Louisiana Politicos Defend Game Bill

GameDaily reports on comments by LA Senators and politicians defending the Louisiana violent games law. The vigorous defense now has backing from the state's Attorney General, who has vowed to go to the SCOTUS if need be. From the article: "[Assistant Attorney General Burton] Guidry added that the law is 'not going to curtail the free speech of anybody,' but then he used the old 'games are training kids to kill' argument. 'This is more than speech. This is truly training for violence," he said. 'You assume the character of a mass murderer. You go out and kill people as violently as you can because you score more points.'"

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Quotes of gold.

[Kesch]

Man, I love the kind of things this guy says.

"The last thing we need is some video game promoting violent and illegal behavior. I understand where they[video game industry] are coming from. They feel like we are trying to stop the sale of these videos and in fact we are."

"Now if this is overturned, I think you'll see the legislature address it again in the next session," he noted. "We can't legislate morality but certainly we can stop these games from being sold in Louisiana, getting into the hands of our children. It's the least we could do."

I guess they aren't not doing what they are accused of doing.