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Massively Speaking Episode 185: Bree-to-play
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Posted: May 6th 2008 10:00AM (Unverified) said
I can't *wait* for people like him to show Sky News footage as "proof" of children being solicited. You jes know he will.
Won't someone think of the virtual children? ;-)
And yes, this is election year pandering to his base. Toss out the standard verbiage about "protecting children" and "preserving family" to get your right-wing votes. Never mind what this guy might do the rest of the year.
This sort of thing has been going on for decades, from fears that waltzes would corrupt the youth, though the "Seduction of the Innocent" and the Comics Code, and so on. With Kirk's call, you just have to add an additional level of stupid to the mix.
So he knows of know cases of this happening, yet he's decided that it's an issue big enough for a consumer advisory. Spare me.