Charles Schumer is an Out-of-Touch Boob - His war against the video game "25 to Life"

blogcritics.org ^ | 6/21/05 | Craig Lyndall

[T. P. Pole]

[insert graphic of a boob that is out of touch here]

decided not to actually post the image, since it would certainly be deleted.

[opinionator]

I have a game where I get to kill a dragon. However, I have no desire to kill one in real life. Besides, I don't PETA on my @$$.

[Sofa King]

Video game ping list (Bare with me, this is just starting).

Freepmail me if you want on or off.

[LibertarianInExile]

"We need to protect out children against mind-damaging video games like this violent video garbage."

Fine. You stop your kids from buying them and playing them, because they don't play these games anywhere but on a home video game system. They're rated M for mature. You can look at the box before they buy them, and the box after they bring them home, and tell very quickly they are inappropriate. The same M is advertised in the commercials.

How would you go farther? Movie theaters have essentially the same system. I don't see a lot of agitation on this board for banning R rated movies, but I'll look forward to hearing anyone forwarding that agenda being laughed at here. The free market system is not one that is supposed to be open only to products for sale to kids. If that we true, we'd all be stuck playing Candyland instead of poker and drinking Koolaid instead of Budweiser. And if you think that the world would be a better place without adults playing an occasional game of poker and drinking a cold can of Budweiser after work, then you probably ought not even waste your time replying to me.

[Huck]

This is nothing more or less than violence pornography.

I am for the most part a libertarian, and I live like one for the most part (not proud, just honest.) But I completely agree with you on this one. Treat it just like pornography. That's pretty much what it is. Interactive fantasy violence. You hit the perfect balance in a free society. It shouldn't be banned, but decent people should shun it.

[EQAndyBuzz]

"I discourage the sale and distribution of it, too. I think Wal-Mart and other major retailers--who don't sell Playboy, remember--should be ashamed if they sell this."

I think they should sell Playboy. Put it in its own section. If I recall, Playboy is not illegal. If you don't want to sell it, don't. Same goes with the game. If Walmart doesn't want to carry it, they don't have to.