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[alphadark]

http://kotaku.com/56...kyline=true&s=i

Well some are too violent but ESRB is there to tell parents what kind of games they are.

[Sweeney]

Banning any form of media is mindless.

[Waser Lave]

Banning any form of media is mindless.

Unless it involves The Cheeky Girls.

[jcrdude]

I fail to see the argument that is at the base of this court case.

A youth under age 17 cannot attend or purchase a movie with a rating of R or higher without an adult present.
A youth under age 17 cannot purchase a game with a rating of M or higher (but an adult could make the purchase for them).

So any "hyper-violent" games that they would be considering legislating are already as regulated as movies in that children cannot decide on a purchase and execute the purchase without a theoretical "guardian."

This kind of renders the "protect the children" aspect moot.

[Frizzle]

Banning any form of media is mindless.

There are certain types of sexual offences that can bring a banning order on internet pornography.

[alphadark]

I read all the other articles related to this topic and it seems "State of California" wants to slowly chip away at the 1st amendment right by passing the law to ban violent video games then aim for all other violent media like movies, TV, books, and music. Well this is only my opinion.

[EzioAuditore]

I agree with Sweeney.

Oh my God, I said it.

Telling someone what kind of games, movies, music, etc they can/can't play/watch/listen to is completely against the 1st Amendment and it doesn't solve any problems.

[Warriors]

I remember Lewd Larry...I guess its fine only for under 18...The Supreme Court is going to hear this case so we will see how it goes, but for any adult they should not ban any game its utter crap.

[Faval]

I think it's pretty pointless, why not ban violent slasher movies too while they're at it. Why not ban violent sports too like boxing? It's just human nature to want to see other people get hurt to make yourself feel better and probably why sites like fml exist.

[Random]

If you want to ban violent video games, you're an absolute moron.
The ESRB put rating on them. If the parents are too incompetent to monitor what their children are doing, then they can't complain about the games.

[Mishelle]

Complete and total waste of time. Instead of banning violent videogames why not get professional help for the people who feel it's necessary to shoot up a school after a few hours of GTA, cuz that's not normal.

Edited by Mishelle, 02 November 2010 - 11:34 AM.

[EzioAuditore]

I think it's pretty pointless, why not ban violent slasher movies too while they're at it. Why not ban violent sports too like boxing? It's just human nature to want to see other people get hurt to make yourself feel better and probably why sites like fml exist.

You can ban all the different kinds of media like that if you want, but there will still be gangs that influence violence that will be shown on the news and kids will learn violence from that too.

[Lineage]

I worked at Gamestop a few years ago and I don't remember what game it was, but some game got released in Europe before it got released in America. All the copies that were supposed to make it to America got pulled and edited because there was a really violent rape scene and people wigged about it.

I certainly don't think you can ban a certain type of video game, but I do agree that certain material shouldn't be allowed to make it into a video game either.

I don't play gore-y video games any way though.
It's all about Assassins Creed, Final Fantasy, and Castlevania

[Ziz]

It's nonsense, violence is everywhere in the media.
Some TV programs can cause much more impact on a child than a videogame can do.
The only way to prepare a child for not getting affected by it, is the education he/she receives.

[Powerrrr]

This is just a bad idea. First you start with extremely violent games, then just violent games, and then all we are left is rainbow unicorn attack.

[Sweeney]

There are certain types of sexual offences that can bring a banning order on internet pornography.

I would say that is more of a ban on the act, rather than the media itself... But I suppose it is an exception.

This is just a bad idea. First you start with extremely violent games, then just violent games, and then all we are left is rainbow unicorn attack.

When you put it like that, it doesn't seem so bad...

[Brennon]

I fail to see the argument that is at the base of this court case.

A youth under age 17 cannot attend or purchase a movie with a rating of R or higher without an adult present.
A youth under age 17 cannot purchase a game with a rating of M or higher (but an adult could make the purchase for them).

So any "hyper-violent" games that they would be considering legislating are already as regulated as movies in that children cannot decide on a purchase and execute the purchase without a theoretical "guardian."

This kind of renders the "protect the children" aspect moot.

Which reminds me i had to have id to buy reach but they didnt even ask if i was 17 when i paranormal activity 2....wierd

[Warriors]

I dunno..I may be wrong but most of you are thinking that they will just completely ban these Mature games...Quite wrong, they are looking at whether or not kids under 18 should be able to buy or rent certain games such as M and others..

[Sweeney]

I dunno..I may be wrong but most of you are thinking that they will just completely ban these Mature games...Quite wrong, they are looking at whether or not kids under 18 should be able to buy or rent certain games such as M and others..

That's not the topic.
I don't care for your real-world input. This is a place for wild speculation. WILD.

[dirigibleplum]

Banning violent games won't stop the fact that there is violence occurring around us everyday! It's like when parents find naked statues inappropriate for their kids yet their kid sees the same body parts on their own body everyday.

[iargue]

Which reminds me i had to have id to buy reach but they didnt even ask if i was 17 when i paranormal activity 2....wierd

Thats because Paranormal Activity isn't violent or scary in any way.

*pats*

My opinion. there are several times when I might have killed someone, but was too busy killing someone in a video game to actually do it.

People dont play a video game and think, "OMG I WANT TO DO THIS IN REAL LIFE". Instead they are wayyy to lazy to try to do it in real life.

Why would I spend all of the effort to get a gun and do stuff, when I just pickup a controller and its all right there?

[Lucian]

Simple enough if the parents/guardians are not supervising at what their kids are playing, watching, and listening to then it all just falls down on bad parenting. It's not like they put subliminal messages in the media.

[iargue]

You obviously never saw The Simpsons episode where Bart, Millhouse, Nelson and Ralph join a boyband.

<3

[Lucian]

If that's the one with the subliminal Navy message and guest starring N'Sync then yes, yes I have.

[sircomflix]

Why ban the games? Ban the idiot parents who willingly let their kids absorb it in, to the point where they would actually attempt such asinine behavior.