California Passes Violent Games Bill

Posted by Zonk on Sunday October 9, 2005 @05:46AM from the jack-must-be-so-pleased dept.

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.

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I don't really care that this is offtopic. by StarKruzr · 2005-10-09 06:45 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Don't you think it's kind of missing the point to proselytize via fear of going to hell?

Put more precisely, if you're a Christian because you're afraid of going to hell, you're completely missing the point.

People should become Christians if they want to follow Jesus and His teachings because they believe it's a better way. Christianity should be about love, not fear.

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