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Senator Hillary Clinton slams Grand Theft Auto ("major threat" to morality)
Eurogamer.net ^
| 3/29/05
Posted on 03/29/2005 2:31:51 PM PST by Libloather
Hillary Clinton slams GTA
GamesIndustry.biz
New York senator and former first lady Hillary Clinton has launched an attack on violent videogames, singling out Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto titles as a "major threat" to morality.
Clinton, who is reportedly planning to seek the Democratic presidential nomination for the 2008 election, has aligned herself with hardline right-wing Republican senators in order to pressure Congress into researching the impact of electronic media on children.
"Children are playing a game that encourages them to have sex with prostitutes and then murder them," she said in a statement on the issue. "This is a silent epidemic of media desensitisation that teaches kids it's OK to diss people because they are a woman, they're a different colour or they're from a different place."
She wants a $90 million investigation to be launched into the impact of games and other electronic media on the "cognitive, social, emotional and physical development" of children, according to a Sunday Times report.
Clinton has been joined in her attack on violent games by Republican senators Sam Brownback and Rick Santorum - the latter of whom is best known for his outspoken stance on homosexuality, which he is accused of comparing to bestiality in public statements.
American political analysts have noted that Clinton has taken on some increasingly right wing stances on domestic issues in recent months, in an effort to win support from traditionally Republican voters in the next presidential race, with videogames being merely the latest political kicktoy to be adopted by the ambitious senator.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: auto; clinton; grand; gta; hillary; major; morality; nannystate; senator; shesconservativenot; slams; theft; threat; videogames
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To: You Dirty Rats
"The moral of the story is, don't be a dick, Dick."
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:49:25 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: LoudAmericanCowboy
Has she got a quote out there on Terri yet?
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:49:47 PM PST
by
Sybeck1
(Michael, is it the movie and books deals you're waiting for, my boy?)
To: Libloather
She wants a $90 million investigation to be launched into the impact of games and other electronic media....This might be the most revealing sentence in the piece. I wonder who gets to do the "study".
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:50:09 PM PST
by
Bahbah
(Something wicked this way comes)
To: Libloather
How can we fool them today? More morphing into the "red-state candidate".
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:50:48 PM PST
by
AmericaUnited
(Opponent of WPPFF (Wicked People Pulling Feeding Facilities))
To: finnman69
Amen. But Hillary will not side against the LA/NY liberal cultures in the music, movie, or television industries.
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:50:49 PM PST
by
CIDKauf
(He who will not reason is a bigot, he who cannot is a fool, he who dares not is a slave)
To: finnman69
If Hillary really wants to get into destructive cultural influences she should start with rap music.She should start with her so-called husband.
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:51:12 PM PST
by
Bahbah
(Something wicked this way comes)
To: Libloather
majot threat to morality is Bill Clinton
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:51:19 PM PST
by
CIDKauf
(He who will not reason is a bigot, he who cannot is a fool, he who dares not is a slave)
To: joylyn
"This is Hillary's version of conservatism. Spend 90 million of taxpayer money on a study. Then do nothing."
Boy. Did you ever NAIL it! Kudos. She's such an @ss.
I'd love to have Hitlery over to our house for a game of GTA. We ALL play it; the teens, the DH & me, your basic 'Soccer Mom.'
So far, none of us have gone homicidal...and that's saying something with three teen boys in the house. (I meant me, not them, LOL!)
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:51:20 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Libloather
I don't play GTA but I do play Pirate Cove where I torture prisoners, kidnap people and run brothels, gambling halls and other dens of iniquity. Not to mention a spot of betrayal and assassination now and rampant percolating.
So far I have managed to keep reality separate from fantasy but if I ever start saying "Arrr Matey" y'all had better run for cover.
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:52:36 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.)
To: Sybeck1; Liz; ALOHA RONNIE; RonDog; Mudboy Slim; MurryMom
Has she got a quote out there on Terri yet?Haven't seen one. Anything from the NAG camp?
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:53:12 PM PST
by
Libloather
(Start Hillary's recount now - just to get it out of the way...)
To: Libloather
Ahh Jezzz not this ..... Who is going to post it ?
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:53:17 PM PST
by
Deetes
(Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick)
To: Libloather
Ahh Jezzz not this ..... Who is going to post it ?
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:53:20 PM PST
by
Deetes
(Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick)
To: Bahbah
The Arkansas "free study group" of course
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:53:48 PM PST
by
CIDKauf
(He who will not reason is a bigot, he who cannot is a fool, he who dares not is a slave)
To: Libloather
Coming Soon to PlayStation..
A Bovine Rodham Clinton Production
Grand Theft Cattles Future
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:53:56 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
To: Libloather
You would think she might have better things to do - like making sure all sexual predators in Chappaqua are registered...Zinger!
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:54:26 PM PST
by
aculeus
(Ceci n'est pas une tag line.)
To: dfwgator
Instead of running for President, Shrillary should get a role in a remake of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest". We all know what role she fits like a glove.
To: Libloather; Liz; Landru
The HildaBeast is PREY...MUD
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:55:06 PM PST
by
Mudboy Slim
(The Culture War shall be won by those RightWingers who choose to fight it!!)
To: Libloather
""Children are playing a game that encourages them to have sex with prostitutes and then murder them,"
That's just wrong! Children should learn that when you receive a service you pay for it. You don't kill the provider!
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:57:41 PM PST
by
Moral Hazard
(I'm an atheist gamer. I don't believe in God Mode.)
To: finnman69
CHILDREN should NOT BE PLAYING games for ADULTS.
Would this be a good game for anyone?
What kind of adult would want to play a game about stealing cars, having sex with prostitutes and murdering them?
To: Libloather
"This is a silent epidemic of media desensitisation that teaches kids it's OK to diss people because they are a woman,....NO NO NO Hitlery, it was your husband who taught the kids that!!!!
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posted on
03/29/2005 2:59:22 PM PST
by
SweetCaroline
(I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me...Philippians 4:13)
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