[microgood]

This decision has left vulnerable the families whose parents lack the time or knowledge or resources to protect their own children from exploitation, and to safeguard them against an industry larger and more influential than Hollywood. This decision encourages a further coarsening and degradation of our culture.

This is the parent's job, not the government's.

[scan59]

This is the parent's job, not the government's.

I agree, but maybe not in the way you mean. What this did was remove one of the tools a parent could use to have at least some measure of control over what a child is exposed to. Parents can't be with their children 24/7. It's not about whether violent video games are harmful (I don't really think they are), it's that kids now have the legal "right" to buy whatever they want.

[NikkiB]

Indeed. We weren’t allowed to play violent video games as kids. My brother keeps the mature console games locked up and the kids’ PCs are monitored. I, for one, am looking forward to playing Saints Row 3 with my brother once the kiddies are at school come November.