Jack Thompson's Violent Game Bill Signed Into Law

simoniker writes "Louisiana Democratic Representative Roy Burrell's HB1381 bill, covering violent videogames, has been signed into law by Governor Kathleen Blanco. The law takes effect immediately, the latest in a very long line of video game-related bills specific to one U.S. State. The measure proposed by HB 1381, which was drafted with the help of controversial Florida attorney and anti-game activist Jack Thompson, allows a judge to rule on whether or not a videogame meets established criteria for being inappropriate for minors and be subsequently pulled from store shelves. A person found guilty of selling such a game to a minor would face fines ranging from $100 to $2,000, plus a prison term of up to one year. Needless to say, the ESA will likely be mounting a legal challenge to this bill in the very near future."

Comments

Re:Redundant?

[Golias]

It does not speak well of the state of our education system that you (probably rightly) felt the need to provide a wiki for the word "gerrymandering" in a discussion about politics.

Re:Priorities

[stlhawkeye]

Why? Her solution is to throw her hands up, run away, and bitch that nobody else is doing anything about it. She doesn't need to prepare for anything.

Moderation?

[Pfhorrest]

I'm a little confused about the moderation this post is getting. Thank you three for the Insightfuls, but why the Flamebait and Overrated? Someone obviously finds this offensive somehow... but I don't rightly see how. People just modding down because they disagree?