Hillary Clinton protecting us from Grand Theft Auto

Posted by Moonage on 15 Jul 2005 | Tagged as: Political Correctness

A couple of days ago I blogged on "Hot Coffee".  This is the mod file that inserts sexual graphics into the PC version of Grand Theft Auto.

Now, it’s becoming political, of course:

Sen. Hillary Clinton pressed on Thursday for a government investigation into how simulated sex cropped up in a modified version of the blockbuster criminal adventure video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas." Clinton asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate the origins of a downloadable modification that allows simulated sex in the personal computer version of one of the most popular and controversial video games in history. "We should all be deeply disturbed that a game which now permits the simulation of lewd sexual acts in an interactive format with highly realistic graphics has fallen into the hands of young people across the country," Clinton wrote in a letter to the head of the Federal Trade Commission. Saying the problem of explicit video games was "spiraling out of control," Clinton also said she was introducing legislation that would crack down on the sale of violent and sex-laden games to minors. The legislation would impose a $5,000 penalty on retailers who sell adult-rated video games to underage children.

Just send me a check, Hillary, I’ve already figured it out for you.  No need to waste a lot of taxpayor money on this.  Just send me a check for 1/3 of what it would have cost.  good deal huh?

Secondly, Hillary’s opening a can of worms by suggesting:

Clinton asked the FTC to look into whether Grand Theft Auto’s rating of "M" (Mature 17+) should be changed to the rare "AO" (Adult Only), which would threaten to crimp sales at large retail outlets.

She’s obviously totally ignorant of this topic, but is willing to exert political pressure on the FTC to crimp GTA’s sales.  This is just scary to me, folks.  People need to contact Hillary and tell her to research her topic a little more before exciting the lynch mob.  I’ll put it in a little more understandable description so that you and Hillary can better understand what is happening here:

Cracking a game’s code and applying a mod file would allow anyone to substitute any graphic to any game.

With Hillary’s attitude, every single digital game, in any format, would be for Adults Only.  She’s totally missing the boat.  They need to make it a crime for developing cracks and mods and leave the original intent of the artist(s) alone.

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4 Responses to “Hillary Clinton protecting us from Grand Theft Auto”

  1. on 15 Jul 2005 at 1:23 pm 1.Bryan Kerwick said …

    Funny how she keeps making herself part of the Christian Coalition, Right Wing Democrat that she really isn’t.

    She will have no problem getting elected president when she can campaign to the right of her opponent based on her Senate record.

    This is one smart politician we are dealing with people.

  2. on 16 Jul 2005 at 10:57 pm 2.Moonage said …

    I have been saying that for a long, long time. I don’t care for her much. But, she is a master of the game.

  3. on 16 Feb 2007 at 1:58 pm 3.Moonage Spacedream said …

    Hot Coffee update

    A while back I wrote a diatribe on the unfolding Hot Coffee scandal. Needless to say, I got it wrong. However, Senator Hillary Clinton decided to make it an issue and that did annoy me. Still does. Since that original

  4. on 05 May 2007 at 11:14 pm 4.Hot Coffee update at Moonage SpaceDream said …

    [...] diatribe on the unfolding Hot Coffee scandal.? Needless to say, I got it wrong.? However, Senator Hillary Clinton decided to make it an issue and that did annoy me.? Still does.? Since that original post, Take Two has fessed up, agreed to [...]

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