Game-Legislating Mayor Defeated in Upset

@Father Time
I have to disagree about gamers not being able to get enough votes to be elected. What most politicians fail to relize is that gamers in 5-10 years will be in making their way to the political scene.

See? That's why I left Indianapolis to return back to home, sweet, home Dallas. Because of THIS guy! Okay, that's a lie. My wife's Americorps vista term was up and I missed Texas terribly. Penn Station's got some great fries, though.

"Now that eighteen-year-olds have the right to vote, it is obvious that they must be allowed the freedom to form their political views on the basis of uncensored speech before they turn eighteen. People are unlikely to become well-functioning, independent-minded adults and responsible citizens if they are raised in an intellectual bubble."

Best. Quote. Ever.

Why can't all these over-protective, under-involved parents that throw fits about games and music just realize that children don't stay children as long anymore? And that's a GOOD thing (for the most part).

Yes yes yes.

Mayor Bart Peterson was ousted by the Republican candidate, an ex- Marine Lt. Col I believe.

IN otherwords; suck it Mayor Bart Peterson.

He was a terrible little mayor, and just blew money left and right on bullshit, then raised taxes on people with new homes while letting people with multi-million dollar 'historic homes' that were 8000ft plus pay only 2,500 USD in property taxes while I paid 30000 dollars.

I seem to remember a certain ambulance-chaser saying gamers would never be a powerful enough voting demographic and would never have any political power or clout.

Wrong again, John.

"'Cuz we are the champions.."

Queen said it for me.

There is a reason why we need to make constitutional studies a mandatory class in high school. That way I wont have to call for a law that sets the requirement that in order to be an elected official you have to read and know by hear a tiny little document that is normally called the Constitution... I like to call it the Rule Book!

It is a good thing when guys like this are booted out. It is called trash day. Take it out.

@ C'tri

Seconded.

For Great Justice!

I love that quote from the judge.

@las, attorney

Actually I almost agree with Thompson on that part. I really doubt that gamers would be able to organize and get enough votes to swing an election (if you want to prove me wrong make sure hillary isn't the nominee), unless they attack the candidate on multiple issues to persuade voters.

We all know that most politicians aren't going to try to make a law that completely bans violent video games (one did, but then he killed it himself). The most they will do is try to make sure they can't be sold to children and I just can't see that being a big enough motivation for gamers to organize in effective numbers (especially since the courts have consistently agreed with us). By the time we could organise to swing an election it would probably be around the time when most anti-gamers have died out and most of the remaining population has grown up with games.

@Darth

Yes but part of my point was that by the time that happens very few people will still be using video games as a scapegoat so there wouldn't be a need.