I read where Doug LaMalfa has voted against a bill that would have banned the sale of extremely violent video games to children. He was immediately accused of being more interested in corporate profits than the health and welfare of children. His excuse was notable.
Here it is; he voted against the bill because he felt it wouldn't meet First Amendment provisions for free speech and because he felt it put a huge burden on retailers, forcing them to view each video game to determine which ones needed to be restricted.
Do you see the obvious here? Free speech? This is a video game that is for sale. It has nothing to do with free speech. The huge burden of viewing the games? Don't you think that the retailer should know exactly what he is selling? Bad choice, Doug!
And my own observation on LaMalfa; we saw him in the Durham parade and the Orland parade a few weeks later. It was surreal. He sat all alone in the back seat of a Mustang convertible, waving to the crowd. The crowd really didn't seem to notice or respond to him...in Orland, silence followed his car down the road. Perhaps he has a tape playing the sound of applause into a hidden set of earphones. "Yay! Way to go Doug! Clap! Clap! Clap!".
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