All Mortal Kombat taught me was how to fetch items by impaling them with a spear attached to a rope.

Diablo: How would you make violent games taboo? That argument has been batted around for 20 years. The video game industry has done everything they can to self regulate while still providing for customer demands. Ultimately it is the responsibility of individual families to make those decisions.

The left refuses to do that until I light up a cigarette, order a cheeseburger or a big gulp soda.

That's a pretty general mis-characterization. For example, to a "lefty," homophobia is taboo.

We want chaos and ridiculous pleasure and if you disagree then you are not a true lefty!

And that's an inaccurate stereotype.

Do not .....get it? Taboos.

No, I'm not sure I do. I agree that there are and should be limits to what is acceptable behavior. The difference is that "lefties" tend to err on the side of individual choice instead of making blanket pronouncements based on religious tradition that infringe on the rights of people that do not share that tradition.

By the way, Bloomberg is an idiot. I have no idea where that guy is coming from.

Otherwise, why gay marriage? Stick in the noses of them fundamentalists!

No. Gay marriage because gay people exist, desire monogamy, and there is no reason to deny them that just because a portion of the population objects on religious grounds. It's not to insult fundamentalists; they take it that way precisely because they object to it in the first place.

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You're really showing your age there, buddy. :-P

Human nature loves depravity

I couldn't disagree more. The reason that you see a "homosexual agenda" is because people have treated them as subhumans long enough that they finally got tired of it, and pushed back. No offense, but people that share your opinion are *the* reason that it's an issue in the first place. I can draw a parallel to the gun control debate: 2nd amendment supporters get absolutely livid when you try to take that away from them, as they see it as a Constitutional right. Gays claim the same kind of protection. (Equal protection clause, 14th amendment.) Does that make sense?

"if it feels good" is a sure road to desolation.

If you want to live that way, fine. I will not object at all. We just expect the same kind of respect. I know that there are some militant gays that go overboard, but they are no different than religious types that spend taxpayer money to ensure that they remain second class citizens.

Live and let live...it's not hard. Actually, isn't that one of the fundamentals of conservatism?

You have to be 17+ to buy an M-rated game. (Not that I was ever carded for that) Unlike booze, a parent buying such a game for their 9-year old is not a felony. Is that what you're proposing?