Philosophy of Government 1

Should a videogame that deals with shooting and killing people be legal? I believe government is necessary in a society because we need a system to make and enforce laws for the country. I believe we have the freedom of speech and the right to do what we want but only to a certain point. The Grand Auto Theft incident video games is a game in which you could decapitate police officers, kill them with a sniper rifle, massacre them with a chainsaw, and set them on fire. Two weeks ago, a multi-million dollar lawsuit was filed in Alabama against the makers and marketers of Grand Theft Auto, claiming that months of playing the game led a teenager to go on a rampage and kill three men two of them police officers.
In the Grand Theft Auto incident that I just mentioned, I don’t think it would be fair to punish the majority who can handle playing violent video games without killing. I think it has gone to far because of the fact that people are killing each other and they are blaming it on a game. I do not think if you play this game then you just start going out and killing people. I think that if someone goes out and kills someone then they already had there mind set to kill them, its not because the game to told them to do it. If I had to pick between Hobbes and Locke I think I will pick Locke. I chose Locke because Locke believed that before society was organized, humans lived in a state of equality and freedom rather than a state of war. Locke also believed that in this state of nature, humans had certain natural rights- rights with which they were born. These included rights to life, liberty, and property. I think personal freedom is more important than equality.
I think I agree more with Locke more than Hobbes because Locke seemed to me more of a better person. Locke was not an advocate of democracy, but his ideas proved important to both Americans and French in the eighteenth century. These ideas were used to support demands for constitutional government, the rule of law, and the protection of rights. I do not think that we are naturally good and cooperative, as Locke would suggest. I also think that we tend to be selfish, nasty, and brutish according to Hobbes.
Take for example, the Jena 6 incident, in which two black students sat under the “white tree” at Jena High School. The next day, white students hung three nooses from the tree. The noose-hangers got a three-day suspension. Several incidents of violence and threats against went unpunished. But when a white student got beaten up after taunting a black victim of violence, everything changed. Charges were filed against the black boys and they were sent to prison as adults, while the white students only got a three-day suspension.
I think society does benefit most from self- interest because all they are dong is caring for there needs and there wants, and they only care about there own needs and desires.
I think we should have limitations because if we were free to do what we want then we would be totally out of control. I think equality is more important than freedom because when you have freedom people take it for granted. And with equality everybody gets treated the same. This is why I think government is necessary.