Jordan Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) "Leland Yee, the California State Senator who staked his reputation on protecting the young from violent video games after the Hot Coffee mod in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas first came to light, now finds himself in a bit of hot water. Today, California officials charged him with bribery and corruption." More in the article: http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/03/26/leland-yee-senator-who-opposed-video-games-over-hot-coffee-finds-himself-in-hot-water/ Not surprising. Edit: Apologies about the headline, went long. Also, feel free to move to the GTA Series forum. Edited March 26, 2014 by Jordan Outwar, Error2k and gnad.1992 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtamann123 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Thats what you get for challenging the almighty Cockstar gnad.1992, Niobium and E•MO•TION 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detective Phelps Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 "Leland Yee, the California State Senator who staked his reputation on protecting the young from violent video games after the Hot Coffee mod in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas first came to light, now finds himself in a bit of hot water. Today, California officials charged him with bribery and corruption." R* should make a character based on this guy. Would be nice to see him in the next GTA, or even V, if R* add him in DLC. gtamann123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I cucked Alex Jones Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 If we made a thread about every corrupt politician, we would have a lot of threads about corrupt politicians. Flūttershy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Scratch Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Hot Coffee? Acehilm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey. Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 People who try to be holier than thou usually end up slipping up themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aljohnk Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I wonder if R* makes a parody character about him in GTA V DLC. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Someone get Patrick in here for a victory lap. Hmmm nice bike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
universetwisters Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I wonder if R* makes a parody character about him in GTA V DLC. lol I think they made the lawyer you kill in "Final Interview" in GTA 4 somewhat of an expy of Jack Thompson. I'm surprised they missed the chance to do something like this in V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ss4gogeta0 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 (edited) Investigators said Yee discussed helping the agent get weapons worth $500,000 to $2.5 million, including shoulder-fired missiles, and explained the entire process of acquiring them from a Muslim separatist group in the Philippines to bringing them to the U.S., according to an affidavit by FBI agent Emmanuel V. Pascua. That nigga wasnt playin tho... Rocket Launchers and sh*t... they wanted a war and yet they tried to ban GTA... the f*ck kinda logic is that? Edited March 27, 2014 by Ss4gogeta0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niobium Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 If we made a thread about every corrupt politician, we would have a lot of threads about corrupt politicians. 99% of politicians are corrupt. MartyFrost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocalsZHP Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 And the last 1% are retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunkyman Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 So a progressive liberal and "only the government should have guns" crusader is arrested for smuggling fully automatic firearms (amongst other things), and barely a peep is said in the media. Oh well, at least there's a good chance he'll spend the rest of his life in a gulag Californian correctional facility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. House Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 f*cking illuminati liberal elite man, ruining the US, one starbucks at a time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costar Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 People who try to be holier than thou usually end up slipping up themselves. I'm sure that what he was doing had nothing to do w/ being anything "Holy." Just recall countless movies (& RL stories) about this kind of thing. Someone is in the spotlight, they arent *trying* to be "good", they want to rise to power and use those "good acts" as a facade to keep eyes off of what their real plan is. There is a diff in ppl that really are trying to do the right thing and fail at some point, over those that use "good intentions" as a smoke-screen for their bad intentions. Its like a person in a position of power that uses that position to "rid the city of drugs" but where are those drugs and money going --to satisfy their own habits & buy lavish things. What about the one that says he's "getting guns off the streets!" but he's importing weapons & keeping law enforcement at bay for the local mafia because they knocked off one or more ppl so he could assume his position of power! As they say "absolute power corrupts absolutely." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Now you have to ask yourself a question. How is it possible that someone can be so bad and so corrupt if they're not a gamer? Obviously this guy is a closet GTA fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alhalish Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 One day, people will blame their own shortcomings and idiocy for the crimes that they have committed and the consequences it caused, and the moral guardians will leave video games alone. ....Yeah, as if. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I remember the story from Computer Games magazine back in 2005, doing a recap of events in a full on article about HC, Not unlike the fate of one Jack Thompson! Let he without sin cast the FIRST STONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Fandango Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 (edited) So a progressive liberal and "only the government should have guns" crusader is arrested for smuggling fully automatic firearms (amongst other things), and barely a peep is said in the media. Don't you have anything better to fill your time with than doing snarky political drive bys on a GTAForum, where the majority of members have no idea what you're talking about and the rest think you're a lunatic who's making an ass of himself? How does it feel to have gone from "tolerable right-wing ideologue" to "insane conspiracy theorist whose posts are laden with unintelligible dogmatic buzzwords, and terms of art from the fringes of academia, and nothing else"? Take it to Reddit or something. Edited March 28, 2014 by Melchior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil weasel Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Ah!... The Loud Voice of Censorship. Don't like an opinion being stated outload and squash it before it can spread. Whether it be truth, or hype, or even a ranting of the addlepated. It must be stopped before it grows! And of course just to say you don't like isn't enough you must insert the belittling name calling. Bravo. Now, run and get sivispacem to cap it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Brown Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 So a progressive liberal and "only the government should have guns" crusader is arrested for smuggling fully automatic firearms (amongst other things), and barely a peep is said in the media. Don't you have anything better to fill your time with than doing snarky political drive bys on a GTAForum, where the majority of members have no idea what you're talking about and the rest think you're a lunatic who's making an ass of himself? What's wrong with what he said? I haven't seen anything about this as a headline for MSM. Plus, the guy has a fairly liberal track record according to Vote Smart, co-sponsoring and voting for bills which attempt to increase gun control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Fandango Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 So a progressive liberal and "only the government should have guns" crusader is arrested for smuggling fully automatic firearms (amongst other things), and barely a peep is said in the media. Don't you have anything better to fill your time with than doing snarky political drive bys on a GTAForum, where the majority of members have no idea what you're talking about and the rest think you're a lunatic who's making an ass of himself? What's wrong with what he said? I haven't seen anything about this as a headline for MSM. Plus, the guy has a fairly liberal track record according to Vote Smart, co-sponsoring and voting for bills which attempt to increase gun control. Right, so in an unbiased political climate you'd see headlines that read "Liberal Democrat Tries to Take Your Guns, Smuggles Them!"? It's just not ground breaking news, and is certainly not evidence of "liberal progressive" hegemony in society, as he seems to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Brown Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 So a progressive liberal and "only the government should have guns" crusader is arrested for smuggling fully automatic firearms (amongst other things), and barely a peep is said in the media. Don't you have anything better to fill your time with than doing snarky political drive bys on a GTAForum, where the majority of members have no idea what you're talking about and the rest think you're a lunatic who's making an ass of himself? What's wrong with what he said? I haven't seen anything about this as a headline for MSM. Plus, the guy has a fairly liberal track record according to Vote Smart, co-sponsoring and voting for bills which attempt to increase gun control. Right, so in an unbiased political climate you'd see headlines that read "Liberal Democrat Tries to Take Your Guns, Smuggles Them!"? It's just not ground breaking news, and is certainly not evidence of "liberal progressive" hegemony in society, as he seems to believe. Maybe I'm biased, but I just saw his statement as calling out the hypocrisy. There's no real headlines for this. It hasn't popped up on any MSM that I've seen and I have the Friday edition of the WSJ in front of me, there's nothing about it on the front cover and the story is only mentioned two pages in. I find it laughable that an anti-firearm politician is caught for attempting to buy rocket launchers and automatics from the MILF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Fandango Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Rocket launchers, lmao. Yeah, if he was the nation's leading crusader for gun control, it'd be news. But he wasn't. He was a state senator who voted for gun control, as democrats are wont to do. Did he even draft the gun control legislation? Also are you implying the Wall Street Journal has a left wing slant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Brown Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Rocket launchers, lmao. Yeah, if he was the nation's leading crusader for gun control, it'd be news. But he wasn't. He was a state senator who voted for gun control, as democrats are wont to do. Did he even draft the gun control legislation? He did. He sponsored and co-sponsored various measures. Also are you implying the Wall Street Journal has a left wing slant? Not at all. Just disappointed it's behind Obama meeting the Pope and YouTube censorship in Turkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Fandango Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Youtube censorship in Turkey seems like a much bigger and more interesting story than "gun control advocate actually likes guns, judging by all the ones he smuggled." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Brown Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Youtube censorship in Turkey seems like a much bigger and more interesting story than "gun control advocate actually likes guns, judging by all the ones he smuggled." I don't know, 'Politician turned Terrorist-Aide' is a more catchy headline. But to each his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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