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Party time?
Party time.
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"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
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The law itself would only affect people under the age of 18. Why the fuck is this law such a big deal then? KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE THESE GAMES IN THE FIRST PLACE.
If you don't agree with this? Spend an hour or two playing games like Halo or Call of Duty on Xbox Live.
People are acting as if this law is a wide sweeping ban and destruction of any game rated M.
And the shit I hear over the news is even more retarded.
Dumbasses spewing shit like "We need regulation for violent video games"
VIDEO GAMES ALREADY ARE. THERE'S A RATING SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR A REASON.
E= ANYONE
T = TEENS
M = PEOPLE UNDER 17 ARERN'T SUPPOSED TO FUCKING PLAY THIS
This law would only enforce the rules currently in place.
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"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
Liberal Arts Major
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"What the fuck is Alice doing in Wonderland anyway? Who the fuck told her she could leave the god damn kitchen in the first place?" -Random guy on Xbox Live
http://www.backloggery.com/kodan882
Liberal Arts Major
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xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?
Liberal Arts Major
...That said, based on Scalia's humorous "If you think video games are bad, just check out these childrens' stories..." examples, I'm guessing not all of them think that.
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Well, that clears it up.
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"What the fuck is Alice doing in Wonderland anyway? Who the fuck told her she could leave the god damn kitchen in the first place?" -Random guy on Xbox Live
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Liberal Arts Major
Charged with what? Reckless endangerment of a minor?
I believe I heard that at least Alito basically said, "Really, you just wrote that law terribly, if you framed it differently it might have been okay." So it may not be over.
I read Alito's opinion; whereas the majority struck down the law on First Amendment grounds, he did it on due process, opining that precedent and the evidence presented for the case were not substantial enough to close the door on bans on video games as obscenity, i.e. he didn't rule that the sale of video games to minors is necessarily protected by the First Amendment. He did not, however, propose an alternate framework in which such a law would be valid, opting instead to say that future laws would be evaluated, uh, in the future.
Note that this decision can only be weakly construed to classify video games as art. They're art in the sense that they're communicative acts currently protected by the First Amendment. And, as Alito's and the dissenting opinions show, this is a classification that will waver depending on the composition of the Court.
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