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To: WilliamIII
So, do you advocate banning video games on the grounds that a few bad apples just might possibly be affected by them?

I surely wouldn’t and I don’t state my opinion from an ideological viewpoint.

Your “logic” would be no different than those who call for banning guns since a few demented individuals use them to commit atrocities regardless of the fact that tens of millions of gun owners are law abiding citizens who don’t run around murdering people.

12 posted on 12/17/2012 9:34:59 PM PST by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: Pox

So, do you advocate banning video games

No, but I’d favor a law establishing tort liability for their producers. The makers of other potentially dangerous products are subject to being sued for damages if their products result in harm. The rich conscience-free folks who produce these blood-spattered games shouldn’t be exempt from product liability litigation.


13 posted on 12/17/2012 9:38:07 PM PST by WilliamIII
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To: Pox

> Your “logic” would be no different than those who call for banning guns since a few demented individuals use them to commit atrocities regardless of the fact that tens of millions of gun owners are law abiding citizens who don’t run around murdering people. <

The right to keep and bear arms is enshrined in our Bill of Rights.

The “right” to video games? Not so much.

(And I am not necessarily calling to ban the genre, just pointing out that banning a form of amusement is in no way equal to gutting the 2nd Amendment.)


63 posted on 12/18/2012 7:13:27 AM PST by Darnright ("I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
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