Video Game Lawsuit

The lawsuit over Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is nothing new in this country. People are always shocked about what they see when they now it’s there. When you buy this game you know that there is going to be scenes of graphic nature in it there always has been in these games. The lady that bought it for her underage grandson should not be shocked, it has an “M” rating on it and it says on the cover what is in the game.
The game developers should not be responsible for people going online and getting codes for their game. They did provide the codes but they did not force people to buy the code and use it so whoever uses the code knowingly void the rating provided on the game and breaking the contract. I that Take Two did more than they had to buy offering to buy back the game from all those who found it offensive.
This brings up another issue of this nations sensitivity toward violence. The grandma bought the game for her 13 year old grandson knowing it had violence and graphic scenes but that didn’t bother her, the think that did was the sexual content. When I was younger it was rare to find games that you would shoot people in but know if it’s not a sport game there is lots of violence in it. For instance I bought a golf game the other day that you can beat the crap out of your caddy if you want know I knew that you could do this before I bought the game so I’m not saying that I am completely against all violence in game I just want to get everybody thinking about what road we are on.

Lawyer blog comment

I went to Barnhurst, Valerie Louise blog on lawyers and I would have to agree with what she has to say. This nation was built on the blood sweat and tears of many people and then there are those who chose to take advantage of that. I have worked since I was 12 in many different places and for many different people including the military. I have seen people work hard to get promoted but I have also seen people get promoted because they know somebody in a position of power that pulled some strings. They had no idea what they were doing and things got messed up but because they knew somebody they didn’t see any repercussions. Lawyers who have ties to people in power don’t have to work as hard to get a favorable verdict in their case and in some cases people suffer because of it. If a child if being abused but he can’t get a big lawyer to take their case and the parents are able to afford somebody with power the child’s case may be thrown out and they have to return to an abusive family. It not right

Myspace Hoax

The story of the young girl who committed suicide because of a failed internet romance is sad but the thing that is sadder is the fact that the women who created the hoax feeling no remorse for what she had done. I’m pretty sure she never intended on making the girl kill herself but she did a pretty good job of taking a girl who she knew was unstable and dragging her through the mud.

Megan trusted “Josh” which is what his creator said she want so she could get to know Megan but she took it a step further and started to create a romance. After getting Megan to believe they had something she took that and made a mockery of Megan by starting to post mean things about her calling Megan names and dragging her name through the mud where everybody could she. Megan in her unstable state got really depressed and took her life.

I think the lady responsible should be prosecuted for harassment because she knew what she was doing and she knew who she was doing it to. She started by making a false identity for herself presenting herself as somebody she wasn’t to get closer to Megan, this is no different than a sexual predator. Now she didn’t go to the extremes that a sexual predator does but she did betray Megan’s trust just the same.

“Ethical issues involving Internet and computer technology also have prompted people to consider ethical issues such as privacy and free speech on the internet” (Essentials of Business Law, Anthony L. Liuzzo, pg 19) “An individual’s values are significantly influenced by those held by the group to which he or she belongs” (Essentials of Business Law, Anthony L. Liuzzo, pg 19)

Lawyers

I have family members that are lawyers and I have a few friends who are also lawyers so I have no real issue with them. In my job I have to appear in court from time to time as a witness in theft cases and the lawyer I deal with is a pretty cool guy. Everybody needs to be able to provide for their family if being a lawyer is the way you do that than good on you. Somebody has to protect the people who have been wronged or those who don’t have the ability to protect themselves like children. The problem that I do have with lawyers is when they take advantage of people because they are lawyers. When a lawyer takes on a case that deals with some money settlement between two individual and they push their client to go for a big settlement whether it’s necessary or not just because they will get a big pay check for it, that’s where I have a problem. The other family may not be able to pay the settlement but the lawyer doesn’t care because he got a new car out of the deal.