Posted on 06/01/2006 11:28:19 AM PDT by steve-b
A proposed ban on the sale or rental of violent games to minors is another step closer to passing the Louisiana legislature this week, as The Shreveport Times is reporting that HB1381 has been approved by the Senate Judiciary A Committee and will now go to the Senate for final debate.
According to the report, representative Roy Burrell, the Democrat who authored the bill with the help of Miami attorney Jack Thompson, showed the committee a sampling of gameplay from the Grand Theft Auto series. In the clips, the player fought with police officers and attacked a woman with a chainsaw. He also engaged in implied sex with a prostitute in a rocking vehicle before chasing her across a parking lot and beating her to recoup his cash....
(Excerpt) Read more at gamespot.com ...
I feel safer
Weren't his 15 minutes up after he tried to get 2 Live Crew banned around 1989-1990?
According to the report, representative Roy Burrell, the Democrat who authored the bill with the help of Miami attorney Jack Thompson, showed the committee a sampling of gameplay from the Grand Theft Auto series. In the clips, the player fought with police officers and attacked a woman with a chainsaw. He also engaged in implied sex with a prostitute in a rocking vehicle before chasing her across a parking lot and beating her to recoup his cash....
Sounds like he's pretty good at this game.
Yet another bluenose who keeps immersing himself in the very things he wants to ban, "just to see how bad they really are?"
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