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Oklahoma Game Law Permanently Enjoined

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-what-you-get dept.

The poorly-written game law passed in Oklahoma - and subsequently found unconstitutional by the courts - has now been permanently enjoined from existing. This has been a pet project of Governor Brad Henry, and this enjoinment will stop the law from rearing its head again. "The law sought to ban the dissemination to minors of any computer or video game that contains any depiction of "inappropriate violence," which was defined by depictions that fall into any one of nine broad categories. Violators would also have been subject to fines of up to $1,000 ...It also seems in some way that the law singled out the game industry, since according to the court decision, the law was found to be underinclusive - meaning that a minor might be prevented from buying a video game with 'inappropriate violence' but may still legally buy or rent the book or movie on which the game was based." GamePolitics has reaction to this decision.

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  1. Oklahoma - Bastion of sense in the Union by Umuri · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As an okie (person who lives in oklahoma), i'm always happy to see shit like this.

    No state is perfect, and there are always morons and imbeciles, especially here in the bible belt, but oklahoma has always been a relatively common sense area of the union in this fucked up little world.

    I'd almost say part of it is because we're on the edge of the bible belt. People around here are smart enough to know not to be morons with their religions, but also old fashioned enough to realize that PARENTING is done by the PARENT. And people who bitch otherwise are usually just lazy.

    Good job OK!

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  2. In case you didn't know by The-Bus · · Score: 4, Funny
    I got the gist of it from the article, but enjoin specifically means:

    Law. to prohibit or restrain by an injunction. So it's not a made-up word. It's a perfectly cromulent word and now my vocabulary has been embiggened.
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  3. Re:The Score by Constantine+XVI · · Score: 5, Informative

    It means that not only was the law struck down by the court, the state assembly cannot attempt to revive the law or a (IIRC) similar law

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  4. Re:Editing? by sqldr · · Score: 3, Funny

    That is one of the most poorly assembled group of words I have ever seen put together.

    You obviously haven't read The Davinci Code

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  5. What about Nirvana? by boot1973 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "No state is perfect"

    I think Buddhists may disagree.