Common Sense Beats Out MN Games Law

superdan2k writes "A federal court judge dropped the bomb on Minnesota's pending gaming law that would have fined minors for purchasing games with the mature or adults-only ratings. The lawsuit against the legislation was brought by video game manufacturers who claimed that it infringed on free speech. The judge agreed, and the ruling said that the state had failed to prove that graphic video games were harmful to children."

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I don't get it.

[Spazntwich]

What I don't get is why bad social policy is so frequently good political policy.

These lawmakers have to know after repeated rulings of unconstitutionality that this type of law won't stick around. Why do they insist on passing more of them, rather than educating the population on personal responsibility and the constitution?

Your opponent can't accuse you of being in bed with the videogames industry and trying to foist violence on minors if they understand why this type of law won't work in the first place.

Maybe I'm giving the average American too much credit.

Re:I don't get it.

[Spazntwich]

You fucking idiot. I know this. I addressed this very fact in my post.

My question has to do with why we can't educate our population to a point where puerile and downright dishonest tactics like that won't work in a campaign.

Re:Which little boy would that be?

[michrech]

You're forgetting that because this law has been struck down, the kid can buy it himself without his mother's knowledge. The whole point of this legislation was to try to give parents more control over whether their kids play these games without banning them from having their own money or watching them every second of the day.

You are the kind of fucktard the Judge is protecting us against.

You don't want to have to watch your kid every second of the day? Don't have children. No one forced you into it and I'll be damned if I'm going to suffer because you couldn't be bothered to make sure your children are living the way you want them to.

I'm not alone in this thinking either. There are plenty of people (single, married/childless, etc) that will agree with me. Seems the judge in the case thought so, too.

Hot Coffee

[imsabbel]

Or nipplegate.
Enough said, right?
You americans seem to have zero problems shitting on that precious "no law against free speech" if instead of death, gore and murder a single piece of anatomy is visible (outside a mutilated corpse, of course. Corpses are always fine).