing money now cuz of mp3s, but if they keep up all the stuff they're doing then maybe we can make them.