Video Games Join a Century-Long Tradition of Blaming Media
Violence, Says the ACLU  As bizarre as it is to read the name
Starcraft in a discussion of video games' corrupting influence,
you've got to hand it to the American Civil Liberties Union for
properly centering the discussion of What Must We Do following
the Newtown Massacre.  "Media violence has long been a target of
lawmakers seeking a cheap and politically cost-free way to
address crimes committed by young people," says the ACLU. Hear,
hear. It's almost a tradition to attack or demand restraint of
any new medium, as the ACLU points out was the case in the
1920s, when the nation was gravely worried motion pictures might
present depictions of "sex perversion" or interracial
relationships. Man, I would have loved for them to play Dragon
Age: Origins.  "Lots of people play video games," the ACLU
offers. "Simply pointing out that some people who play video
games commit violent acts is like saying that because people in
prison like television, television m