Barack is one heck of a charismatic fella, and based on his positions on many issues, I hold him in high regard... yet, he's still a freshman senator, and hasn't really done much of anything yet...
my major fear is that his idealism will be corrupted by his time in washington. only time will tell.
I wish we had more freshmen in congress. The problem as I see it with a lot of the stuff going wrong there is these guys that have been around since before I was born, growing complacent toward their voters and corrupt toward their issues and having time to learn how to play the system instead of doing things.
oh, agreed. but it isn't that bad, since there are term limitations in place in parts of the government... the problem is that even most people getting into politics in the first place are merely front-end mouth-tubes for lobbyists. i'd love to see mccain's lobbyist-defanging package go through, but it will never ever happen.
The problem with Washington politics is it is very much an "Ole Boys Club" in that its really hard for a freshman to get any sort of clout without basically becoming someone's political leather gimp. And like Ash said, most politicians these days care more about what they can get away with than their constituency.
I understand the concerns of those who believe that Congress is meddling too deeply in this issue and that the proposed legislation could raise free speech problems. All members of our communities, in my view, do have an obligation to ensure that children are protected from harmful material, but that should never come at the cost of denying others their constitutionally protected rights. The challenge here is finding the right balance between these two principles. My colleagues on the Senate Commerce Committee are reviewing S. 2126 to see if it meets these challenges, and I will follow their analysis closely. As this process continues, I will certainly keep your thoughtful comments in mind.
you just contradicted yourself. because if the members of the community have an OBLIGATION then why has any of events like say....... any murder where videogames has been blamed happened?
because obviously, if the community did their job, these things would never happen.
Re: not againsushispookMarch 18 2006, 15:05:00 UTC
heh, there's the "community", that consists of those vocal people that get out and argue for change, and spend their weekends cleaning up the local park and holding bake-offs to fund the local youth center.
and then, there's the "community" who will wallow out en masse to argue that said youth center shouldn't be in their back yard, and what the hell with all the property taxes and those hispanic day laborers are LOITERING while looking for work, get rid of them!
guess which there's more of, and as a result, has their needs catered to? :(
Re: not againdutch_gamerMarch 18 2006, 15:42:38 UTC
I don't understand how he can claim that children have an easy access to those games, when the parents are usually the ones buying the game for their children. Research has shown that the parents are usually the ones who buy the games and just don't take the rating into account. You can have a costly annual audit of gameretailers but that doesn't help much when 8 out of 10 times, the parents buy the game
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Pretty sad that the senator had to mention GTA:SA again. It seems that a lot of politicians know absolutely nothing about the Hot Coffee scandal. The game already had an M-rating, so really how on earth did Rockstar mislead parents this way? The game already wasn't marketed for kids in the first place. There truly isn't that much difference between M and AO in my opinion. The parents don't need extra tools and Rockstar didn't deceive anyone.
Vendetta: Could this happen to us?grimm24March 18 2006, 15:51:13 UTC
Look at our society, we let those with power take away our freedom more and more everyday. Sure it may start off with spying on terrorists, then it leads to spying on private citizens, then to punishing those who speak their mind.
And this, it starts off with allowing the government, to stop kids from buying violent games, then they ban games from kids all toghtether, then they put restrictions on games for adults, then they ban games all together!
Our fore fathers created this country to allow people to choose what they do, how they act. Like a game with invisible walls leading you directly to the destination the game wants you to go, this is how extremists on both sides would like to see it, rather than an open ended world where someone chooses their own path.
I think if the rise and fall of communism taught us anything its that freedom cannot be contained, it cannot be detained in a cell, it cannot be killed, no matter how a government or an orginzation trys to go beyond their stay of power in the end freedom shall always
Re: Vendetta: Could this happen to us?silver_derstinMarch 18 2006, 16:16:22 UTC
I could point out all the errors in logic and argumentation in that post, but I'll be nice and say stay away from the slippery slopes and don't do rapid judgement on a question that you appear to have little knowledge on.
Re: Vendetta: Could this happen to us?diceman82March 18 2006, 16:42:09 UTC
To the last poster:obviously you didnt get the main idea of that post yes the post was a bit"uber pro freedom"but he makes a valid point everyday someone somewhere finds a way to chip away at X constitutional right they already did it with the "right to bear arms" and are finding new ways to point at you and say "terrorist" whenever someone doesnt agree with the current leadership.
its a growing problem but most of america is too lazy or they think they are to weak to do anything. im just happy democrats have just over enough holdign spots in to avoid many 2/3 killer bills.cuase we all know if the republicians or democrats has more then 2/3 in spots thier would be a whole lot of unconstitutional bills flying about.
Re: Vendetta: Could this happen to us?marbledogMarch 18 2006, 17:00:43 UTC
"Slippery slope" argument is not always fallacious. If a causal relationship between each step on the slope can be proven to exist, the argument is valid.
Obviously, the above argument is invalid, and I appreciate you pointing it out. Governmental interference into the lives of private citizens is wrong in principle. We don't need portentous prophecy to prove or argue that.
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my major fear is that his idealism will be corrupted by his time in washington. only time will tell.
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you just contradicted yourself. because if the members of the community have an OBLIGATION then why has any of events like say....... any murder where videogames has been blamed happened?
because obviously, if the community did their job, these things would never happen.
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and then, there's the "community" who will wallow out en masse to argue that said youth center shouldn't be in their back yard, and what the hell with all the property taxes and those hispanic day laborers are LOITERING while looking for work, get rid of them!
guess which there's more of, and as a result, has their needs catered to? :(
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And this, it starts off with allowing the government, to stop kids from buying violent games, then they ban games from kids all toghtether, then they put restrictions on games for adults, then they ban games all together!
Our fore fathers created this country to allow people to choose what they do, how they act. Like a game with invisible walls leading you directly to the destination the game wants you to go, this is how extremists on both sides would like to see it, rather than an open ended world where someone chooses their own path.
I think if the rise and fall of communism taught us anything its that freedom cannot be contained, it cannot be detained in a cell, it cannot be killed, no matter how a government or an orginzation trys to go beyond their stay of power in the end freedom shall always
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someone doesnt agree with the current leadership.
its a growing problem but most of america is too lazy or they think they are to weak to do anything. im just happy democrats have just over enough holdign spots in to avoid many 2/3 killer bills.cuase we all know if the republicians or democrats has more then 2/3 in spots thier would be a whole lot of unconstitutional bills flying about.
ps-also see the Patriot Act for more info on this
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Obviously, the above argument is invalid, and I appreciate you pointing it out. Governmental interference into the lives of private citizens is wrong in principle. We don't need portentous prophecy to prove or argue that.
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Something tells me Senator trumps Lowly Attorney in the government food chain.
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