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Originally Posted by Dr. Boogie
You mean you thought Quake was more realistic when you were a kid and didn't know any better, right? Because that's a game where you travel to other dimensions and shoot monsters with an automatic nailgun.
Well, people who don't consider video games and porno to be analogous, for one.
I'm against it because I recognize the bill for what it is: a cynical ploy by politicians who want to distract from the fact that the state has gone bankrupt under their watch. They just need a quick moral panic fix to scare people into reelecting them. Once the elections are over, this issue will disappear. Just you wait.
The other reason I'm against it is because it's completely unnecessary. It has never been easier for a parent to stop their kids from playing inappropriate games than it is right now: Every game has a label and a brief content description on the front and back cover. Each one of those labels contains a URL where you can go to learn more about what's in a certain title. Video and screenshots of any game can be Googled from your mobile phone. And even if all that fails, even if you steadfastly refuse to expend an ounce of effort trying to learn about the media your kids consume, you can use the parental controls on any modern console to block out M-rated games automatically. In short, if your kids can play games you don't want them playing at home, it's on you.
Finally, I don't want law enforcement spending even a moment of their time on this. The idea that you could be working at Best Buy one day, then find yourself fired because you accidentally sold a copy of GoW3 to little Johnny and his holy roller mother threw a fit... that's just pathetic.
But I know all of this is mostly moot because the bill will just be shot down as being unconstitutional, just as it was when they tried it in Illinois, and just as it was when they tried it here years ago.
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lol, I meant that the 3D graphics in Quake were more realistic than the sprites in Doom.
I thought that employees could be fired from their jobs for selling anything with any sort of parental advisory to kids already. I do agree that this is just a simple election distraction, but the issue has been around for years. This issue really makes no difference for adults whatsoever, but kids may be put off that they can't purchase an M rated game with a 17 year old anymore.
I highly doubt that law enforcement would get involved anyway. Budget cuts and lethargy have besieged our police for the past two years. How many of them are willing to go arrest some sales clerk at Best Buy or Gamestop.
I do think its odd that we, as Americans feel that porno is more harmful than interactive ultra-violence though. I'm comparing both of the mediums on premise, not actual content though. Videogames have been increasingly filled with more and more violence, blood, gore, sex, and nudity (all of which are inappropriate for kids). Porno is just filled with sex and nudity (to my knowledge, trust me, I don't wanna know if it gets worse than that.) Look at it objectively and tell me that you can't understand the argument of people who have never even played a game. I actually do get where they are coming from, even if they have gone about it in the wrong way over the years.