Are you being a purposely dense lawyer? Because a resonable person can correctly see this as another incident in an increasing pattern of government overreach into our indivdual rights. You are corrrect when you say "this is a first amendment challenge" - you are completely wrong to dismiss it as trivial. But hey, perhaps you'll be the first lawyer hired by the Zambolitisa...
The connection is simple - government sweeping aside all of our constitutional rights when it feels like it. Defend them all or defend none...
You seem to live a la-la land where the government does everything *by the book* and every body is above board, and abiding by the law of the land. Take off your rose colored glasses - our constitutional rights are under assault - all of them. Not just the first amendment, or even the second amendment like the gun guys will quite vocally tell you; all of them are under pressure - defend them all or GTFO.
Hmm... World of Warcraft taught me to use magic... to bad that doesn't work in the real world... because I'd like to cast a 'Silence' on him.
Seriously - granstanding politicians aren't winning themselves any more favors. Gamers constitute a *huge* voting population now - from the aforementioned Call of Duty players, World of Warcraft players such as myself, to grandmothers playing Farmville... We are legion!
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Have a first word!
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Power Hour...
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You seem to live a la-la land where the government does everything *by the book* and every body is above board, and abiding by the law of the land. Take off your rose colored glasses - our constitutional rights are under assault - all of them. Not just the first amendment, or even the second amendment like the gun guys will quite vocally tell you; all of them are under pressure - defend them all or GTFO.
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/jackass
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Actually they are innovative...
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Seriously - granstanding politicians aren't winning themselves any more favors. Gamers constitute a *huge* voting population now - from the aforementioned Call of Duty players, World of Warcraft players such as myself, to grandmothers playing Farmville... We are legion!
foolish politicians will be foolish...
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grrrr.....
On the post: Obama Tasks CDC With Study Of Video Games And 'Violent Media'
It isn't guns causing the violence...
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Perhaps the Gov't should hire Hollywood to keep the books
"See this $17 trillion deficit?? Its actually not a liability... its an asset that you can charge to...
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oh wait...
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