Letters to the Editor
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Bloody hell
I don't watch CSI Miami, in fact I steer clear from most television as a general rule (with exception to Rome, Lost, Commander in Chief, and Boston Legal) but when I saw the alert on GamePolitics.com in regards to this episode I thought I'd watch to see how bad it is. I went in expecting the worst, though apparently my idea of "worst" is not up to snuff lately. I was actually outraged and surprised by the stupidity and prejudice spewing from this show. I've never heard the word "Gamer" spoken with the same amount of hatred and animosity that a Klansmen says "N*gger," even from the likes of Jack Thompson. I know there are people who will say "It's just a TV show, relax," but imagine if someone put out a modern day minstrel show, or a show that depicted all gay men as diseased effeminate child rapists, the backlash would be huge. You'd see politicians coming out demanding an apology from the network executives. Gamers though, oh no, we're all homicidal delusional powerless losers.
Newsflash, I didn't become homicidal until I saw this crap... and David Caruso's acting but that's another matter entirely.
Also lets look at some facts here. Violent crimes, and youth violence in particular, have been on the decline since the release of the first Playstation when gaming became mainstream. The average gamer is thirty-years old, not 19, and there's 70 million of them, that's alot of people CBS just degraded. CSI in particular has some balls about another medium influencing people to commit crimes, especially since there are reports that the cops are seeing more criminals use condoms in the case of rape, gloves for theft, and the like ever since CSI aired, so who's doing the most damage here? A TV show that teaches criminals how to get away with their crime or video games that have had less than ten crimes related to them, those same crimes still being disputed on whether or not video games had any influence.
One last thing, the only games that give you points for killing an enemy these days are kids games such as Mario, Sonic, Pacman, etc. Get with the times already you fools.