My second left-wing bash of the day goes to Hillary Clinton. The woman is trying to out-republician the republicans with this uproar over GTA:San Andreas. First of all, it's a fricken video game. Second, it's rated M for 17+. This "will someone think of the children" crap is utter bullshit. The only children playing this game are ones where their parents bought the game for them. If that's a problem it's the parents problem. It's not the fault of the "game modder" community for exposing the (what I'd call an) easter egg, and it's not the fault of Rockstar for putting it in there in the first place. It's an adult game, meant for adults.
That said, I don't blame the ESRB for backing down on this one, or Rockstar for saying they'll release a clean version. Given the politics of the whole thing it's probably all they can do.
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