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Clinton Files Game Legislation

Posted by Zonk on from the buckle-your-seat-belts dept.

GamePolitics is reporting that Senator Clinton has formally filed game legislation. The bill, likely not to be discussed until the Senate returns from Holiday break, is co-sponsored by Senator Lieberman. From the article: "The Senators emphasized that their legislation will put teeth in the enforcement of video game ratings, helping parents protect their children from inappropriate content. They were joined in making the announcement by April DeLaney, Director of the Washington Office for Common Sense Media; Norman Rosenberg, President and CEO of Parents Action for Children and Dr. Michael Rich, Director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Children's Hospital in Boston and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, in a show of support for the legislation. "

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  1. Don't Senators watch PBS? by mkraft · · Score: 4, Informative

    Maybe someone should send the good Senators Professor Jenkin's study debunking the myth that video games cause children to become aggressive homicidal sociopaths as mentioned here on Tuesday.

    Better yet, why doesn't everone send them it.

    Clinton, Hillary- (D - NY)
    476 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
    (202) 224-4451
    Web Form: http://clinton.senate.gov/contact


    Lieberman, Joseph- (D - CT)
    706 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
    (202) 224-4041
    Web Form: http://lieberman.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm?rega rding=issue
    While you're at it, why not contact your Senators and tell them to oppose the bill.

  2. Wikipedia article by jacoplane · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've created a small stub on wikipedia. I'm sure people here could help out flesh out a nice "criticism" section. Here's the article:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Entertainment_ Protection_Act

  3. *sigh* by Starker_Kull · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just when I think the Democratic Party is starting to grow a spine and stand up for some libertarian principles rather than pander.... No, this is not intended as flame-bait - it is an expression of frustration with a binary political system that has segmented every issue into a "They don't think it's right?!?! Then it MUST be right! Write up a bill legislating it for us to vote on, intern! Oh, and say it's to protect the children!!!" - mentality.

    Here's a wacky idea - instead of legislating a bill "protecting [kids] from a coarsening culture" (Senator Bayh) in fictional video games, how about a bill protecting kids from real gun violence (Over 5,000 kids killed by guns in the US in 1997), real poverty (35,000,000 in 2003 in the U.S), and real rape (204,000 in the USA 2003-2004)? Oh, right, that would involve hard choices about civil liberties, responsibilities, Constitutional rights and freedom of choice, and other complicated things. Screw it, it won't get votes. Ban those nasty video games instead!!!

    http://www.bradycampaign.org/facts/issues/?page=ki ds#1

    http://www.rainn.org/statistics/

    http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/a rchives/income_wealth/002484.html

    http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GU NS/GUNSTAT.html