Keith Vaz attempts to keep bad thoughts escaping.
Ideally you would want your local MP to know what he or she is talking about, at least in part, before they attempt to destroy a vibrant industry by spouting lines of fear, uncertainty and doubt. In this case the good people of Leicester East must be face-palming once again at the antics of their local MP, Keith Vaz, who it would appear can't stop talking about a 'rape game' that was removed from Amazon months ago.
The House of Commons held a debate on video games on Monday. This should have been a positive event. Vaz's contribution is as follows:
"However, it is still a matter of concern that a game such as RapeLay, which shows extreme violence against women, can be downloaded from the internet. What steps are the Government taking to ensure that such games are not accessed from the internet, so that children and young people are properly protected?"
The 'rape game' in question was (a) created in Japan where, as far as we're aware, the UK parliament has no remit (b) briefly on sale on Amazon before being deleted.
Fortunately - and showing great restraint - Mark Field (the Tory MP for Cities of London & Westminster) responded, "The Minister will know that Britain is a great leader in video and computer games, and while I take on board many of the concerns expressed by Keith Vaz, will the Minister recognise that this is a global industry, not simply a European one, and in so far as we are going to have the safeguards to which the right hon. Gentleman refers, we will clearly also need to have global regulation along those lines?"
In short, "Keith, this Internet thing is global. We don't own the world any more. Let's concentrate on retaining our own industry rather than concentrating on scaremongering about plugging global data dykes".
Meanwhile more UK talent prepares its Canadian visa applications.
The House of Commons held a debate on video games on Monday. This should have been a positive event. Vaz's contribution is as follows:
"However, it is still a matter of concern that a game such as RapeLay, which shows extreme violence against women, can be downloaded from the internet. What steps are the Government taking to ensure that such games are not accessed from the internet, so that children and young people are properly protected?"
The 'rape game' in question was (a) created in Japan where, as far as we're aware, the UK parliament has no remit (b) briefly on sale on Amazon before being deleted.
Fortunately - and showing great restraint - Mark Field (the Tory MP for Cities of London & Westminster) responded, "The Minister will know that Britain is a great leader in video and computer games, and while I take on board many of the concerns expressed by Keith Vaz, will the Minister recognise that this is a global industry, not simply a European one, and in so far as we are going to have the safeguards to which the right hon. Gentleman refers, we will clearly also need to have global regulation along those lines?"
In short, "Keith, this Internet thing is global. We don't own the world any more. Let's concentrate on retaining our own industry rather than concentrating on scaremongering about plugging global data dykes".
Meanwhile more UK talent prepares its Canadian visa applications.
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Ninja Gaijin 22 Jul 2009 18:39
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For God's sake - don't anyone mention Battle Raper 2000 to him...