Open letter to Penny Arcade

My apologies..to know where I'm coming from, let's just say I'm not exactly a Bush-fan. I'm not sure of your political leanings, per se. So I apologize in advance if this comes off as a little...flame-worthy

You mentioned that you were saving lives and defending the innocent, and wanted to know what moral values that conveyed. What I wanted to let you know, is that there's a reason for all this anti-game (or anti-movie, or anti-music, or whatever) posturing. At least usually. These people are not honest. They're not what they seem to be. Their goal, is distraction, of the Penn and Teller type variety. They believe that by attacking things that they do not particulary enjoy, they get free passes for other things. This is a cultural poison, that we just happen to be on the front lines of.


So the question really is, to Mr. Jack Thompson. Sure, maybe he gave to chairty. But what has he actually done to make the world a better place. Has he publically supported an increase in the mnimum wage? Has he supported making health care more accessable to everybody? What exactly has he done. Mr. Morality himself, Joementum Lieberman, fully supports the Iraqi war, ane making it harder for lower-class people to make ends meet. Real bombings and killings and violence. That's good. But fake stuff? That's BAAAD.


Then there's the other shoe. Sure, they're attacking the violence now. But that's EASY. What's going to happen when they start attacking the content? That say a new RPG should be banned because teaches the wrong values? These people believe that games should be wiped out. Period, at least to a form that would be no longer recognizable.

Anyway. Sorry to bother you guys. You do great work. Not only with the whole Child's Play thing, but you guys promote strong healthy communities. You guys win gold stars on the moral meter in my book. And that won't be affected no matter HOW many pimps you kill in GTA. After all, they had it coming.
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