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To: discostu
"imperial power wielded at the state level is no less tyranical than at the fed."

Tyrannical? We're talking about the state limiting the sale of a video game to minor children - people who have reached the age of majority. There's no limit on what adults can buy, and there's no limit on what the children can actually play or watch. The law doesn't limit any adult; It empowers them and expands and reinforces their authority.

The Court has long held that while children do enjoy constitutional rights, they don't enjoy all constitutional rights or rights that are as robust as adults.

Plus, "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."

The last time I checked, the Founders were silent on video game sales.

25 posted on 04/26/2010 4:23:38 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: discostu
That should have been...

people who have not reached the age of majority

26 posted on 04/26/2010 4:25:12 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

Yes tyrannical, we’re talking about fining companies for selling legal products. We’re talking about treating video games like they’re tobacco or alcohol. We’re talking about setting up a government group that decides which games are “appropriate” for which groups of people. That’s tyranny pure and simple.

Let’s also keep in mind this is all to control an industry that the FCC already considers one of he best self policed groups out there. Video games already rate themselves AND enforce those ratings.

The founders were quite explicitly against the limiting of speech in ALL forms. And you’re throwing in a silly well poisoning on them not mentioning a specific form that didn’t exist then shows you know your argument is crap. People who have confidence in the facts don’t need cheap fallacies.


37 posted on 04/27/2010 8:17:30 AM PDT by discostu (wanted: brick, must be thick and well kept)
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