In the case of games, it is purely advisory from a legal context (IANAL). However, many major (brick-and-mortar) retailers refuse to sell M-rated games to anyone under 17 or 18 years of age in the US.
Ninth: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Tenth: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
This says to me that at there's at least a murky area this falls into. As said above, there is no explicit right to anonymity, but I think there's a definitely a case for one, and one should be implicit.
Yeah, I'd say that's probably the most important way that EVE simulates a real economy: things enter and leave the system through use and destruction. The only thing it's missing is truly limited resources (not just limited for the week/day/hour/minute).
Breakdown of society occurs when there are no morals.
Nah. Only breakdown of society as we know it, and it occurs because large portions of the populace can't agree what our moral standard should be, and they fight over it. I don't blame them, but the last thing we should do is force personal morals on other people. And that's what morals are for most people: personal. They may be influenced by other sources (society, the Bible, other holy books), but it all comes down to your interpretation of what those influences mean.
Don't get me wrong, I think your boys will probably be just fine, but I know of plenty of similar situations (possibly more restrictive, but I have full details on neither case) where all it did was make the kids rebel even more.
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In the case of games, it is purely advisory from a legal context (IANAL). However, many major (brick-and-mortar) retailers refuse to sell M-rated games to anyone under 17 or 18 years of age in the US.
The key amendments here are the ninth and tenth.
Ninth: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Tenth: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
This says to me that at there's at least a murky area this falls into. As said above, there is no explicit right to anonymity, but I think there's a definitely a case for one, and one should be implicit.
Yeah, I'd say that's probably the most important way that EVE simulates a real economy: things enter and leave the system through use and destruction. The only thing it's missing is truly limited resources (not just limited for the week/day/hour/minute).
Nah. Only breakdown of society as we know it, and it occurs because large portions of the populace can't agree what our moral standard should be, and they fight over it. I don't blame them, but the last thing we should do is force personal morals on other people. And that's what morals are for most people: personal. They may be influenced by other sources (society, the Bible, other holy books), but it all comes down to your interpretation of what those influences mean.
Don't get me wrong, I think your boys will probably be just fine, but I know of plenty of similar situations (possibly more restrictive, but I have full details on neither case) where all it did was make the kids rebel even more.