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Re: Supreme Court to decide hte future of Video Games
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The funnier part of this argument is that most large retailers have already instituted policies mimicking just this sort of trade-off where they trade the profits of game sales to people under 17 with good PR with parents. If you want to attack the legislation, attack it due to its vagueness, poor wording and lack of any labeling authority. It really is badly written and deserves all the criticism it gets.
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Vampire Kitty
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Re: Supreme Court to decide hte future of Video Games
Again miss one crucial point. It's still socially acceptable to smoke and drink, at least for the most part. Porn and things deemed obscene are not, hence why most stores won't stock pornography. The legislation would, as I said before, mark certain games as on the same level as pornography. So tell me, if stores like Wal-Mart don't sell porn, why would they sell games that are considered just as bad?
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Re: Supreme Court to decide hte future of Video Games
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Re: Supreme Court to decide hte future of Video Games
and it's that type of would it or wouldn't it confusion that will keep companies from taking ANY chances nad therefore not making those games, or neutering them beyond reason.
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Re: Supreme Court to decide hte future of Video Games
Look, Walmart adn Target and other stores that sell games as a side offering to their main stock of everything else are;t going to loose THAT much money by NOT stocking games. Whereas the fines could cost ...well a lot at $1,000 per offense. So what make more sense for them? A) Try to slap a sticker and hope they don't end up getting fined? or B) say "fuck it we've got TONS of products to sell and this games don't mean shit" and jsut not carry the games? And seriously, think it over this time before you simply respond with an argument.
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Re: Supreme Court to decide hte future of Video Games
You DO realize that they'd have to sell 17 new games or up to 51 older games for every single offense JUST to make up for the fine right? That's a full $1,000 in LOST profit each time.
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Re: Supreme Court to decide hte future of Video Games
Actually, the California fine IS $1000. So you're right.
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Re: Supreme Court to decide hte future of Video Games
Lol yeah. You likely read it and had it in the back of your mind ^_^
But you're right. I was only taking the prices into account. So at that cost, is there really any way to say that it's not jsut simpler to not carry the games? It's the simplest solution, but the worst case scenario.
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Re: Supreme Court to decide hte future of Video Games
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But, we can't say what it would do, only predict. I'd predict that they'd still sell them, just boss their clerks more. (Or say, hide the new discs behind the counter, to make sure that they have to do some sorta extra activity already) But really, anything said here is pointless speculation. =/ Heck, we're not even sure how much violence would get this rating. (But if it kills the FPS genre, I'm all for it passing. <_<) |
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Re: Supreme Court to decide hte future of Video Games
In my opinion, this law needs to be struck down...It's just plan uncostituitonal(I know I misspelled that). From what I've read, the Supreme Court is divided on this one.
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Re: Supreme Court to decide hte future of Video Games
Well it was a struck down in 12 consecutive lower courts on First Amendment grounds, sighting that the regulation of content was something all other forms of media are protected from. IF this law passes, then what's next? Certain R-rated movies? If it's to violent for a game, why can't it be too violent for the 35ft screen with surround sound? We don't want violence like this in our home! They does that mean some DVDs will be illegal to sell too? Once you start regulating media it's a slippery slope of people crying out "Well you regulated THIS, why can't you regulate THAT! I want my kids safe from this and I want the government to do it so I don't HAVE to!"
Lazy fucking parents...
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Re: Supreme Court to decide hte future of Video Games
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And well, Parents should be responsible, but there's only so much they can do. What, stop your kid from going to a friend's house because they have GTA? Are you supposed to find out everything your child is doing and all their friends are doing? If you let the kid get, say, a paper route or some sort of small job, or let them save up money to get something, and they go with a friend's parents to buy said M rated game to play while you're not at home or something. The parent's going to have to rule with an iron fist in order to keep their kids clean, earning the ire of friends and family in the process, forcing their kid to live a sheltered life that might not be good for them. Obviously, Parents need to pay attention and actually work at it. But they probably need some sort of help from the schools and the law, they can't do literally everything. |
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