Adding heavily to the idea that hating on video games is largely the province of old cranks, Ralph Nader has weighed in, and did so in about the most awful way possible.
Nader, of all people, should know better. Before he became a fringe candidate, Nader was one of the first consumer safety advocates, applying scientific analysis to consumer products to explain why what we were buying was killing us. One of the results of that work was the landmark Unsafe At Any Speed, one of the landmarks of modern journalism and corporate accountability. As a result, he has a lot of credibility on the far left; the kind of people who use “social justice” a lot in their Facebook updates tend to listen to what he has to say.
So watching him have a total meltdown over Obama’s gun control package, and worse, being distracted by the jingly keys of video game violence, is just really kind of depressing.
“We are in the peak of [violence in entertainment]. Television program violence? Unbelievable. Video game violence? Unprecedented,” Nader said.
He added: “I’m not saying he wants to censor this, I think he should sensitize people that they should protect their children family by family from these kinds of electronic child molesters.”
Sensitize to what? That’s really the thing. It is not at issue that children should not be playing games rated Mature; we’ve dealt with the fact that this is really down to the parents before. But if grown men and women are choosing to pay for games written and designed for grown men and women… how is this a problem?
It is worth noting that the Obama administration has asked for research into mental health and violence in the media as a move many expect will officially end this concept as a talking point. Any chance we could put a rush order in on that one?
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This is all part of Electro’s plan to molest kids through their televisions. Sounds like an interesting plot for ASM2.
There is something depressing about seeing Ralph Nader’s true colors? The guy always was a hack and no better than a slip and fall lawyer. He simply wrapped in BS I care mantra. He fooled too many people for too long, hopefully this puts the final nail in his credibility coffin.
The man’s value as a consumer advocate back in the day is really not in question. Corporations were, and still do, put the bottom line ahead of consumer safety. But his current statements… it’s a bit like the political version of being a huge fan of the Beatles and then hearing a Wings single.
this is retarded. if you knew anything about Nader you’d know that the man changed the face of America many times over and made our nation safer. he’s one of the only real, honest and forthright politicians out there, who hasn’t been “bought” by any corporation or lobbyists.
unfortunately I think this whole “video games are evil” mindset is just a matter of generation gap. like the generation before him not understanding rock n roll music. it’s beyond him. it’s just ignorance, plain and simple.
Maybe for you. Ive never been a fan of Nader and think he is the scum of the Earth. You and I will have to disagree. I do not believe for one second that Nader ever had the “public good” at the forefront of campaigns. the media portrayed it that way and continue to paint him as “Saint Ralph,” but the man is a megalomaniac lunatic who commits the very crimes he claims to want justice for, including busting unions in his very own organizations. He is unhinged and dangerous. He once called a politician a “pathological liar” and a “corrupt, lying anti-people crook.” What did someone do to deserve that? The guy opposed a bill to mandate air bags. Wow, that seems so level headed now doesnt it? Nader went on to say that people who opposed mandatory airbags were the kind that would “sell thalidomide to pregnant women.” This is a man who has value? Over airbags? Im sorry, but Nader (and Gore post 2000) is one of the biggest reasons why we have such pathetic discourse and apathy in politics today. This is one of the so called “leaders” who brought name calling and hyperbole to the forefront of so called legitimate journalism and has made it OK for people to try and debate others with a retort like “Whats it like to have the blood of 26 dead children on your hands?” After being shown legitimate statistics from FBI research and data collection. That was a direct quote directed at me in the past month. Nader has never served the public interest, only his own while creating this Saintly image that sucks decent people into thinking he was doing doing good for the purpose of doing good. He was doing it to get rich, and thats fine. But just admit it. You can do good for the purpose of making money. Its not a crime and it doesnt detract from the good you are doing.
I think you could make a case that the man has a mild form of undiagnosed schizophrenia, is definitely manic and probably a boarderline sociopath as well. His opposition to Richard Nixon is one of the most fascinating things Ive ever seen consider that Nader is the most Nixonian(even moer so than the namesake) personality type Ive ever seen.
@dirtnouvea
You just proved my point. Ive done my homework on Ralph Nader. Have you done yours?
All Nader has ever done is forced cost increases onto the consumer while trying to run industries that he doesnt like out of business. After he destroyed the American Automobile Industry, which is just now starting to see a recovery, he moved on to big business to see if his type of fear inducing garbage would work. And unfortunately it has.
And Nader has been bought and paid for by trial lawyers. They pay him to take up their cause. This was a main source of his funding for years. Until he was forced to start disclosing his finances. Which of course he and his Public Citizen group fought tooth and nail. Do you know he even refused to give information about Public Citizen to the Better Business Bureau?
Responds 3 times to his own thread = automatic TL:DR
ugh. I like so much about this guy. but this is seriously some generation-gap bullshit.
At least he’s consistent. Apparently he’s been slinging this line of manure since 1999 at least (he referred to video games as “electronic child molesters” in a post on his blog regarding Columbine).
Electronic child molesters? That explains why Super Mario keeps telling me: “Take off-a you pants. A-hah-hah-hah!” I knew something was wrong there.
“Today, Kratos was arrested on fifteen counts of child molestation. When asked for comment, Sony replied “What do you want? He’s Greek. They were sick f***s.”"
That’s priceless.
So wait, there are already “electronic child molesters?”
*tears up patent application*
The cover of Call of Duty doesnt look like it wants to feel my balls. That picture at the top clearly looks like it wants to feel my balls.I’d be more scared if a kid was hanging out with ol’ Ralph.
Apparently, the GOP’s dirt-digging operation was unable to find any proof he’s ever had sex.
I don’t see my comment. As Adam Lanza became dangerously thin by playing nodding off then playing Call-of-Duty some more, his mother kept interrupting him with food.
In the old days TV ads distracted the trance long enough to freshen up and drink some water instead of some collapsing from dehydration, sometimes a blood clot. I would like to see a 30 second break every 15 minutes but Adam Lanza would have invented a disabling program.
However if there were a 10 minute break every time everyone was killed, Adam Lanza might have eaten instead of fighting and killing his mother than killed some more.
Some collapse from dehydration but dont wet or soil their pants because I guess slurping the fascit is not part of a habit for sleepwalkers to perform
The Romans used to like to eat and vomit, today’s improvement is to play and starve and dehydrate
To counter my and Nader’s point you may want to look for Kanzi a baby Bonobo monkey, who at fist, unaware to researchers, learned by watching them try to teach his mother.