Congress To Consider Age Limits On Violent Games

labrat1123 writes "It looks like Congress is getting ready to revisit the 'Protect Children from Video Game Sex and Violence Act.' Cliff Notes version: It would become a federal crime to sell or rent a violent video game to anyone under 18. Entire article available on CNN." Note that this is not a law; it's a bill being readied for reintroduction after its original version was killed last session.

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whoop de doo

[scourfish]

I'm over 18, so I could care less. You little turds will just have to wait till you're 18. No big deal. Same for movies.

Biggest lie yet!

[burgburgburg]

Oh, and the ruling Party is planning on giving the richest 1% of the population more money

Actually they are letting them keep more of their own money.

Ha! This little GOP canard always amuses in a sickening way. The Big Lie nature of it, and the way it is trotted out repeatedly by the GOP are so wonderfully, shamefully. willfully ignoring the nature of the economic system is which we ALL exist, that you'd figure that at least one of them would look away in self-loathing occasionally. But that's expecting too much.

Now let's go slow here: The money that people make is not independent of the society of which they are a part. In fact, there is a good chance they wouldn't make it at all without the society. Without the laws (civil, economic and criminal) that allow our economic system to flourish. Without the services and infrastructure (Police, Fire, Sanitation, power, roads, airways, etc.) that allow the economic system to function. Without the military to protect the system. People don't invest in stock markets, make contracts, build structures, build companies, with the confidence and success of the US without the underlying structures that allow them to happen.

Here's the kicker: Taxes pay for all of that! The more money you make, the more the money you made is a result of that structure, and the more you depend on that structure to safeguard what you have and to ensure you can make more. So you owe more.

Re:Its been said before...

[pogle]

"I'm sorry, I have to point this out:

And if the level of grammar and (usually) proper spelling in my post did not illustrate otherwise, I'm a well educated graduate from high school some time ago.

Yeeeeeah. You switched tense in that sentence a few times. Normally, one would let that pass, but, ironically enough, in that very sentence you're essentially stating your grammar should speak for your level of education. Ouch."

Never said I was an English major. Don't care to proofread. I was more referring to the fact that I knew how to actually write a sentence, with decent punctualization and proper use of capitalization-- traits which I'm sure you'll agree many seem to lack today.

I dislike picking apart posts for grammar and such, and usually dont care about it at all. Criticizing someone elses grammar is a sure way to have your sentence dissected in a flash. But the last 3 words in my sentence there *are* pretty out of whack with most of the rest :grin: Thats what I get for editing the sentence and not rereading it. Silly disjointedness. Luckily when I type stuff for more important reasons I care enough to proof it.

And the sarcasm was directed at what I perceived to be an insinuation that I had no place in this conversation, despite being a perfect case of why this law is unnecessary. So I felt the need to throw some sarcastic remarks in there.

Anywho, I'm done with this topic for the day. Heading home from work and all that. I would say its been entertaining, but somehow this bill just makes me sad, and worried.