So Long 'Fatalities'

Jun 16, 02:37 PM by Peter Franceschi

Lousiana just signed into law a new bill that will penalize anyone caught unlwafully selling games dubbed ‘inappropriate to minors’ by a possible prison term of one year and a maximum incurred fine of 2,000. Now I ask you, what kind of crack are they smoking in Lousiana and where can I get some?

Just kidding, but this video game business is getting far to out of hand. Aren’t there bigger issues on lawmakers plates than stopping lil’Johnny from shooting a digital representation of a gun at, what amounts to, nothing more than a conglomeration of painted pixels that can take the shape of an Alien, Animal, Target Dummy, or Terrorist? Apparently lawmakers have become surrogate parents to our children (No I dont have any, metaphorical, trust me) making the big decisions for them because its in ‘their best interest’. How about you let them decide that. If I want to put an rail gun in my son’s hands so he can compete competitively in Halo, Quake 4, or any other ‘inappropriate to my minor’ videogame, I damn well will. I grew up slaughtering Buffalo in Oregon Trail but you dont see me painting the mid-west with blood. If anything that kind of video game (First Person Shooter) has honed any number of response, twitch, and reactory skills to a level well above the average kid. I’ve played splat ball twice in my life, both times I’ve been so accurate people have asked me how I got that good. The answer? Video games. In archery I was one of the top shooters in my class in college. Yeap, video games.

People need to get over this stigma. If you want to ban something, or penalize anyone, go put laws down for rap lyrics that tell children to basically steal, rape, and murder ‘to survive’ on the streets. Or how about making a law that outright forbids children under the age of 13, regardless of parent, to see any movie above that rating. Go fine them – God knows how many moronic mothers I’ve seen bring their babies or 5 year olds to Horror movies. Heck, even Lord of the Rings has beheading in it – thats as bad as even the worst video game, and it’s real people in ‘real life’. Or hey, Louisiana, how about you make a law that deports all Carribean and Jamaican practioners of ‘Hoodoo’, a spin-off of the more well known ‘Voodoo’ which condones bloodletting of animals, unorthodox use of medicinal herbs for hallucinagenics, and polygemy? I’m not so sure that would go over well with a good percentage of your state.

Sorry, just kind of sick of seeing this theme recurring over the years. Theres so much worse crap out there to worry about that ‘video games’ shouldnt even be on the list. Instead we’ve got idiots like Roy Burrell calling the shots making sure every child lives in a reality-free sedated bubble all his life.

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1. Fuck yeah, Oregon Trail. Pardon my language.
   
   Yes, I saw parents with little children, ages somewhere between 8 and 12, at the South Park movie back when it was released. Granted, they left after about 10 minutes of the movie, so that was just a case of stupidity – “What’s an R rating mean?” but still…

   Logan posted Jun 19, 07:29 PM

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