Congressman Wants Health Warnings On Video Games 421
An anonymous reader writes "California Rep. Joe Baca has proposed a bill which would mandate placing health warning labels on any video game rated T (13+) or higher by the ESRB. The Video Game Health Labeling Act of 2009 would require a cigarette pack-like label that reads, 'WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior.'"
Re:face. palm. (Score:4, Funny)
Just when I thought maybe elected officials could earn some modicum of respect.
But did you really think about that? Sorry, I'm not convinced.
Re:Label the kids? (Score:5, Funny)
That later go on to become officials.
In other health news (Score:3, Funny)
Oops! (Score:3, Funny)
Correlation does not mean causation. I guess I've been playing too many video games
Good idea if used for other things unpleasant (Score:4, Funny)
If they insist that such warnings be placed on the entrances to religious institutions (like churches, mosques and synagogues) then I might think this idea is more than just political gainsaying.
Oblig. XKCD (Score:3, Funny)
Wikipedian Protester [xkcd.com].
Joe's brother (Score:5, Funny)
Warning? (Score:5, Funny)
WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior
Citation needed.
Re:No (Score:5, Funny)
"Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior" Except that it hasn't been.
Well, we'll just have to put a disclaimer on the disclaimer
"Warning: the above warning is somewhere between misleading and complete bullshit."
Baka = stupid (Score:4, Funny)
How fitting that his name means "stupid" in Japanese...
Warning Labels for Congressmen (Score:5, Funny)
Labels could include:
And for the bonus round:
Q: What do you call 1,000 politicians buried up to their necks in sand?
A: Not enough sand.
If this succeeds... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Kinda makes me wonder (Score:3, Funny)
Drop the diseased liver. If you want to discourage drinking (and you shouldn't; nor smoking. people know they're bad, and these warnings and gross pictures are nothing but a waste of time) -- put pictures of the direct result of drinking on the bottle.
that's right.
fat chicks. in YOUR bed.
that'll stop ya.
Re:Warning? (Score:2, Funny)
Other mandatory warning lables (Score:4, Funny)
"WARNING: Excessive exposure to politician's speeches may lead to nausea and vomiting!"
And of course the ever popular "WARNING: Excessive exposure to XXX DVD's may cause carpal tunnel and other Repetitive Stress Injuries!"
A multitude of studies have linked cigarettes and lung cancer -- how many valid scientific studies have proven a causal relationship between video games and violence?
Re:Joe's brother (Score:5, Funny)
Congressman Joe Baca's brother Chew [google.se] is known to be quite agressive.
Yeah ... and when he loses a video game he pulls his opponents arms off.
Re:And other violent media (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Warning: Power Corrupts (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Warning: Power Corrupts (Score:1, Funny)
All power corrupts, but we need electricity!
Re:Warning Labels for Congressmen (Score:5, Funny)
I'd already be satisfied with "Warning: Subjects in politicians speech can appear better than they are".
Uhh... I smell an idea for a political satire webpage. Imagine this, politician speeches with appropriate warning labels.
Re:Hmm... (Score:5, Funny)
Well he is the ScrewMaster ...
Re:Warning Labels for Congressmen (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Label the kids? (Score:3, Funny)
That's easy, it'll go back to books.
Re:2nd warning label following the initial (Score:4, Funny)
You can however have faith in the fact that if your children are young enough, they may be as stupid as the chain of idiots who have wasted your tax money on this crap. This entails that, like lemmings, they will most likely find an enriching career within the U.S. senate
There, fixed it for you.
Re:Warning Labels for Congressmen (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, lovely. You've invented loliticians. As though there weren't enough things on the Internet with captions glued to them.
Re:2nd warning label following the initial (Score:3, Funny)
Following the little warning, it should read, Warning: this link has been established with biased experiments and insufficient data, as well as lack of scientific analysis. Experiments have pointed both ways (yet we have cherry picked this one) and to this day, many dolts firmly believe that correlation implies causation. You can however have faith in the fact that if your children are young enough, they may be as stupid as the chain of idiots who have wasted your tax money on this crap. This entails that, like lemmings, without proper guidance/responsibility, they will most likely attempt (and fail) to pick up a hooker and shoot her in the face to avoid paying the fees, following an uninterrupted session of GTA. If they get closer to success than desired, no matter how hilarious it may be, it is YOUR responsibility, not the source of this media.
That would be a pretty huge label. We could sell games in old LP disc boxes, I guess.
Re:Warning Labels for Congressmen (Score:3, Funny)
What about: "The neutrality of this politician is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page." or: "This political speech does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this political speech by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed."
xkcd had it right: Wikipedian Protester [xkcd.com]
Re:Warning: Power Corrupts (Score:3, Funny)
Warning - banging hookers in GTA may impair your ability to bang hookers in real life.