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May 06, 2005
In point of fact...
...we never jailed anyone for killing president Kennedy.
Wired News: Violent Game Ban Advances
"For the same reason we don't allow kids to buy pornography, cigarettes or alcohol, we shouldn't allow them to go to stores and buy video games that teach them to do the very things we put people in jail for -- abusing women, joining street gangs, killing police officers, or even assassinating President Kennedy," said Yee, a child psychologist, referring to scenarios in some video games.
I’ve been playing violent video games all my life, and never once have I tried to assassinate a dead president-- or even a living one. Oh well. Hopefully they’ll just raise the nudity content of games to compensate...
Of course, given that "Two federal appellate courts have already ruled such laws violate the free speech guarantees of the First Amendment.", this seems more like grandstanding than actual legislating. If you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to kill some virtual peasants...
Posted by Andrew at May 6, 2005 03:25 PM
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