They also got the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. Just 30 minutes south of here, no sympathy at all for these corrupt assholes. Nice to see the government doing something good for once.
Senator Leland Yee Arrested On Corruption Charges
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You know, I was just about to quote you about what you said earlier. I was literally going to state that he's even worse than I thought. Regardless of how you feel about guns, you have to admit trying to use a loophole in a law to ban something that the law wasn't intended to ban is pretty BS. And trying to equate what is likely intended to discourage hunting whales and sharks to an attack on Chinese culture is pretty low.UNHchabo said:
But now to know that he was apparently trying to deal firearms, after the Video Game ban and the attempt to ban gun sales just paints him in the absolute worst light and only proves that politicians are, or at least this one is, as bad as people say. So he's actually even worse than I had thought! That's just some amazing degrees of hypocrisy, there. He may just be up for the coveted "Biggest Hypocrite of the Year" award.
I admit, I lol'd evilly.
I've always said that the louder that one preaches at people, the more they've got to hide.
I've always said that the louder that one preaches at people, the more they've got to hide.
y'know, I never did quite understand the rigorous fight you Americans had against criminalising the sale of M rated games to minors.
In the UK it's just an accepted thing that BFCC ratings are legally binding for the retailer to abide by - i.e. an 18 rated game cannot knowingly be sold directly to an under 18 year old, it is literally illegal. Indeed the UK is very proactive on this with all age-restricted products, from video games to booze, most companies have a policy of "if you look under 25, we will ID you", because it keeps them safe from major prosecution if they stick to it.
In the UK it's just an accepted thing that BFCC ratings are legally binding for the retailer to abide by - i.e. an 18 rated game cannot knowingly be sold directly to an under 18 year old, it is literally illegal. Indeed the UK is very proactive on this with all age-restricted products, from video games to booze, most companies have a policy of "if you look under 25, we will ID you", because it keeps them safe from major prosecution if they stick to it.
Public corruption as opposed to private corruption? Is that like racketeering as opposed to tax evasion?
You'd think everyone would want their corruption to be private.
I've completely missed the point haven't I....
You'd think everyone would want their corruption to be private.
I've completely missed the point haven't I....
About as many people can tell you about what he did as can tell you about Fallout 4. Nobody. Because the information hasn't been released yet.RA92 said:
While I know this is probably going to be controversial as hell and will also probably get me in trouble with the moderators, it just has to be mentioned. Perhaps I'm the only one, but has anyone else noticed that when a democrat says something stupid, does something illegal, or pushes some sort of anti-games agenda, their party affiliation is never mentioned? When a republican does the same, The Escapist always makes sure to slap that 'R' next to their name. But the guy who's so far to the left, he makes Engles look like a conservative? Nope! He's just some 'random anti-games politician.' Just thought I'd add in my two cents.
there's no direct correlation, however he tried fucking with something we love, lied about it, rallied against it, and demonized it. now he gets to go to jail, where he can rally against having a new lover named "Tank" with equally futile results.Ferisar said:Interesting. Would be interesting to know more details as to the nature of his arrest.
Also confused about all this "man this guy tried to make a policy against games so good thing he gets to go to jail"
There's pretty much zero correlation hereEven less so considering I doubt his crime has anything to do with games. (And if it does then this could be easily disregarded)
Where in the article did it say that he was a republican? Did I miss something?LysanderNemoinis said:
It doesn't. Yee is an extremely left-wing democrat, but the article never once mentions what party he belongs to. But when a republican does something illegal or anti-game or just plain stupid, The Escapist always makes sure to mention said politician is a republican. I'll leave the conclusion to this little thought experiment to you and all other readers of The Escapist.grey_space said:
Get wrecked, noob. lrn2politics.
(I know what's happening here isn't related to gaming, but I got sad when Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend, I can be happy when Loland Yolo gets arrested on corruption charges.)
(I know what's happening here isn't related to gaming, but I got sad when Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend, I can be happy when Loland Yolo gets arrested on corruption charges.)
And would this be news if he wasn't also the "anti-video game" guy, though the two are likely unrelated? Probably not. The fact that he's a Senator is the only real reason needed to believe him corrupt. This isn't some huge moral victory for gamers or whatever.
More like, he won't get locked up--he's a senator!CriticalMiss said:
Its always nice to see a corrup politician get caught. Its a bonus to see one that kept making stupid statement after stupid statement wasting everonyes money in the process.
Sometimes i think there should be some test needed to be passed to determine a person is intelligent enough to even run for politics.
Sometimes i think there should be some test needed to be passed to determine a person is intelligent enough to even run for politics.
a similar question was posed before. i cant find the link now to that thread but one of the members went through the last 20 politicians mentioned on escapist and concluded that both sides were fairly equally in numbers of named and unnamed. It may depend more on the person writing the article than anything i think.LysanderNemoinis said:
Oh please, Yee. Walmart is shit because it's Walmart, not because of video games. Get it right, kiddo.
In any case, this is an amusing case of karmic retribution if I ever saw it. And they say there's no justice.
In any case, this is an amusing case of karmic retribution if I ever saw it. And they say there's no justice.
Yee done for corruption? Phelps Excommunicated and left in a home to die, then he does? King losing huge on IPO and getting sued in European court?
STOP! (hom,nom,nom) So Full. (nom,nom,burrrrppp) Couldn't possibly eat another bite of schadenfreude.
STOP! (hom,nom,nom) So Full. (nom,nom,burrrrppp) Couldn't possibly eat another bite of schadenfreude.
So who did he forget to suck up to? Every time I see a story like this I can't help but wonder who he didn't pay or who he pissed off. 90% of american politicians are corrupt.