Friday, April 11, 2008 videogame wars: patently offensive? POST A COMMENT The King -- (um, actually Stephen King) -- has way-ed-in on the debate to criminalize those violent video games when it come to kids. The pending bill would make it "illegal to disseminate material to minors that depicts violence..." -- in effect saying "violent videogames are pornographic and have no redeeming social merit." -- Now, we can debate the social merits of the classics like: "MILF Invaders part 6" (on another day). But, to simply say that "porn" and "video games" are along those same lines is...well, kinda stupid. Isn't it more like comparing "apples" and "jockstraps" (or whatever you're into). The two just don't fit together, and ultimately, as King suggests -- "parents" should be at the helm of what their kids are playing...not "politicians" who "take it upon themselves to play surrogate parents." The bigger issue to me, if you're going to go there, are the links of sitting around on our collective fat asses -- whether just playing innocent video games, or watching the three hour recap of American Idol gone wild -- all while stuffing our faces with Domino's....I'm talking about the issue of Obesity. Now, if you really want to save the children, let's grow a pair and pitch a bill on meatier issues that effect people's lives. In the meanwhile, I've got left-over Pizza in the fridge to deal with (hey, it was 3-pies for 20 bucks, can't beat that). Labels: Obesity, stephen king, videogame, violence posted by Henry Cruz at 1:54 PM 0 Comments: Post a Comment << Home     ARCHIVES October 2005 . November 2005 . December 2005 . August 2007 . September 2007 . October 2007 . November 2007 . December 2007 . March 2008 . April 2008 . May 2008 . June 2008 . July 2008 . August 2008 . September 2008 .