What's up with David Horsey?

[anti_shrub]

He's usually pretty liberal, I know he's been featured in the World Famous Cartoon Threads before, so seeing this made me a bit sad:





Why would a liberally minded person repeat the right wing fable that video games make violent kids?

[Maple]

1. To the best of my knowledge

the right wing doesn't believe that.

They say the left wing believes that!

[anti_shrub]

4. The right wing doesn't believe it?

Unless the wingers changed sides since I was an arcade rat back in the mid to late 90s, it was always the RW (and Holy Joe, which is my reason for not voting for him) who wanted to pass laws to ban video games. They settled on a comprimise, a ratings system like the movies have, and it's just as effective as the movie system too.

I was a big Mortal Kombat nut, I still am actually, and I remember all too well the fooferaw that got started over it. All the typical right wing segments came out of the woodwork demanding that they be banned until the general public's response of "shut the fuck up" put the issue on the back burner until the next time a bullied kid snaps and it gets dragged out as the source of the blame. Remember the nutters trying to blame Columbine on "Doom"? That game was over 3 years old at the time, but hey it involves shooting people so that must be the cause right? Couldn't have been all the assholes who bullied them and all the teachers that ignored the warnings.

[Threaderizer]

10. fooferaw

My new favorite word. :)

[dolo amber]

2. Maybe it's not repeating the fable

Maybe he's making fun of RWers perception of what the game makers think....:shrug:

[dawgman]

3. Not to sound like a repuke, but...

My five year old step son was recently allowed by his father to play a very violent version of "the incredible Hulk" and was that afternoon taking a swing at his mom shouting "Hulk SMASH." While this isn't the game industries fault, it's ours for not monitoring the game well enough and trusting his dad's judgement, I don't think that there is any question about the detrimental effect an inappropriately violent game can have on a young child.

peace, dawgman.

[anti_shrub]

5. No doubt kids emulate what they see

which is what the argument always boils down to.

I say that just like you wouldn't take a 6 year old to see a R rated slasher flick, I wouldn't let a 6 year old play s game rated Teen or Mature.

Blaming the video game industry smacks of making excuses for bad parenting. Whenever people blame movies or TV, it gets called on but not games.

Sorry if I seem a bit harsh here, but as I said I've been a gamer for years now and it really irks me when wingnutters do this, let alone liberally minded folks.

[Bossy Monkey]

6. Regardless, it's an anti-corporate cartoon

and thus can hardly be regarded as right-wing

[anti_shrub]

7. Its also a "excuse for bad parenting" cartoon

which is a hallmark for avoiding responsiblity, a republican standard.

[WoodrowFan]

8. Not Every issue

Every issue doesn't break down into a liberal side and a conservative side. Violent video games arfe one of those issues that can span both sides. First Admendment Rights (individual and corporate) vs responsibility.

[geniph]

9. Bingo

Besides, Horsey is basically a moderate. He's been known to ridicule the pretensions of all sides. Go look at the collection of cartoons for which he won his most recent Pulitzer.

(he's a local boy, I don't want any dissing of my man Horsey)