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DC Could Ban 'Mature' Video Game Sales to Minors
DeathPooky writes "As a part of an effort to continue a reduction in crime in the nation's former murder capital, DC leaders are trying to pass a law banning the sale of mature video games to minors - along with harsh penalties to enforce the law. According to the article, 'A store that violates the law could lose its business license and face a fine of as much as $10,000.' This law mimics other such bans proposed in Virginia and Maryland. I can already feel the chilling effects from here."
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If I had mod points you'd be falling into the karma pit by now.
In Europe I think you'll find we have equal if not more morals than in the states. Right vs wrong is taken just as seriously.
On the other hand, we realise that things like Janet Jackson exposing her breast is technically known as a "cock-up", and don't scream, have fits, bitch about what happens to the children, then sue everyone in sight for loss of earnings due to trauma.
Your thousands of years of Western civilisation are mostly European in origin, remember that. America is not the origin of all things in the world, though it seems to be the end of a lot of them.
How many people can read hex if only you and dead people can read hex?
That's right...because any natural instinct *HAS* to be evil!
Not evil really, but amoral. Like when they see a predator assault its pray and it goes like "how cruel" "it's in their nature".
If you believe there is only evolution, there's no penalty for being "evil" in life. Rape, murder, plunder, whatever. Evolution is only descriptive in consequences, that is if being "evil" is favorable for survival, "evil" will evolve. In other words, if you can get away with it.
In christianity, humans have free will. And they have the capability to recognize right from wrong. And they see some actions as wrong (as do humanitarianism, for that matter), but they can still be favorable in purely objective terms.
Basicly, what they have said is that humans should judge themselves by a completely different scale. There's no real connection between instinct and morality. The only question is who should assign morality to actions, if any.
A natural instinct for compassion is good.
A natural instinct for killing is bad.
To follow basic traffic regulations is good (but not in any way a natural instinct).
To conspire to rob a bank is bad (but not in any way a natural instinct).
That should be an example of all four combinations of good and bad, instinct and not instinct. Is promiscuous sex good or bad? That's a morality question. That it is a natural instinct doesn't really say anything one way or the other.
Kjella
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As a DC resident, I'd like to point out that most of our problems follow from our lack of representation in congress. Although DC population exceeds that of Wyoming, we have no senators or representatives.
Also, since DC is not a state (no governor), many DC laws are dictated by congress, not the city council.