“hell, even I agree with enforcing rating limitations on video games. I wouldn’t want my (if I had one) 8 year old daughter to be absolutely mortified at what she saw as a young Shang Tsung ripped apart some unlucky mofo from the inside out”
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Since the beginning, it has been within the greatest interest of the human race to win. What it is within ourselves that makes us compete so furiously simply to say, “I won,” most of the time with no further merit than the repeated chance to brag about what’s earned. I’d have to say, in this occasion, the easiest answer, would be the correct answer. No one wants to lose. Perhaps by that, I mean no one wants to be thought of by any kind of lesser demeanor that which compares the achievements and accomplishments of your fellow man to, well, you. I can very well imagine what tools some people might use to accomplish the end result of winning, most of which would make your mother gasp; lie, cheat, steal, but it isn’t any of those dark and unmoral characteristics that brings about my random spouting of cynical text, the one I’m talking about and isn’t listed, is “appeal.”
Appeal; it should be a deadly sin, and treated like a dirty, four letter word, why? Think about it, appeal can easily link its way into the gritty tunnels of deceit, and with deceit comes anything from lie to steal, and possibly more so. Deceit can easily be labeled one of the strongest of negative actions taken, quite possibly, the ultimate dark action taken, why? Because successfully imploring deceit leaves the subject to which the action is applied on, totally vulnerable to anything and everything the deceitful can conjour. I know a lot of our readers are still pretty much unclear as to what brings about this editorial, and with that being asked the answer is quite simple, for the sake of being cryptic, ill just say politicians, one politician namely, and his name bares caution to most gamers whom know about him already, target -- senator Joseph Lieberman.
Senator Joe Lieberman, a politician whose name has seemingly risen to popular clout as of the coming years, when the than-no-name politician launched everything short of an all out war against the video games industry, accusing publishers and developers of knowingly and wrongfully targeting young teens for their over the top, or M rated products, and even threw forth a bill to which, retailers had to enforce video game rating limitations at the counter, or be eligible for a hefty 10,000 fine. Those were actions taken by Lieberman as little as a year to two backward, since than, the video gaming industry has made progress, admitted Lieberman, but perhaps, not enough, because the seemingly distort tyrant has again returned to further threaten the future of video gaming and all that partake in its form of entertainment.
Its quite hard to see Lieberman through anything less than the eyes of a gamer, simply as a professional, the ability to try and see things through his glasses would make for more than a one sided opinionated editorial, which is seeming all to hard of a task to do right now. I remember when Lieberman tried to ban Mortal Kombat when it first made its debut, the politician was so shocked at what he saw, he took his images of genocide and immorality to the courts, only to have his protective ban lifted, but Lieberman’s rant didn’t go without justification, out of that one little personal quarry with Mortal Kombat and the judicial system, the ESRB was born, that’s right folks, you can thank Lieberman for that.
I realize its extremely hard to see Lieberman for the seemingly evil tyrant that he is right now, both of the instances I’ve mentioned above are extremely agreeable cases, hell, even I agree with enforcing rating limitations on video games. I wouldn’t want my (if I had one) 8 year old daughter to be absolutely mortified at what she saw as a young Shang Tsung ripped apart some unlucky mofo from the inside out, perhaps Lieberman is some lone knight, crusading against all the smaller evils that plague the world today, or perhaps he uses appeal to seem that way. Here’s another part that sickens me. Dear old Lieberman continues his fight against video gaming, using instances like the Columbine chaos to further his cause and purpose, actually proposing that the actions taken on that dreaded day, were the cause of some video game’s brain washing. Now, c’mon people, what the f*&?!. Lieberman finds his support through appealing to parents who’s worry is that perhaps one day their offspring will also become menaces to society. I’m sorry people, but using video games as a escape goat for something your child did is simply pathetic, and targeting video games for something that sounds like a personal vendetta, or to simply win votes, is also just plain pathetic.
Keep in mind, Lieberman is a man who if ever given enough power too, would just as quickly violate first amendment rights and have video games banned just as fast as he could say the words. Lieberman is reaching out to the populace so that he might be elected for office sometime soon –
Dear god if this happens, video games will be blamed for everything form spontaneous combustion to rotten eggs, it is my urge to you to not fall for such appeals Lieberman may offer, no matter how promising or lustrous, any man willing to violate an amendment for his own personal sights isn’t a man that needs to see power. The beginning of this editorial talked about how appeal can be used as deceit, and this man is the reason why, Lieberman, a person who wants video gaming gone, the fact that he established the ESRB is nothing, the fact that, even by his own words, video games are progressing, the man still wants to see the art of electronic expression and interactive media gone. It all just sounds like the guy all out hates video gaming, which he does. If the ESRB are doing such a poor job, why not help them amoungst their guidelines instead of totally shutting down video gaming in its entirety? If you feel like video games helped caused the Columbine shooting, why not make some kind of tour program to help educate people about the differences between reality and video gaming? There is a whole world of mediums for this case, but Lieberman seems to express interest in none. This man wants nothing more than to simply "win."
Than so be it, I’m pretty sure all gamers willing to fight for their interest will agree with me when I say –
Lieberman we, as gamers and defenders of our own interest, won’t bow to your appeals, we will mar your deceit with a stronger emotion… Hate.
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