As is usual in US Presidential political races, the contenders always jump on the easy shit which appeals to the vast majority of Americans who refuse to think about anything that goes on in the rest of the world, even if it includes having their next door neighbor blown away in Baghdad because the current office holder is as daft as a brush.
In common with all the other politicos on the election trail, presidential hopeful "Mitt" Romney is going for one of the knee jerk issues by taking aim at video games with the avowed purpose of keeping America's kids safe. Topping the Republican candidate's list of issues to fix when he to takes up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., (Mmmm, wonder what the current odds are on that?) are, of course, freedom-hating terrorists and online sexual deviants. But right up there alongside these on Romney's to-do list is his desire to "clean up the waters" with respect to violent games.
Speaking last week, Romney pledged to strike at the heart of the problem facing today's youth. "I've proposed that we enforce our obscenity laws again and that we get serious against those retailers that sell adult video games that are filled with violence, that we go after those retailers." According to Romney's official platform, "there must be strong punishments and fines for retailers that sell violent and sexually explicit video games to minors."
I wonder how the "wannabe" president feels about the teenagers currently losing their lives in the real war games of Iraq and Afghanistan right now? Wouldn't his time be better spent putting a stop to this criminal waste of real lives, rather than the fake stuff that happens on a computer screen? Just think, we have another eighteen months of this shit to put up with. Then after the inauguration... I'll start all over again leading up to 2012. It never stops!
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