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Violent Video Game Protection Act

Posted by timothy on from the quixotic-but-deforming dept.

KidIcarus writes: "Four lawmakers in Georgia have submitted a bill that would make it a criminal offense to sell or make violent video games available to minors. Full text of the bill here. Seems that politicians still don't have a clue, despite indications that video games don't cause violence." This may remind you of the (since overturned) law segregating certain video games from others in Indianapolis.

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  1. WHAT?!?!?! by timdorr · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're trying to stop me from playing my violent games? KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL!!!!!!

    Dammit, I'm gonna rocket jump over to their house and grenade spam their house, but first I gotta find the red key to get inside....lemme bunny hop over to that building that says central control......

    --
    Tim Dorr
    Owner/Manger
    A Small Orange
  2. Makes me so angry! by kisrael · · Score: 3, Funny

    Man, this stuff makes me really angry! I hate ignorant politicians like these guys who want to take away our electronic rights! Someone should smash into them with a Hadoken Fireball! Or take the chaingun into the Georgia legislative building corridors! Or jump on top of their stupid turtle-like heads! Or grab an energizer and give them a taste of their own medicine! Or something!

    --
    SO YOU'RE GOING TO DIE: The Comic for Dealing with Death
    1. Re:Makes me so angry! by yintercept · · Score: 2, Funny

      Anyone know where I can download the "Georgia Legislator" skins so I can take out the anger in an Unreal Tournament?

  3. Re:Too much by neonstz · · Score: 2, Funny

    As a parent, I can understand why some people think that playing Max Payne would be like training for the next Columbine. Violence runs rampant in our media.

    Yeah, I can imagine a bunch of testosterone-filled teenagers with guns running around in their local school, throwing themselves around the corner, just to realize that Bullet Time doesn't work in real life.

  4. Re:Germany by jamesidm · · Score: 3, Funny

    I remember the joy on my friends face when we were both 14 and I came to germany with a smuggled copy of a fully gored up quake 1 :)

    and then seeing command and conquer where people bleed oil!? It's an important thing that germany has good broadband coverage to get the uncut versions of games.