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California Passes Violent Games Bill
TecnaDigit writes "Today, after sitting on the bill for nearly a month and constant political pressure, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 1179, the bill that would prohibit the sale and rentals of violent video games to minors. Again, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board and the Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) are challenging the bill. According the the VSDA, the bill is faulty in that a game is decided whether or not it is 'violent' by juries, and different juries could have different opinions on what is defined as 'violent'." Commentary on GamerGod.
The laws punish HOMEOWNERS not just retail!!! BAD!
A mother or father of a home taht unwittingly allows a NEIGHBOR's kid to play GTA at their home can get the parents into criminal court!
GREAT!
Swell. Thats what just we need.... feuding neighbors. It almost makes me want to shoot a bullet into the head of my goddamn tattletale snitching neighbor, or burn down their house while they sleep.... oops i mean, can't we all just get along?
Seriosuly though... these laws are not for retailers... they are to send PARENTS of cool kids to jail. Nobody but me seems to get it.
You read it here first.
They do. And smoking causes cancer. The problem is that the pathogen does not result in the negative consequence 100% of the time.
On the one side we have people who say that violence in video games never sparks spillover. On the other side we have people who claim that it always does. Both people could generously be described as ignorant and both positions are substantiated via anecdote only. Both are also clearly, unquestionably and undeniably wrong.
A closer look must be taken at the people who oppose this bill: what, exactly, do they oppose?
People who oppose this bill are anti-family - this has nothing to do with the sale of these types of games but with the right of parents to control what comes into their homes. If a parent sees nothing wrong with the game they can buy it, end of discussion. People who oppose this bill are the types who gripe when movie theaters card for an R rated movie.
This bill has nothing to do with the games but seeks to reinforce the concept of parental control. Period. Granted, there are a few whackos on both sides who support/oppose the bill for the wrong reason this bill is entirely reasonable and non-intrusive.
If the g'vt kept the data on you that google does you'd better believe you'd be calling it "doing evil"
Christianity should be about dead, not alive.