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Louisiana Politicos Defend Game Bill

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the important-legislating dept.

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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  1. Yeah! It's not like video games really train guys! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah, video games don't really make people into killer! I mean, if they did, then the Army would be using them to train soliders to kill people!

    Wait, you mean, they do!?

    Hmm... maybe this isn't as stupid a law as most knee-jerk Slashdotters want to think it is.

    Video games aren't like movies or TV. They're interactive. You don't watch a character beat up a hooker - you control a character and tell them to beat up a hooker.

    These laws aren't as ridiculous as most Slashdotters want to believe.

  2. Won't somebody please think of the SuperMarioBros? by vcv · · Score: -1, Troll

    So all this talk about training to kill...

    What about a game such as... oh... let's say... Super Mario Brothers?

    You kill in that game. Is that training for our kids? What about duckhunt? The whole point of that game is to kill animals! Where is PETA in all this?

    I call for a ban of Mario and other related games.