New Bill Would Restrict Sale of Video Games to Minors

RobinH writes: "According to this article at MSN, "A bill introduced in Congress last week would make it a federal crime to sell or rent violent video games to minors," and it "would apply to games that feature decapitation, amputation, killing of humans with lethal weapons or through hand-to-hand combat, rape, car-jackings, aggravated assault and other violent felonies." We know that sometimes kids who are never exposed to alcohol until they are 19 or 21 can go way overboard the first time... is there a possibility of the same thing happening with violent video games?" Here's CNN's story as well.

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[drudd]

So does a video game which allows you to dope-slap your congressman count as violent or as political activism?

Doug

Lookout !! Don't watch Greek Drama!!

[gelfling]

If you watch a performance of Oedipus you will have sex with your mother and kill your father.

If you watch a performance of Phaedra you will have sex with your step mother and kill yourself.

If you watch a performance of Europa you will have sex with a cow.

If you watch a performance of Orestes you will kill your mother with an axe after she kills your dad while he's having sex with his girlfriend in his bathtub. Then you will have sex with your sister and die miserably.