ESA President: Research Linking Games to Violence Is Bunk
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That's not the video game, that's just games and competitions in general. It's like yelling at someone in Football who doesn't listen to directions.mattttherman3 said:
You, sir, have no idea what you're talking about. This is one issue that has very little to do with party lines, with both supporters and opponents of the law on each side.albino boo said:
Or are people like Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman, both avid supporters of video game censorship, Republicans now?
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I'd hardly think of the president of the ESA's as an entirely objective opinion. I guess we'll just have to see what the Supreme Court has to say in the matter.
I'm more interested in what sort of impact this decision will ultimately have on the rest of the world (especially Australia, obviously, seeing as that's where I live).
I'm more interested in what sort of impact this decision will ultimately have on the rest of the world (especially Australia, obviously, seeing as that's where I live).
If it were written by a popular politician then the apposing side would accuse him of not caring for the children or some other bullshit. It does not matter who disagrees with them be it the President of the ESA, a popular politician, or plain facts. They have an agenda and they are going to blindly push it because life is about never admitting you are wrong!!!!Colonel Alzheimer said:
Even if it gets crushed the issue will rear it's ugly head every time some kid goes ape shit with a gun and the feds find a 5 foot stack of FPS's in his room. It's inescapable...
And why do you think they are supporting the law? Might it be that have made the political calculation that they can afford to alienate the chin breads, who aren't going to vote Republican whatever happens. Which 2 Democrats could be running for the 2012 presidential nomination? Oh yeah its Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman. I bet if you look down the list of democrats who support the law you will find either that they are in tight races or they are looking at a national run in 2012. The democrats did something similar with the parental advisory labels on music. They used Al Gores wife to push for it while he was VP. Why do you think Al Gore associated himself with that, could it be he had presidential ambitions?Covarr said:
Even if you don't think its political ESA are screwing up. Ever time they put out a statement talking about rights they are agreeing with the premiss of the question
Current
FOX: So Mike Gallagher as head of ESA your against the the Californian law?
Mike Gallagher: Yes we have first First Amendment rights
Fox: So you have a legal right to sell violent and sexually graphic games to our kids?
Mike Gallagher: Errrr.....
What it should be
Mike Gallagher: So Mike Gallagher as head of ESA your against the the Californian law?
Mike Gallagher: Thats a good question. However what the real question is why is the Governor trying to imposes this French law on the American public?
Fox: Errr.....
Esa are only preaching to the converted. The argument about first amendment rights is not going to cut very much ice with the vast majority of the public who don't game. Saying that we have a legal right to sell violent and sexually graphic games to kids is never going to be a popular position. ESA needs to change the story to something else thats a much easier sell to the wider public. Its much easier to get a broad base of public support with the argument about imposing foreign laws than its is with the current strategy. Purely staking everything on a court case is a bad move because you might lose for start and laws can be changed by politicians.
