I believe LaRouche’s agenda is censorship – not supporting personal choice – regarding this content that he feels is objectionable. Do I have something better to do with my mind? What exactly does that question mean? Do I enjoy healthy escapism (as in playing a game or reading a book)? Yes. Do I place the blame for societies ills on our entertainment and media? No.

Games do not train people into Zombie Killers.. I have been trained to kill and I assure you the video games I’ve played all my life had no impact on my ability to learn those things while serving my country in the military. They didn’t desensitize me to the feeling of fear from having to fire a gun for the first time, they didn’t make it easier to imagine my paper targets were people, they didn’t make me “pray for war”. People who feel that way are not desensitized because of game training.. they are exhibiting sociopathic responses. They don’t feel emotions about the actions – that is a hard wired response not a learned one.

I also don’t see and have not seen anyone demonstrate a causal link to gaming with this aberrant random act of violence – violence committed by an unstable man and an “adult”.. LaRouche and his supporters have the right to speak out. I’m all for that, but it seems to me that they are going further toward the book burning stage than the vocal protest and call for parents to consider their choices stage.

Remember, there are still people who would burn Mark Twain’s Huck Finn as pornography in this world despite the historical and educational value of the story.. do you support that movement as well? Do you feel the need to make my choices for me as an adult? I don’t think you have the right to do that. I don’t want you to have that right either.