Leland Yee (anti-violent games senator) JAILED

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

The other big irony is that this Senator wasn't a conservative Republican, he was a goddamn Democrat. Absolutely priceless irony.

 

[P. K. Qu'est Que Ce]

I'm surprised this was posted. I'm happy this was posted. This is a good day.

Meh. The crime is too unrelated to his videogame stance for this to be ironic. Corruption is not violence.

Now if the guy had instead been jailed for domestic abuse or something, that would have been the comical level of hypocrisy that we've come to expect from self-righteous politicians and closet-gay preachers.

He was also so incredibly anti-gun(politically) that you'd think him even thinking of the word would cause severe burns. So, I'd say this is incredibly ironic and totally hilarious.

I mean, this IS America. A country where people will say it's not neglectful to take a picture of your toddler holding a loaded .357. I'm surprised gun smuggling is even a crime. Unless...was he giving them to blacks or Muslims? Because that's the only time we seem to start to worry about gun control.

He was(thinking) he was selling them to triads, along with various anti-tank weapons.

This is hilarious. He's like a character from GTA. And I wouldn't be surprised if a parody version of him appears in the next one. Make no mistake, he's not worse than the vast majority of other so called "representatives". He's just the one unlucky enough to get caught.

He's a bit too much like what they've already done and GTAV already covers California for the next few years, but next time around I'd totally beg Rockstar for it to happen.

I have to agree, he's just the usual corrupt piece of shit. Corruption does contribute to all manner of crimes, including violent, but it's not like he had cash in his freezer.

Considering where his politics were publicly, you can rightfully say he was disarming the very people he was endangering.

That was part of the impact, but I think the wider one is that he acted to legislate a market in which he covertly participated. His actions to "disarm" were more like actions to reduce the legal supply, while he increased the illegal supply. That's pretty fucked up, but it's sound business strategy at least.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Every time. Every time a moral crusader gets up ion their high horse, they are tryig to draw attention from some really dodgy shit.

I've been saying it for years: Those who are the most eager to punish others almost always seem to be trying desperately to draw attention away from their own sins.

 

[Leg End]

That was part of the impact, but I think the wider one is that he acted to legislate a market in which he covertly participated. His actions to "disarm" were more like actions to reduce the legal supply, while he increased the illegal supply. That's pretty fucked up, but it's sound business strategy at least.

Would have worked wonderfully if the illegal supply wasn't already huge and if Californians actually followed the insane laws on the books already.

I seriously think he's just an idiot.

 

[JaKandDaxter]

I missed this story. But the end of it is quite funny.

But wow, he only got 5 years of jail time in America ? I know his political career is destroyed. But I would expect a harsher sentence for a gun smuggler with political ties, as petty drug dealers get 10+ years. Not that we should be wasting additional tax dollars on either taking care of them in prison.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

Because guns are fine if they arent made of pixels.

 

[JaKandDaxter]

Because guns are fine if they arent made of pixels.

And pixels don't make you money on the side to pay off personal debts from failed political campaigns.

 

[Saltyk]

I missed this story. But the end of it is quite funny.

But wow, he only got 5 years of jail time in America ? I know his political career is destroyed. But I would expect a harsher sentence for a gun smuggler with political ties, as petty drug dealers get 10+ years. Not that we should be wasting additional tax dollars on either taking care of them in prison.

Well, he pleaded guilty. That does tend to get a more lenient sentence. He's also only being officially charged with corruption. The other charges were dropped as a part of a plea bargain.

Yee was originally due to face other charges - of participating in racketeering, selling guns without a license and agreeing to join a murder-for-hire plot suggested by an undercover FBI agent, CBS reported. These charges were dropped when Yee plead guilty to corruption.

If he was being charged with all that, he would have likely gotten much more time.

 

[StreamerDarkly]

An outspoken supporter of A. Sarkeesian as I recall. Wonder if Anita received any of the gun running proceeds in the form of donations to her 'non-profit'? That would be pretty hilarious in light of the fact that Full Mcintosh's old man is a gun runner who falls on the legal side of the law.

 

[JaKandDaxter]

Well, he pleaded guilty. That does tend to get a more lenient sentence. He's also only being officially charged with corruption. The other charges were dropped as a part of a plea bargain.

If he was being charged with all that, he would have likely gotten much more time.

Figured it had to be a plea bargain of some sort for him to score that sentencing deal.

But still, about 90% of cases end in plea bargains here in America. So its more so that Yee was able to afford better lawyers prepared to prolong his sentencing. And cost the government more money for a trial.

 

[P. K. Qu'est Que Ce]

That was part of the impact, but I think the wider one is that he acted to legislate a market in which he covertly participated. His actions to "disarm" were more like actions to reduce the legal supply, while he increased the illegal supply. That's pretty fucked up, but it's sound business strategy at least.

Would have worked wonderfully if the illegal supply wasn't already huge and if Californians actually followed the insane laws on the books already.

I seriously think he's just an idiot.

You know what? The evidence supports your theory, especially given that he got caught.

 

[FalloutJack]

Wow, what a flying hypocrite.

Man can't stand fake violence, but he's willing to make the real thing happen? Pathetic. Why is it always the people who shout against something the loudest that seem to be more comically a representative of what they are against?

 

[veloper]

Meh. The crime is too unrelated to his videogame stance for this to be ironic. Corruption is not violence.

Now if the guy had instead been jailed for domestic abuse or something, that would have been the comical level of hypocrisy that we've come to expect from self-righteous politicians and closet-gay preachers.

He was also virulently anti-gun, if that sooths you irony-meter any. Clearly he just didn't like fun things.

Hmmm, I think now that the real joke was that he supported gun control.
Restrict guns and then smuggle guns.

OP should've focused on that instead of games and post it in R&P. Now the timing is lost.

 

[P. K. Qu'est Que Ce]

Wow, what a flying hypocrite.

Man can't stand fake violence, but he's willing to make the real thing happen? Pathetic. Why is it always the people who shout against something the loudest that seem to be more comically a representative of what they are against?

I think in cases this blatant, it's probably like false piety, meant to keep people looking in the wrong direction. I don't even want to give this Yee piece of shit the credit of assuming that he was conflicted like a gay ultra-Right pastor, he was just a greedy, cynical criminal who tried to be holier than thou.

 

[Souplex]

As someone who doesn't really care about GTA, I just want to say the following to Rock Star:
Please put a parody of Yee in the next GTA DLC. I don't think you're doing California with your next full game, so you have to do it soon.
He'll send you off to smuggle guns, while objecting to Trevor's foul language asking him to "Please think of the children."

 

[ThatOtherGirl]

Only five years? Sounds like he's getting off easy. Using your position as a federal politician to smuggle weapons into the country illegally isn't exactly something that I think we should go lighter on than possession of a few buds of weed.

Welcome to the United States, home of the disproportionate response. Sell literal rocket launchers to organized criminals, 5 years. Sell pain killers to a personal friend, with the understanding that they be used to actually deal with pain, 25 years.

 

[CaitSeith]

Well, good thing he didn't play videogames. Otherwise he would had really been a danger towards society, wouldn't he?

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

Meh. The crime is too unrelated to his videogame stance for this to be ironic. Corruption is not violence.

Now if the guy had instead been jailed for domestic abuse or something, that would have been the comical level of hypocrisy that we've come to expect from self-righteous politicians and closet-gay preachers.

He was also virulently anti-gun, if that sooths you irony-meter any. Clearly he just didn't like fun things.

Hmmm, I think now that the real joke was that he supported gun control.
Restrict guns and then smuggle guns.

OP should've focused on that instead of games and post it in R&P. Now the timing is lost.

Makes sense. There's not much money in smuggling legal things.

 

[P. K. Qu'est Que Ce]

Meh. The crime is too unrelated to his videogame stance for this to be ironic. Corruption is not violence.

Now if the guy had instead been jailed for domestic abuse or something, that would have been the comical level of hypocrisy that we've come to expect from self-righteous politicians and closet-gay preachers.

He was also virulently anti-gun, if that sooths you irony-meter any. Clearly he just didn't like fun things.

Hmmm, I think now that the real joke was that he supported gun control.
Restrict guns and then smuggle guns.

OP should've focused on that instead of games and post it in R&P. Now the timing is lost.

Makes sense. There's not much money in smuggling legal things.

Yes there is. There's an absolute shit-ton to be made in smuggling legal things. Please don't make me prove it, and just do a tiny bit of research, and you'll see very quickly that what I'm saying is true. Just look at the trade in smuggled legal foods! Now you know why there are beagles as sniffer dogs at ports and the airport.