Indecent Game Sales Now A Felony In New York

Gamespot reports on the final passing of New York senate bill A8696, legislation proposed just last week, that now makes it a serious felony to sell or rent a violent game to minors. The bill makes it illegal to sell a console without parental control options and establishes a group to second guess the ESRB's rating decisions. "'This bill is impermissibly vague,' EMA president Bo Andersen said in a statement. 'A8696 seeks to apply real-world standards of violence to the fictional and fanciful world of video games, an environment in which they have no meaning. As a result, retailers and clerks will not and cannot know with certainty which video games could send them to jail under A8696. It was depressing to hear members of the Assembly note the constitutional problems with the bill and then state that they were voting for it.'" The senate seems to have no fear of possible overturn of the bill, and claims it's only thinking of the children.

Comments

Call it like it is.

[Lethyos]

I get the strong feeling this story should have tags “hilary” and “clinton”.

I'm not singling you out

[BlackCobra43]

Because all of the replies so far have amounted to the same, silly reply : It`s about protecting ourselves from ourselves.

Guess what? No matter how many weapons you possess, the Army has all the nukes. You don't stand a chance. The right obear arms has become utterly irrelevant in the modern age. Stop lying to yourselves and embrace the truth that every other civilized nation already has : You don`t need guns. Period.

Re:politicians.

[TommyMc]

Ok, if you or the gp actually think that Britain is a "totalitarian dictatorship", or even anything close, you need to log off slashdot, go outside, and see some of the fucking world, you idiot.

If, however, you are being sarcastic (or if the gp isn't being sarcastic), then carry on.