Gaming in Politics

Whether your a Democrat or Republican, if your a gamer, you probably should dislike both. Both parties are filled with ignorant representatives that have no clue what their talking about. What I find interesting is how each group attacks video games at different angles.

Sex

With the hearing, "Violent and Explicit Video Games: Informing Parents and Protecting Children", yesterday, its clear the Republicans are out to stop any type of sex from entering the genera. Now, I'm all about keeping any blatant content out of the hands of children. But its the ignorant approach the gets me all geared up. Grand Theft Auto's "Hot Coffee" has become the kicking poster-boy for the Republicans on the subject. Never mind you have to download someone else's code from the net to exploit the hidden content. Never mind, your kids playing a game that allows you to screw a whore (censored), then beat her over the head with a baseball bat, then take your money back (not censored). Never mind the only thing you see is poorly pixelated bumping and grinding (I'd give the clip a PG-13 rating). And finally, never mind that since you downloaded the "hack", you must have web access, therefore there's a whole lot better quality and quantity of porn out there for free! Sigh, to think, Republicans shot down the .xxx domain.
Violence

Democrats have been trying to ban violence in games since Pac-Man. Those poor defenseless ghosts with no arms. Sigh, Pac-man had no arms either. Seriously, people like Lieberman, Grandholm, and Ms Clinton want to hold violence in games to a higher bar then what is expected of other entertainment media, such as, movies, Internet, and graphic novels. I'm all about labeling and education, but make it level, across the board. By they way, not all violent rated games are "bad". In SWAT, you get to kick the shit out of child molesters, cult terrorists, and other no-be-good-doers.

In conclusion, it makes sense Republicans are for violence (Iraq anyone?) and dislike sex (strong out-of-touch biblical beliefs). Violence in games makes us better thinkers, strategists, and killers. Heck, "America's Army" was made soley to recruit for the military. Republicans need that quality in our youth and not thinking of things like Janet Jacksons' nipple ring. Meanwhile the flower children of the 60s are sitting as Democrats, trying to remove our natural animal instinct to kill. Gamers need to let their local reps know how the feel, and parents, which only 40% say they understand all of the video game rating symbols, need to start caring what is in the hands of their kids (like that will ever happen)!