Illinois Senate OKs Violent Games Bill

The Illinois senate has approved the violent games bill proposed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The bill was also passed by the House, but the Senate stripped the possibility of jail time out of the wording before approving it. The House must now reconsider the bill before it can be passed into law. From the article: "The sponsor, Sen. Deanna Demuzio, denied the measure would interfere with free speech rights.'Video games are not art or media,' she said. 'They are simulations, not all that different from the simulations used by the U.S. military in preparation for war.' Apparently I have been misinformed as to what exactly I've been doing for the last twenty-odd years. Thank you, Illinois Senate, for correcting my error.

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Hmmm...

[faloi]

The article states that most Senators in the state don't believe it'll really be enforced. And that some of the Senators are going to vote for it just to prevent them voting against being used against them later on. So basically it's no-lose for the Senators. They don't care about the bill, because they doubt it'll really be enforced. And they get to say "I protected the childrens!" next time campaign roll around. Useless feelgood legislature at it's...finest.