A couple of years ago a scandal over some sexual content in one of the video games in the Grand Theft Auto series caused a stir among nanny-minded politicians in Washington who were being spurred to “do something” about sex in video games.  Hillary Clinton was one of the politicians who caused the most fuss.

Now, over two years later, Hillary is making that video game an issue in her Presidential campaign by promising to “crack down” on computer-generated cartoon sex.  But the funny thing is, why Hillary and her comrades in Congress get all excited about the sex in video games like Grand Theft Auto, neither they nor the outraged parents who bought the game for their children were apparently concerned at all about the primary theme of the game, which is violence and crime.

Indeed, the entire point of GTA is marauding around a town killing, stealing, beating and maiming.  It is a very violent game, and that’s a fact that has never been hidden by the game’s producers given that the game has had a mature rating since it was released.  So what we’re left with is a situation where parents and politicians weren’t concerned when the came consisted of punching hookers in the face and/or murdering them, but were outraged when they learned that you could have sex with said hookers as well.

Regardless, this is hardly an issue that warrants the involvement of politicians.  Video games already have a rating system (again, the GTA games are rated “mature").  Beyond that, if parents buy violent or sexually graphic video games for their children, that’s their problem.