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Schwarzenegger Wants Violent Games To Be Completely Illegal For Under 18's
From NYRA:
Schwarzenegger v Gamers - Help Us Fight Back
Arnold is trying to take away your games. Don’t let him.
California passed a law that would ban the sale of all “violent” video games to individuals under 18. The case of whether or not this law is Constitutional is going before the US Supreme Court. Their ruling could have far reaching implications for how games are produced, who gets to play them and how they look. Even if you aren’t under 18 this court case could be just the first step to larger and stricter standards that will affect everyone. Jeff Green lays out why you should care. The Entertainment Consumers Association calls this case the “single most important moment for gamers, and the pivotal issue for gaming, in the sector’s history.”
No one on the Supreme Court has ever played a video game. None of the lawyers for either side have ever played a video game. These people are going to be setting down law that will affect tens of millions of gamers and young people across the country, but their only knowledge of video games comes from the testimonies of people like Andrew Schlafly, who paint video games as little more than realistic murder simulators.
NYRA isn’t going to let them get away with this. NYRA defends the rights of youth when they are challenged across the country. As gamers, we need to make it clear that video games are more than random violence and that no one should be denied access to them. NYRA is working on an Amicus Brief to submit to the Supreme Court, but we need your help.
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Posted in: News on August 13, 2010 @ 7:42 AM
Tags: Censorship, Society, Violence, Youth Rights
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I'm sick of all these politicians and people in the government always going on a power ride to control everything they can. Video games does not turn people into killers, its what the gamer's enviroment and the people around them what makes them who they are. Also, who really cares if people younger thean 18 are playing video games? I mean really I've been playing Resident Evil since I was 6! And even 10 years later I have to deal with some lazy fat tard who says "ur too young kid, get ur mom or dad to buyt this ting for u hahahaha!-".....In all honesty, only the person playing the game has the right to decide whats right for them. No one else.
(and if anyones wondering, I am not changed at all since playing a 'm" rated game so young, in fact most people think I'm a really nice person. :| )
This is getting ridiculous. I've been playing M rated games since I was 12. Anyone with with a brain knows that there's worse things out there than blowing the virtual heads off virtual zombies...
Worse things such as politians talking trash about a medium they've never touched.
i think it's actually good for them to be violent in virtual worlds instead of the real one
Not the games!!! How else will I vent my rage! Here's what I have to say: would people prefer for me to beat up virtual people, or beat up real people?
Legal Pot is the only good thing about California. It sounded like paradise in the 60's though.
I`m 12 and I play Black Ops 2
I also vent my rage with video games also they just games they are not killer trainers
and really to kill somebody because you played a video game you would have to already be violent