Congressman Wants Every VIDEO GAME Slapped With A HEALTH WARNING. Democratic Sigh.

Here’s a new congressman to add to your list of astoundadouches: Joe Baca. The good sir who wants to include health warnings  on every single video game. Every single one. It is a charge that he’s carried through the years, and is once again taking up. Excelsior!

Kotaku:

It may have been in early 2009 when Congressman Joe Baca first got the idea thatvideo games should be slapped with health warnings. He wrote a bill that would mandate it. It went nowhere.

He did  the same thing in 2011. That bridge went to nowhere, too.

If he was a predictable legislator, he would be doing this again in 2013, but California Democrat Joe Baca has thrown us a curveball. Yesterday, he introduced the newest version of his “Violence in Video Games Labeling Act.”

He wants this label…“WARNING: Exposure to violent video games has been linked to aggressive behavior.”… on every video game.

Let’s look at how the Congressman has evolved his position through the years.

Here’s  2009 Joe Baca, while announcing his plan to put health warnings on video games:

“The video game industry has a responsibility to parents, families, and to consumers — to inform them of the potentially damaging content that is often found in their products,” said Rep. Baca. “They have repeatedly failed to live up to this responsibility. Meanwhile research continues to show a proven link between playing violent games and increased aggression in young people. American families deserve to know the truth about these potentially dangerous products.”

Here’s  2012 Joe Baca, while announcing his plan to put health warnings on video games: :

“The video game industry has a responsibility to parents, families, and to consumers — to inform them of the potentially damaging content that is often found in their products,” said Rep. Baca. “They have repeatedly failed to live up to this responsibility. Meanwhile research continues to show that playing violent video games is a casual risk factor for a host of detrimental effects in both the short- and long-term, including increasing the likelihood of physically aggressive behavior. American families deserve to know the truth about these potentially dangerous products.”

For the love of God. Can’t some Big Businessmen from the industry do what has replaced Democracy and pay this dude to shut up, already? Have to appreciated his tenacity though, I suppose. Keep dreaming, Baca.