Note to the soon-to-be former attorney Jack Thompson: The Philippines do not have the same constitutional rights that the U.S. has.

People turning violent as they grow up is more likely when they are VICTIMS or WITNESSES to a dometic crime.

I am a Filipino, and this much I have to say regarding Santiago's bill:

PUTANG INA.

Sure - expose us to all these half-wit TV shows (I'm talking to YOU, ABS-CBN!), all the crime and murders that happen on a daily basis, and the bombings happening in Mindanao. And then you think THAT is what's corrupting the youth? Try generations of negligence and corruption that sends a message that there is nothing to hope for in our f***ed up country!

For the guys wondering, the Philippine government's lost considerable credibility over the years, and has developed a bad reputation for trying to silence its critics with lawsuits and/or politcal assasinations. For example, the MTRCB, our film ratings board, gave an X rating normally used for porn films to a documentary that was critical of the Arroyo Admnistration.

The House of Representatives, to whom Santiago belongs, is particularly unpopular and is famous for their grandstanding though hardly ever actually resolving important issues.

Mr. Santiago, you have no idea what the hell you're talking about.  I'm also a Filipino and have been playing "violent games" both off and online since the advent of Doom. Where am I now? Working and paying my taxes like a good citizen should so are all my friends who I played with. Why don't you go back and do some research on this topic as well as resolve some of the more pressing issues in our country before you do this?

You, Mr. Santiago, are a waste of the tax payers money. It sickens me to know that you get a cut of the taxes I pay for every year.

Plus there's the whole economic thing not to mention wide spread prostitution/human trafficking/child prostitution and the whole "sex tourism" thing that's rampant there and the organized crime that controls it and laws that aren't being enforced (police corruption FTL) to try and stop or prevent it. I'd say the Philippines have much bigger problems than violent videogames. But eh, typical politician crap, go for the "easy" stuff, not issues that actually would require work to solve.

I think it's time there were riots again over there. The government needs a good over throwing.

GP, I found the Bill's official press release from the Philippine House of Representatives website:

http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/details.php?pressid=2442

Btw, what happened to the Asian Journal link? It's gone.

This is funny. All this is, is a politician being a politician by trying to look moral. I don't know him, but I'm going to bet he's corrupt, like a lot of the politicians over there. The fact of the matter is, the coppers in the PI won't care about retailers anyways. This law won't be enforced if passed.

I'm all for freedom of ttnet vitamin speech and allowing rent a car game makers to put whatever they want in games, but there's one thing about this app that has me scratching my head.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but from araç kiralama the previous article araba kiralama on this I gathered that players can use Google maps in-game to find the other (real-life?) dealers in their area.  If this is the case, has travesti anyone considered what's stopping someone from using this app to actually move drugs between hands for reals?