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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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..."major threat" to morality.

You would think she might have better things to do - like making sure all sexual predators in Chappaqua are registered...

1 posted on 03/29/2005 2:31:54 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Hillary now does the Sister Souljah routine, straight from the Clintonista playbook.


2 posted on 03/29/2005 2:32:57 PM PST by dirtboy (Drooling moron since 1998...)
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To: Libloather

LOL

GTA isn't anymore threatening than any other make believe video game.....

but it is tons of fun to play :)


3 posted on 03/29/2005 2:34:07 PM PST by MikefromOhio (Terri is going to die and then the mob is going to blame both Bush brothers. Realism is dead on FR)
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To: Libloather

"Children are playing a game that encourages them to have sex with prostitutes and then murder them,"


CHILDREN should NOT BE PLAYING games for ADULTS. Having played GTA, it's clearly not for kids. I think teenagers could play it with adult supervision, but that's a decision for the parents.


4 posted on 03/29/2005 2:34:22 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: Libloather

This is Hillary's version of conservatism. Spend 90 million of taxpayer money on a study. Then do nothing.


5 posted on 03/29/2005 2:34:41 PM PST by joylyn
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To: MikeinIraq

If Hillary really wants to get into destructive cultural influences she should start with rap music.


6 posted on 03/29/2005 2:35:41 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: joylyn

"This is Hillary's version of conservatism. Spend 90 million of taxpayer money on a study. Then do nothing."

Naw, they will rail against the game while making excuses for real crimes and those who commit them.


7 posted on 03/29/2005 2:36:44 PM PST by Army Air Corps (I am sick of brownshirts in black robes)
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To: finnman69

actually if you really want to get into it, start at birth.

My parents taught me early the difference between reality and fantasy.


8 posted on 03/29/2005 2:37:37 PM PST by MikefromOhio (Terri is going to die and then the mob is going to blame both Bush brothers. Realism is dead on FR)
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To: Libloather
SHE is a major threat to morality..... and her husband is beyond a threat... He[[, he was the inspiration for GTA !!!!

I have played GTA many times, doesn't make me want to go out and have sex with a hooker and then kill her. Maybe she needs to address "the village" that is raising the people that she is convinced mimic this game.

9 posted on 03/29/2005 2:37:49 PM PST by dfwddr
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If Hillary really wants to get into destructive cultural influences she should start with rap music.

No. She should start with the corrupt and unethical practices of government officials and their spouses, and the message it sends our youth when those behaviors are rewarded rather than punished.

10 posted on 03/29/2005 2:38:25 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Libloather
Children are playing a game that encourages them to have sex with prostitutes and then murder them,

Well, it worked for Bill ... remember the Clinton Body Count list?

11 posted on 03/29/2005 2:40:56 PM PST by ikka
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
How many wanted stars is she worth?

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

12 posted on 03/29/2005 2:43:17 PM PST by mhking (If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!)
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To: finnman69
"If Hillary really wants to get into destructive cultural influences she should start with rap music."

Actually, she should start with the nonsense that goes on within her own party! Next she could spend time looking into how she and her husband 'influenced the culture in a destructive and negative way'.

13 posted on 03/29/2005 2:43:54 PM PST by RasterMaster (Saddam's family were WMD's - He's behind bars & his sons are DEAD!)
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To: Libloather

Hillary!'s husband has done far greater damage to morality than a video game ever could.


14 posted on 03/29/2005 2:45:39 PM PST by TBarnett34 ("Unnngh!" -John F'n Kerry, 11/2/04)
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To: Libloather

I really like her solution - spend more money on a study.


15 posted on 03/29/2005 2:46:15 PM PST by AD from SpringBay (We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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To: Libloather
Long pause.......
Oh never mind, I'll leave this one alone.
16 posted on 03/29/2005 2:46:59 PM PST by GrandEagle
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To: Libloather
So now Shrillary is channeling Senator Dick Hotchkiss.

Shrillary, you've just entered ... The Xander Zone!

17 posted on 03/29/2005 2:47:06 PM PST by You Dirty Rats (Mindless BushBot)
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To: Bacon Man; Hap; humblegunner

Sounds like we all need to go out and buy our own individual copies of GTA, and all its sequels and expansion packs.


18 posted on 03/29/2005 2:47:33 PM PST by Xenalyte (It's a Zen thing, you know, like how many babies fit in a tire.)
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To: finnman69
If Hillary really wants to get into destructive cultural influences she should start with rap music.

Give it time.

19 posted on 03/29/2005 2:48:28 PM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: Libloather

Billary will propose nationalizing the video game industry.

And by the way, its a damn good game.


20 posted on 03/29/2005 2:48:40 PM PST by LoudAmericanCowboy (''If the president just does more of the same every day...I may be handed Lebanon..."-John F'n Kerry)
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