Keith Vaz Grinding his Anti-Games Axe Again

UK now has its own ill-informed game critic.

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That's him on the right
That's him on the right
Keith Vaz is turning into our very own UK version of Jack Thompson. The Labour MP has spoken out in the Commons about the possible risks when Rockstar’s much publicised Bully game comes out next year. He spoke to Geoff Hoon, suggesting that any game (or as he said, ‘video’) which depicts schoolchildren “kicking and punching other schoolchildren” could be dangerous. Hoon, with surprising acuity, pointed out that the game had yet to be submitted for classification and as such no assumptions should be made about its content. Hoon is standing in for Tony Blair who is speaking today at Hampton Court Palace, just down the road from one of our tireless SPOnG news nodes. We can report that the traffic over the bridge has never moved so smoothly!

Keith Vaz also spoke out against videogame nasties when another Rockstar game, Manhunt, was linked to the murder of Leicester teenager Stefan Pakeerah. If you’re not from the UK, you might like to know that nobody really takes Mr Vaz seriously. The Leicester East MP was forced to resign from his post as Minister for Europe after becoming involved in a scandal over citizenship for two businessmen, the Hinduja brothers. He also neglected to declare how many properties he owned when asked (five when he said three) and there were allegations surrounding his constituency of vote rigging and dirty tricks campaigns. You can read more about Keith here. Ah, UK politicians, they’re a comical bunch.
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LUPOS 27 Oct 2005 17:56
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dont you guys have your very own patriot act to be worryign about now?

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9828606/

90 days with no reason is hardly the library snooping nonese we have over here... but somethign to keep an eye on none the less.

gotta love fear. (no not the game, although i hears its quite good)
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The_Moss 27 Oct 2005 19:58
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No, no, there's nothing sinister about it at all, Lupos.

You see, unless they can lock us up without charge or shoot us in the head for being brown, we will never be truly free.

When 'freedom is threatened' you simply abolish freedom and the problem goes away. You have to admit, the logic is compelling.
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LUPOS 27 Oct 2005 20:45
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The_Moss wrote:
You have to admit, the logic is compelling.


plus, if you let your government make all your decisions for you it saves alot of stress so people will live longer, and then they can work longer and contribute to society longer. its all so beutiful... i dunno why this facism thing isnt catching on more places!
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DoctorDee 27 Oct 2005 20:51
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LUPOS wrote:
i dunno why this facism thing isnt catching on more places!____

Because of America and its crusade to install democracy (and Fox News) in every home in the world.

Bombing for peace. Killing for freedom.

Saw "Lord of War" last night.

LUPOS 28 Oct 2005 05:44
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DoctorDee wrote:
Saw "Lord of War" last night.


i really want to see that, was it good?
DoctorDee 28 Oct 2005 06:21
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LUPOS wrote:
i really want to see that, was it good?

It was GREAT. Nic Cage, usualy hammy, was perfect in the roll of likeable megalomanic Yuri Orlov.

For a Hollywood movie, it had a pretty sobering ending. Excellent.




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