Mutilated Morality
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It's hard to understand exactly how stupidly prudish the family-valued-religious-right have become. Does America really need to fund a government investigation into how a game with a Mature 17+ rating that glorifies the violent use of a car to kill pedestrians, has been modded to allow it to show simulated S E X scenes? The game (without any modification) gives you kudos for wiping out innocent people stylishly, and Hillary's worried about it showing people engaged in mutual pleasure? Gosh! We wouldn't want our 17 year olds exposed to that now, would we? Let's keep them focused on lawlessness and gratuitous violence.
It's wonderful the way Hillary spins the phrase "fallen into the hands of young people across the country."
"Gee mom, I was like just playing this racing game where you kill people, and the 'hot coffee' mod just fell off the web onto my disc and installed itself! Honest!"
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And she'll be excoriated by the right for her liberal attitudes, which is why she's putting out this harmless junk. Presidential run in future. Of course, the troglodytes will never find a candidate that suits them.
Next presidential race will be very, very interesting. No heir to Bush since Cheney is not electable and likely isn't a candidate. Kerry a distinct possibility and while he got more votes than any Democrat in history no one knows how many of those were for him and how many were against Bush.
Looks like the rating's been changed now.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/21/business/game.php
So the game producer will release a new version that removes the fully-clothed simulated sex acts, but leaves all the ultra-violence, and they'll get back their original 17+ rating. *shrugs* Good old-fashioned people-clubbing, blood-spattering, dismemberment.
I don't care too much if it's Hillary or anyone else pushing this warped sex-fearing morality. It still makes me shudder.