Mark Methenitis posted a good response to the current legislation issues regarding video games.

This, of course, begs the question: Why games? There are a lot of theories about this particular issue, but I see it as a combination of factors: fear of new things, an easy target, unscrupulous politicians, and a largely uneducated public. Legislators love to find something like video games; something they can use to exploit the public’s misconceptions and fears in order to make it appear as if they’ve remedied a great evil without actually having to tackle a hard-hitting or divisive issue. Almost no one opposes legislation ‘to protect the children,’ even if no children are actually being protected.

Read the full post at Joystiq.