Dear Senator Feinstein,
I was delighted to hear you speaking in San Francisco of the need to reduce violence in videogames. Noted activist lawyer Jack Thompson has stated that "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, [...] when it comes to kids, it has a demonstrable impact on their behavior and the development of the frontal lobes of their brain."[1] The neurological degradation caused by these murder simulators has poisoned the minds of our youth and is doubtlessly behind the steadily rising tide of violent crime that has gripped this country since the 1993 release of the ultra violent and graphic shooter Doom. It is a well known fact that many mass murderers made use of these games to gain the skills needed for their crimes; indeed, Anders Behring Breivik, the man responsible for the Norway massacre, called the military first person shooter Call of Duty his training tool.
It is imperative that Congress take action to reduce the amount of violent media in this country, through legislative action if necessary. I urge you to stand strong against the fringe groups such as the American Civil Liberties Association who will no doubt scream about how their right to freedom of expression trumps our right to be free of the feat that the games our children play are turning them into psychopaths.
In addition, roleplaying games such as the infamous Dungeons and Dragons, a game with Satanic origins, should be strictly prohibited as it encourages deviant behavior and has been linked to many suicides and murders[2]. These games not only encourage belief in the occult but also encourages violent crime as the game centers around killing other beings and taking their belongings.
Of course, in order to truly be safe from the poisonous effects of violent media, it will also be necessary to restrict the ability of Hollywood to make movies with realistic violence such as Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down. These films do nothing but glorify violence and make it seem attractable to impressionable young minds. Many mass murderers are known to have watched violent films, a correlation which clearly implies a causal relationship.
Violent literature should be restricted as well; some popular books such as the Bible have frightfully violent scenes such as when a Levite's concubine is raped to death and the Levite dismembers the woman's body and scatters her parts through Israal[3]. This is to say nothing of the various accounts of genocide given in the Bible, such as the aftermath of Joshua's victory at Jericho[4]. Needless to say, the Koran is even worse in this matter, as it is the holy book of a violent and bloody religion. Ideally, this sort of literature would be burned and its existence erased from our memories as a means of preventing religious violence, the likes of which America has suffered too much of since the events of 9/11.
If we can control the mind of people by eliminating references to violence in our society via criminalizing violent thoughts (ie, thoughtcrime), then we will be able to effectively reduce violence in our country. This is a key principal in the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis[5], which states that thought is language dependent. If a person cannot conceive of a word for an idea or action, he will be unable to perform the act. This is best illustrated in the novel 1984, where the Party seeks to redefine the English language into Newspeak, which is simplified so as to reduce the ability of its users to form complex ideas, and which lacks words necessary for dissent so as to eliminate all thought of resistance to the State.
The effectiveness of such a policy is also evident in the Harry Potter franchise, where the Dark Lord Voldemort makes the saying of his name a taboo. Every utterance of his name results in the detection of the offending wizard by magical sensors, and a gang of enforcers were swiftly dispatched to arrest the criminal. This enabled Voldemort to create an atmosphere of fear and terror that suppressed attempts to instigate violence against him under his rule.
The assault weapons ban you have already proposed is but the first step on the road to a glorious future free from violence. I can only hope that you have the courage to follow it to its final destination.
Sincerely,
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[1] Drew, James. "Ohio sniper case may put video games on trial." The Blade. Web. 21 Nov. 2004.<http://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2004/11/21/Ohio-sniper-case-may-put-video-games-on-trial.html>
[2] Chick, Jack. "Dark Dungeons." Chick Publications, 1984.
[3] New International Version, Judges 19
[4] New International Version, Joshua 6
[5] "The Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis." Standford Philosophical Encyclopedia. Standford University. Web. 05 Apr. 2013. <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/relativism/supplement2.html>
