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Congress vs. Gamers

Maetryx

Maetryx

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Maetryx here, 😎

Ah yes. What we need is more federal crime categories. Heaven forbid that the states, or maybe even the parents, take care of their own. text. It's for the children /*wrings hands*/.
 
This is the most interesting concern...
Which federal agency is going to enforce this law? Do we need or want the federal government to add a Department of Videogames? The FBI and CIA's time and resources are better spent on homeland security instead of enforcing this law. - Eduardo
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How do they (Congress) expect to inforce this?
 
I'd like to know how pornography and cartoon violence are "harmful to minors". I remember the first porn I saw was in some magazine that a neighbor kid stole from his dad or someone. The magazine never attacked me. I also remember playing Wolfenstein, way back when.... the disk the game came on never tried to slit my writsts, and the game never caused my computer to explode and shower me with hard drive fragments.
 
ok serious post here.

why do we need a law for this? if someone who is 17 wants to but GTA3. but he cant cause hes under age. and what if he turns 18 2 days later. is there some HUGE profound change that occurs in thoes 2 days that makes him alowed to buy the game now???

I belive any kid of any age should be able to buy whatever game they want. we need to stop protecting kids soo damn much. they are all becomming pussys! its not the govenments job to raise kids. if teh parents dont have a problim with their 10 year old playing GTA3 and killing people in the fictional world of a video game. then no one else shoudl care. if teh parent does care then he/she can take teh game away. simple as that
 
More cradle-to-grave federal laws brought to you by your friendly-neigborhood congressman.

Amazing that with all the problems in the world and in this country that congressman wants to over-regulate insignificant (in the overall view of things) segments of our society just so they can make a name for themselves.
 
Whats really sad about politics is if Electronic Arts or Acclaim donated X amount of dollars to either the Democratic or Republican Parties', all we would hear about is how great video games are and how this country needs them...
 
and even if they pass this law its not gonna stop anyuthing. peopel that want the game thatthey cant get cause of their age are just gonna have an older brother or friend buy it for them. like thay allready do with Cigerrates and Beer
 
They bring war and terror to your doorstep and everybody cries for the Governent to protect them. You asked for it, you got it. You have a front row seat to the end of the world as we know it.
 
im so glad congress has decided to be parents to every child in the nation.
the games have an M ON THEM FOR A REASON.
give me a break!
absolutely ridiculous.
nevermind that our country is going to hell in a handbasket.
i swear Canada looks better and better as each year goes by.
btw i already got carded @ wal mart for buying UT2k3. so this law would prove nothing.
and IM 24 YEARS OLD. i found it funny i go to stores to buy alcohol or cigs and dont get carded and i get carded for a video game
i asked the clerk if she was being serious.
 
There's no reason for this, not at the federal level at least. The federal government doesn't enforce state liquor laws, this is really no different.

I don't think it's nessecary even at the state level though. It's not a bad idea, but it's pointless. Kids will get violent games any way they can. What the federal government needs to require is that people who want to breed take a course in parenting first.
 
Make the bad video games illegal to minors and they will be more appealing to them... Hell, the only reason I wanted bottle rockets and roman candles (as apposed to the others) was because they were illegal where I lived. Only reason I bugged my parents to rent me R-rated movies all the time was because I wasn't supposed to watch them.
 
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