Heh, I' m estimating about 25% of us are alright, the rest of us are socially illiterate sheeple having hissy fits about which rich idiot is going to lead us next. Really, it' s nothing short of amazing. We' re the people who mistaken Australia for Korea, Iran, France, and Iraq., and think that our biggest threat is Italy.
I saw that video quite a while ago, and even now when I see it I am amazed and disgusted at the same time. I can tell you one thing that makes americans like that less dangerous than many fundamentalists in the middle east and africa. The americans are generally lazy, and complacent, while they may support a government going to war, they will only do so as long as it doesn' t effect them, or when the media tells them not to. Fundamentalists however, as crazy as many of them are, will go to great lengths to see their beliefs enforced upon others, and aren' t as easily dis-swayed. All said, neither set of people is any good for the world, and it goes to show what a lack of education, respect, and open mindedness can do to people.
As for people that rag on video games, they are terrible. They do nothing to solve the things they see as problems. They pin blame, demand things, get very self righteous, and generally act like a bunch of angry children.
IMO it' s not up to game makers to make sure their product is sold to the appropriate age group, at least not yet. They have them rated, distribute them with the knowledge it should only be sold to people of a certain age, and distribute them in stores where clerks should be instructed to ask for ID.
You need ID for liquor, porn, cigarette' s and guns(I' m assuming, I' ve never been to a gun shop). Why not the same for games. I wouldn' t see it as much of a hassle, as I' m not buying games daily, or even weekly. The thing is, if we did ID for games, then advocacy groups would have to shut up(I doubt they would), and their case would seem even more ridiculous than it is already.