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Shino
Fade into this fantasy, caught in the web of time
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 Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:43 am Post subject: Federal Game TAX!?!?! Screw that! |
Well, I knew she was nuts, but come on now!
She wants to put a federal tax on games? Well I hope this is just a rumor!
The sucky part is that she's probably going to get in! Being the first woman to ever attempt it, she'll probably get a ton of female voters just b/c of that.
The article
| Gamespot's Rumor Control wrote: | Clinton planning federal tax on games?
Source: The ever-popular gaming blog Kotaku.
The official story: Calls left with Clinton's press office had not been returned as of press time.
What we heard: It's no secret that Hilary Clinton is considering a presidential bid in 2008. It's also no secret that the junior Senator from New York has been trying to scrape off the "liberal" label conservatives have slapped onto her by adopting a center-right stance on a variety of issues, including the war in Iraq.
Clinton also tried to up her family-values cred with a hard-line response to the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas "Hot Coffee" scandal. In the wake of the game being pulled from store shelves after sex minigames were discovered buried in its code, the senator called for federal legislation that would make selling M- or AO-rated games to minors a federal crime. Later, she joined fellow senator Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) in calling for the Centers for Disease Control to investigate the "impact of electronic media use" on minors.
But while the Federal Trade Commission has formally ended its investigation into San Andreas publisher Take-Two Interactive, rumor has it that Clinton isn't done taking potshots at gaming. Today, Kotaku editor Brian D. Crecente obtained an e-mail sent out by Clinton's office looking for "volunteers for a new anti-violence in video games initiative."
By "volunteers," Clinton apparently means individuals willing to be a "concerned parent" at a press conference. Naturally, the parents will be "concerned" about the hazards games present to their children. According to Kotaku, they should also be willing to voice their concerns to the press to help sway public opinion in favor of a new measure Clinton reportedly wants to introduce--a federal game tax akin to taxes states levy on cigarettes. Proceeds from the tax would fund a program for troubled minors.
So is the report legit? GameSpot spoke with Crecente, who, unlike o-so-many blog proprietors, is a professional, legitimate journalist working for the Rocky Mountain News. Though he would not share the e-mail for fear of revealing his source, he swore it was "very reliable."
But even without concrete proof, one thing is abundantly clear: Clinton is waging a public crusade against games. At a recent speech in front of the Kaiser Family Foundation, she accused modern society of performing a "massive experiment" on millions of children by exposing them to games, electronic media, and omnipresent advertising. "At the rate that technology is advancing, people will be implanting chips in our children to advertise directly into their brains and tell them what kind of products to buy," Clinton warned, according to the New York Daily News.
Bogus or not bogus?: Given Crecente's reputation, this rumor is more credible than most. Unfortunately, that means gamers can expect their favorite pastime to become a political punching bag when the 2008 presidential campaign heats up next year. |
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Shurikane
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| Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:19 am Post subject: |
If it was all about Hillary Clinton, you'd have 24 year olds playing Mega Blocks so that they don't accidentally choke on the pieces.
Oh, and single-button pieces would not exist because she'd be afraid they could be jammed into someone's eye or somethin'... |
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Girkon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:33 am Post subject: |
It's no different from other political agendas. Games are just in the spotlight this time, just like rock and music were in the last generation. They pulled through then, and gaming will pull through this. One thing to never underestimate is the fanbase when their passion is under scrutiny. |
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Silver Adept
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:43 am Post subject: |
...if this turns out to hold water, there are going to be a lot of angry gamers. She can probably kiss her Presidential bid goodbye if it comes out that's what she's planning. |
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Hoth
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:44 pm Post subject: |
Ok heres the first of it:
| Quote: | | the senator called for federal legislation that would make selling M- or AO-rated games to minors a federal crime. |
Well duh! no different than allowing a minor to buy an explicit movie or music CD. This is given. And Federal crimes eat poo. Its 25 to life in a 3 free meals a day play pen. 
Next!
| Quote: | | Today, Kotaku editor Brian D. Crecente obtained an e-mail sent out by Clinton's office looking for "volunteers for a new anti-violence in video games initiative." |
Hahahhahahahahahahahahah!!!! - So whos volunteering to spike her a$$ over a net. With her ugly self.
Ill sign that petition.
| Quote: | | she accused modern society of performing a "massive experiment" on millions of children by exposing them to games, electronic media, and omnipresent advertising. "At the rate that technology is advancing, people will be implanting chips in our children to advertise directly into their brains and tell them what kind of products to buy," Clinton warned, according to the New York Daily News. |
Same as the loving media programs that our money is spent on bashing and swaying the truth of the contendent to any election. Give me a friggen break lady. And get a new Hair Due. As people that I know put it who know her in real everyday life. She's justs as much a donkey as the TV puts its comming right from her mouth.
| Silver Adept wrote: | | ...if this turns out to hold water, there are going to be a lot of angry gamers. She can probably kiss her Presidential bid goodbye if it comes out that's what she's planning. |
I think there are way more gamers out there than moms, not to mention parents would loose their babysitters (tv's game's, ect.) and have to do something.
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