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.

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Free?

[Anonymous Coward]

So it is illegal to sell or rent. What if I give them away for free? I am going to make them obscene games as well so go ahead and ban that Kalifornia!

Re:Violent Games... sigh

[Xarius]

Funny? That's fucking insightful, moderators!

F*ck the children!!

[Allison Geode]

you're only a child for what, 10 years? 15 at most, really. assuming you're able to survive to old age, you're an adult for much, much longer than that.

by all means, protect the children, but don't do it at the expense of those of us who are able to survive past the larval stage.

Arnold against violence?

[Anonymous Coward]

First he should ban all his movies. They were qiute violent if my recollection is correct.

Re:Where Will You Spend Eternity?

[ninejaguar]

1) Not loved the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, and strength?
2) Held anything as a higher priority than God Himself (e.g. money, sex, status, etc)?
3) Used God's name in vain, or as a curse-word?
4) Failed to keep the Sabbath Holy (worked instead of worshipped God on His day)?
5) Dishonored or disrespected your parents in any way?
6) Lied to anyone (even a "white lie")?
7) Stolen anything from anyone (even a piece of candy as a child)?
8) Killed/murdered anyone?
9) Committed adultery (lust or sex with one to whom you weren't married)?
10) Envied someone else (i.e. resentment because of desire for someone else's possessions)?

The Holy Bible indicates that the person GUILTY OF ANY of the above will be SENTENCED TO HELL **UNLESS** s/he REPENTS AND RECEIVES JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR AND LORD.

Hey, if I answer No to any of those, I don't have to be X-ian to avoid going to hell? Sweet!

1. Know in your heart that the one true God is the Father of our Messiah Jesus Christ

Does god have testicles? Why is it the Father, and not the Mother. Or, even the Great Noodle in the sky? I suppose its better than the "Holy Uncle" with testicles. How creepy is that?

2. Accept that Jesus Christ was sinless, He lovingly and sacrificially shed His own blood on the cross as substitute punishment for your sins, and that His resurrection on the third day symbolizes every born-again believer's new life in Him. His ascension represents the believing Christian's ultimate ascension into heaven to spend eternity in the presence of Almighty God.

I don't quite get how if we're made in god's image, he gets away with being perfect and we're not. Can something perfect make something that isn't? If it could make something imperfectly, isn't that a sign of fallibility? Or, maybe because its perfect, it can perfectly screw up what was to be a perfect thing into being imperfect? But, that still leads to imperfection as a result, or does it mean we're not really imperfect, just a perfect example of something imperfect. Again, the result is that we're imperfect, which means that whatever made us fucked up somehow and couldn't be perfect to begin with. Sheesh!

3. Repent of your sins. Say a sincere prayer thanking God for sending His son Jesus Christ to shed His blood for your sins, confess that you are a sinner, concede that you are truly sorry for your sins, trust in Jesus Christ for redemption, and receive the Holy Spirit to help you live in obedience from now on. hxxp://www.stevehill.org/needhelpnow/Howtobecomeac hristian.asp

If I shed my blood for you, will you worship me? Do I have to worship the hundreds of thousands of people who died in the Revolutionary War or Civil War because they shed their blood for me?

3. Repent of your sins. Say a sincere prayer thanking God for sending His son Jesus Christ to shed His blood for your sins, confess that you are a sinner, concede that you are truly sorry for your sins, trust in Jesus Christ for redemption, and receive the Holy Spirit to help you live in obedience from now on. hxxp://www.stevehill.org/needhelpnow/Howtobecomeac hristian.asp

Hey, wait a minute...You're just repeating yourself to put me into a hypnotic daze when you pass the collection my way! Why does god "need" us to do anything anyways? It doesn't make any sense. Anyway, I'm non-partisan and don't want anything to do with clubs that operate on exclusivity. If X-ians can't get it past their thick skulls that religion and its inherent passive/aggressive bigotry is devisive and leads to the hell of strife, they're gonna get coals in their stockings come X-Mas.

= 9J =

Re:Strawman arguments against parents

[SuperDuG]

Even now, I have to keep my kids away from the video games in most movie theater lobbies because some of them are ridiculously violent--more violent than some of the crap on the movies playing there. I have to carefully watch what games are demoed at Toys-R-Us. I have to keep a close eye on what my kid sees on the covers of the game boxes.

Guess what ... the world ... is full of sex and violence. It's not just the video games, it's reality and teaching your kids to ignore the truth is sure going to help them grow up and be closed minded idiots ... just like you.

Turning off the news, ignoring the papers, and putting your fingers in your ears while screaming *la la la la la la la la* does NOT, I repeat, DOES NOT, make the worlds problems go away. You think being a parent is hard? Try doing it in a country where you fight every day to make sure your children are fed and not raped everyday. What? Is your ivory tower too tall to realize that making sure your children don't see sex (something natural and not icky) and violence in a video game ... that you fail to realize that parents around the world are making sure their children don't die of disease or war?

Feel lucky that your biggest worry is making sure your little brat doesn't see breasts or guns.

I guess I missed the fact that sex was a bad thing. You ... among all people ... should realize that SEX ... is what made you a fucking parent.

I'm getting off topic here... forgive me. Children knowing things is not a bad thing. It's your job as a parent, to make sure that they're safe and that they are mentored. You help them to make sound decisions and to have a foundation to build from. Teaching them that the first thing they need to do is HIDE from things that they don't think are "appropriate" is a great lesson indeed.

It's hopless, you're just another stupid ... parent.