Ban On Louisiana Video Game Law Now Permanent

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 29, 2006 @01:49PM 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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I'm sorry by vought · 2006-11-29 15:53 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I'm from Louisiana. After moving here seveal months ago to attend to a family emergency, I've grown used to the state's warped-ness.

I'm sorry. Never move here thiking you'll take a tech job. Never think that anything but either a mall job, an MCSE grunt, or a longshoreman's work awaits you.

This state is hell. And it's the future of the nation if the last two presidential elections are any indication - declining public education, declining corporate interest, and declining intelligence.

It might be the sportsman's paradise, but it sure is a geek's hell.