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SUPREMES STRIKE DOWN VIDEO GAME LAW
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Posted on 06/27/2011 7:44:41 AM PDT by Hojczyk

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To: HiTech RedNeck
This does seem uncomfortably close to opening the door to “virtual porn shops” into which any kid could waltz, his or her parent or guardian’s wishes be damned.

Maybe if the "kid" is over 18

My local GameSpot cards more kids than all the 7-11s within 20 miles.

21 posted on 06/27/2011 7:59:47 AM PDT by corkoman (Steadfast and Loyal)
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To: Hojczyk

How is this different than ratings on movies or prohibiting minors from purchasing Penthouses?

And for those who would say well this was a cartoon, I seem to remember that the movie Heavy Metal (all a cartoon) was rated R so that minors could not see it in the movie theater.


22 posted on 06/27/2011 7:59:53 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: TheBigIf

Losing rights? The government needs not to be stepping in and playing the role of a parent. First of all these are video games re:NOT REAL. Second, as a parent one should be involved enough in their kids’ affairs to spot any material that is out of bounds and deal with it accordingly. Third, any whack job who is swayed by a video game enough to act criminally or violently is probably “off” to begin with. I for one am tired of our nanny state legislating to the lowest common denominator.


23 posted on 06/27/2011 8:00:54 AM PDT by yooling (God only asks for 10%. Uncle Sam wants it all.)
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To: fso301
I wonder who the 2 dissenting justices were?

Breyer and Thomas.

24 posted on 06/27/2011 8:02:37 AM PDT by GunRunner (10 Years of FReeping...)
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To: fso301

Thomas and Breyer.... Liberal vs. Conservative split


25 posted on 06/27/2011 8:02:49 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: Hojczyk
Good, this was a crappy "nanny" state law. The video game industry already has a rating system like the motion picture industry and virtually every retailer won't sell "mature" rated games to children. This was about making a WW II shoot em up equivalent to buying a pack of cigarettes or a X-rated magazine and most retailers would stop selling the games altogether rather than risk the fines or an onerous ID system, which would have a chilling effect on the gaming industry.

As someone who plays and enjoys "violent" video games, if you don't want your kids to play them, then don't buy them and if your 8 year old kid is running around with $60 bucks in his pocket and buying them behind your back, then you've got family problems worse than any violent video games.

26 posted on 06/27/2011 8:04:08 AM PDT by apillar
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To: corkoman

This wouldn’t force any retailer of such items to open them up to kids — but it would permit the retailer to do so. Isn’t there even a vestige left of government having a place in saying that minors ought not to be corrupted?


27 posted on 06/27/2011 8:04:24 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: Hojczyk

COME GET SOME

28 posted on 06/27/2011 8:04:35 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: sam_paine

Oh so now children can also buy porn I guess by your standards. We might as well live in a dictatorship if we are not allowed to have representation in the making of laws to reflect public decency.


29 posted on 06/27/2011 8:04:49 AM PDT by TheBigIf
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To: Hojczyk

I don’t believe it’s violent video games that are corrupting children all that much. I think it’s the violent and degrading pornography they have access to that’s really damaging them. 20 years ago an adolescent may have gotten a peak at his dad’s erotic magazines, but today they see the most shocking and repulsive pornography available just by finding someone with an unmonitored internet connection.


30 posted on 06/27/2011 8:05:07 AM PDT by scorpa
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To: Sprite518

That’s an odd couple.


31 posted on 06/27/2011 8:05:37 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: TheBigIf

No, you have every right to prohibit your own kids from purchasing these games. The ruling just means you don’t have the right to force others to abide by your standards.


32 posted on 06/27/2011 8:05:48 AM PDT by Scutter
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To: citizen

Interesting. What is the difference between this and selling pornography to minors?


33 posted on 06/27/2011 8:05:51 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: yooling

Yes losing rights. I have a right to representation on laws to promote decency within my community and not just the personal freedom that you still think that you allow me to parent my own children. You though want to take away that right from me.


34 posted on 06/27/2011 8:06:42 AM PDT by TheBigIf
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To: ilovesarah2012

The battle for community standards was lost long ago. Some of the comments from other FReepers are enlightening. There was a time when a majority could vote to restrict minors from purchasing obscene materials. It’s a complete sham to say parents are to blame, but that’s what you’ll hear from many posters. Parents cannot watch their minor children all of the time. Yet, some FReepers say society has no responsibility whatsoever to protect its children from filth as defined by a majority of voters. Now the SCOTUS is affirming the right of minors to go out and buy materials from adults who are more than willing to sell the products, the wishes of the parents notwithstanding. It just goes how far our morality has slipped over the decades. Keep in mind that such laws in NO way restrict the rights of ADULTS to obtain said obscene or violent materials.


35 posted on 06/27/2011 8:06:58 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Coming soon...DADT for Christians!)
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To: Scutter

So you want to take away my right to representation on making laws for public decency. You are promoting dictatorship then.


36 posted on 06/27/2011 8:07:54 AM PDT by TheBigIf
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To: muawiyah
...circumcision, goldfish, mops...
37 posted on 06/27/2011 8:07:54 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: yooling

You are absolutely right. This is a personal responsibility issue on the part of parents and the state or fed should not be interjecting itself into this. Rulings and laws like this have a bad habit of being extended to other areas of life, often with unintended consequences.


38 posted on 06/27/2011 8:09:39 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: apillar

The sad situation today is not the typical conservative’s kid but the children who scarcely even see a parent or guardian. Why, this is as easy as getting an abortion.


39 posted on 06/27/2011 8:10:18 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: muawiyah

Here’s a crazy idea: How about make parents responsible for their children’s entertainment choices rather than the government.


40 posted on 06/27/2011 8:11:41 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo
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