While speaking in Wikes Hall in Pennsylvania, US Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama, has told American parents that they need to curb the amount of time their kids spend playing video games. “Turn off the television, turn off the video games”, he said adding that “Government can’t do everything”. In fact one of his central themes during his campaign for office has been preaching personal responsibilities of the people, while saying that the government can’t and should not regulate everything and anything. Note, he’s not saying that video games turn kids into killers. He’s just saying that it’s time that Americans stopped letting television and video games be a substitute for real parenting.
This is a welcome relief from the past few years of conservatives , who always run to the FCC demanding censorship and multi-million dollar fines for every nipple broadcast on television. The reasons for banning online gambling has always been “think of the kids” so with Obama making the parents and not corporations worry about it, perhaps adults will be able to play. Furthermore, in his campaign materials he states
“Barack Obama strongly supports the principle of network neutrality to preserve the benefits of open competition on the Internet. Users must be free to access content, to use applications, and to attach personal devices.”
Perhaps with Barack Obama in the oval office the UIGEA will be repealed sooner rather than later. He will also need quiet a revenue stream to finance many of his campaign promises so legalizing, (and than taxing) online gambling could be coming soon!
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