Clinton backs ESRB?

In light of the recent study Activision presented, stating that 84% of surveyed parents are aware of the ESRB ratings on video games and 79% said they pay close attention to them, Washington has decided to back the video game industry a little more.

The ESRB is launching a new ad campaign to further educate consumers about their system and how it works, hoping to get their strong numbers even higher. This campaign is now being backed by both US Senators Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman as well as industry influential retailers Best Buy and Gamestop.

"We all share the responsibility of making sure our children play age-appropriate videogames, and I'm pleased that the ESRB and retailers are working together to educate parents about the video game ratings and making sure they are enforced," said Clinton.

Now this is coming a mere month after Clinton ran a series of TV campaign commercials that included better body armor for out soldiers, guarding social security from privatization, and even new markets for our farmers. But the thing stated before all these? "Shielding kids from violent video games". While the ESRB is shielding kids in the way it should, by informing the populace, I hope that Clinton doesn't attempt to use the ESRB ad campaign as a spring board for her Family Entertainment Protection Act currently milling through the bureaucratic red tape of the government. Hopefully the results of the recent survey however stunts the Act's progress as the ESRB seems to be managing itself just fine without governmental control.

While I would love to see Bill Clinton as First Lady, I don't know if I can in good conscience vote for a person who veers too far from my staunch liberal outlook on most things political. Maybe she'll surprise me, but as of right now I doubt it.

\\drew