For those of you who caught Rep. Joe Pitts racist remarks
on how video games affect teens from low income families as was seen on the
Daily Show on June 22nd: How dare you! That was only meant for the other racist
slobs he works with and he resents making a fool of himself to the voters who
view comedy central’s award winning show. At least we don’t have to worry about
the future of video games. Between Pitts and Jack Thompson, the movement to
marginalize violent video games has been a display of complete ignorance and
foolishness championed by the most pathetic of this nation’s walking wounded. And it's not just the Bible licking
conservatives either. Now Hillary
Clinton wants to put a tax on video games the way we do with cigarettes as if
game pads cause cancer. I think that perhaps these politicians don't understand
that the game industry can't afford to hire lobbyists to shovel loads of money
into Washington
because it doesn't make as much money as transportation, energy, and other
industries which do.

The fact is (and this really is a fact) that as more and
more violent games have come out over the past several years, violence amongst
youths has dropped dramatically. Is it a direct relation? Probably not but
there is a direct correlation and it makes you wonder why these politicians are
so concerned about the affect of video games on teens when they have to be benefiting
from them if anything. Most believe that violent video games tend more to
pacify ones rage than stoke it.

For example: being stuck in NYC traffic is enough to make
you want to run over a few blind people. Even after getting home (especially
after trying to find a place to park in NYC) you feel just as enraged as when
you were stuck behind the old man with a hat who doesn’t know which pedal makes
it go. After playing a little bit of Burnout Revenge, does one feel even angrier?
NO; If they did, nobody would play this game. You play it to get out the
aggression with a car that can’t hurt anyone in the real world.

So do violent games affect teens? Yes; of course, games
relieve them of stress, anxiety, and rage: all things that directly cause
people (of every age) to really become violent. Every teenage boy has violent
daydreams and there’s probably nothing you can do about that without chemical
restraints. All you can do is give them a neutral outlet (like a game-pad or a
willing real life sparring partner) so they can work out their aggression in a
healthy manner.

Teens can’t vote so of course their needs and feelings are
always ignored by politicians. However, parents can vote so of course the
politicians are going to say to parents “it’s not our fault” and point the
finger at (from what we’ve seen historically) whatever the kids are distracting
themselves with at the time, weather it’s movies, comic books, music, or games;
all of which have been attacked by irresponsible politicians in the past 100
years. Yea... this bit is getting old but many parents still fawn over any
politician who can convince them that they aren’t responsible for how their
children deal with stress, anxiety, and rage. There are healthy ways and
unhealthy ways. Video games are healthy because they diffuse these feelings
onto a machine.

Of course there’s always going to be those people who are
gullible enough to buy every little bit of propaganda and BS politicians spew
to keep their jobs, but I can’t help but feel sorry for those slobs because
politicians aren’t the most dangerous predator stalking them.

As for the politicians themselves, I believe they should
try fixing the real problems kids are facing. Like the fact that our educational system was developed during the
industrial revolution to train people to work in factories. Well we're living in the information age now
and all of the factory work has been shipped overseas so I don't think that we
can afford to waste time saying that this bit or that bit of popular culture is
damaging our children when it seems to be political culture which is the
biggest threat to their futures. And since
I'm certainly not going to blame the teachers (who are told specifically what
and how to teach) I'm only left to blame the policy makers who have been too
lazy to help the new generations prepare for the future.

Joe Pitts, Jack Thompson, Hillary Clinton, and the rest
of you haters must be high on crack if you think video games are the biggest
threat to kids. I think politicians like
you who only care about stroking the latest group of 'hot constituents',
are the biggest threat to young people today. Playing GTA makes me calm after a long day,
listening to you makes me want to strangle someone.