Play this game and you will kill policemen

Well, the reactionary American politicians are at it again. This time they're targeting good ol wholesome video games. Alright, not the wholesome ones, the violent ones. A bill under consideration in Washington state would hold videogame developers accountable for violent acts ostensibly inspired by a particular game. Barring the difficulty in proving that someone acted based on a video game as opposed to, say, a violent movie, it's silly to single video games out for this punishment. Their arguement is that "If you sit up and watch this and play these games over and over again... it seems that this is alright to walk up and hit a police officer over the head with a bat." C'mon now.

Believe it or not, playing NHL 2005 doesn't help my wrist shot. Playing flight sims doesn't mean I can land a lear jet. And were aliens to invade earth, my gameplay in Halflife 2 really wouldn't help out much. Unless it would somehow assist my shitting myself. People don't emulate video games any more than they do movies. If they do imitate what they see on their TV screens, I'd say they're certifiable idiots, and would be just as likely to imitate a squirrel jumping from tree to tree. These are disturbed people, and should be given mental counciling, not have their favourate games taken away. I'm sure they'll be way more receptive to calm, non-violent actions when the game they've spent 100 hours playing and building up is suddenly taken away by their parents, for fear of this new law. Good call there.