Clinton vs. grand theft auto

The author is a business man defending his product against the poilitician who wants to strengthen the rating which would bring down the sales, decreasing the profit for him. So of course he would take a stance against the critiques Hillary Clinton has for grand theft auto where he states that she overlooks the game noticing only the terrible things and not the good side. Although it may need a stronger rating, perhaps mature, she fails to notice that there is no real evidence that games that have stealing, or killing has any effect on the gamers or real crime, but in the last year or so crime has decreased. He supports his product by countering her assumptions by even mentioning that in truth the game is a healthy let out for the gamers to experience all of this in the game, to be sastified and not do in reality.

Letter to Clinton-Tim Fisher

The letter written to senator Clinton was way off base, and also poorly written. I originally agreed with Johnson's assesment that the senator was incorrect in researching the effects of video game violence affecting young children. However, he then began to randomly throw out ideas into his letter, some of which he never even concluded. For instance, he begins discussing how football helps foster violence in children. I didn't agree with this assesment, but I would have been interested in hearing his points. He never finished these points though, and it greatly took away from any possible influence this letter would have had on anyone. All in all, this was a very poorly written letter that completely misses the boat.

Johnson has a lot of problems with what Senator Clinton had to say. I believed his strongest arguement against her was the fact that violence actually has gone down since Grand Theft Auto has come out. As strange as that might be, maybe the fact that people can do harm in a video game actually helps society. He also brings up a point about High School Football. It is something many many kids are involved in, and he make a valid point at how kids are taught to somewhat hurt the other kid on the other team. Th points definately make you think.

Hillary Vs. GTA

Johnson finds many things wrong with Senator Clinton's argument for controlling video games. He mentions that the video games give the minds of the kids playing them more of a "work out". He says that it is better to think about managing a team in the madden video game than to sit on the couch and cheer for a team. He also states that crime rates have dropped since that games have arrived on the shelves. Finally, he mentions the fact that since "Grand Theft Auto" has come out there has been an extreme fall in crime rates.