Officers, Shut the hell up
Oh noooooes! There's another violent video game coming out where the player kills people!
But it's worse than that, because the player can kill cops! And we all know police officers are a higher grade of citizen then mere plebian wage slaves.
Got that? Killing people = ok. Killing cops = outrage.
Never one to let a bandwagon roll by without putting a foot on it, good 'ol Chuck 'Bootlicker' Schumer (Communist-Yankeeland) is getting in on the act:
Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) is calling on New York retailers not to stock the game or sell it. Schumer calls the game one of the worst in a string of violent games and is asking that Sony and Microsoft end their licensing agreements with Eidos. “Little Johnny should be learning how to read, not how to kill cops,” Schumer said. “Games that are aimed and marketed at kids shouldn’t desensitize them to death and destruction.”
Except that 25 To Life is rated M, for Mature, meaning, 17+, and therefore it isn't marketed at kids, you grandstanding cocksmoker! Also, let's not mention that in 25 To Life, the player gets to play both as a cop and as a criminal. That fact would distract people from your hysterical message.
I'm quite sure there are parents buying inappropriate games for their children. That's a shame, and it's something I attempt to correct every time I see it. But this is a failing of the parents, not the game publishers! But it's easier to demonize publishers and retailers, because they don't have as many votes as parents do. So these fucktards choose to tell lies about a minority to win favor from the majority. I thought that wasn't supposed to happen in America?
I'm probably going to get a bitchy email from some uniform chaser about how I don't appreciate LEOs, and similar hogwash. It's obvious to anyone who's read this blog that I'm a big fan of enforcing the law in general. What I reject outright is the idea that the law enforcement profession is entitled to an elevated status and special rights not available to other civilians.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. Cops in general have demonstrated that they don't support the Second amendment to the constitution. Why should I expect them to protect the First?