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Ban On Louisiana Video Game Law Now Permanent

Posted by samzenpus on from the your-child-wants-to-blow-stuff-up dept.

Carl Carlson writes "A Louisiana judge has issued a permanent injunction against a Louisiana law banning the sale of violent video games to minors. The law was crafted by video game dilettante Jack Thompson and took a slightly different approach to the issue of regulating video game sales. Rep. Roy Burrell (R) and Jack Thompson had research that purported to show a causative link between playing violent video games and real-world violence entered into the legislative record in an attempt to buttress the legislation's shaky credentials. In addition, the law adapted the Miller obscenity test to the realm of violent video games."

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  1. Woot! by Kingrames · · Score: 5, Funny

    We win!

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  2. Put down the hay-lo and pick up a real gun, son by Brill · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too young to buy a game, but old enough to join the army?

  3. Re:Nobody every "wins". by Kingrames · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean, like at the end of Return of the Jedi, when the rebels and ewoks were all celebrating and dancing and whatnot while the wreckage of the Death Star II was burning up in the atmosphere, destroying the entire supply of breathable air? ...crap.

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