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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. Quotes of gold. by Kesch · · Score: 4, Informative

    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.

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  2. Don't forget the serial-killer training games! by enitime · · Score: 5, Funny
    '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.'"


    Since serial killers usually have a history of abusing animals, we should also ban Whack-a-Mole. After all, the more you beat them the more points you get. Someone call PETA!

  3. Yeah! It's not like written books train guys! by kclittle · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Yeah, written books don't really make people into killers! 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.

    Written books with diagrams and pictures aren't like word-of-mouth. They're visual. You don't listen about how a character beats up a hooker - you internally visualize the character and watch them to beat up a hooker with your own hands.

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

    ((I *do* hope the moderators pick up on the sarcasm here...))

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