Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Welcome to CHARLIE'S CHILL. We hope you enjoy your visit.


You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.


Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
Louisiana guv signs JT-penned bill into law
Topic Started: Jun 18 2006, 01:10 AM (67 Views)
Abyss of Borg
Alsatian Rank
credit: joystiq.com

Just a couple days ago, the governor of Oklahoma signed a bill restricting the sale or rental of violent video games to minors, effective November 1st. Today, Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco signed into law a bill written by outspoken anti-video game opportunist Jack Thompson that would essentially do the same thing. The only difference, the Louisiana bill is effective immediately. That means like, right now.

Game Politics points out the new law borrows language from the Miller Test for obscenity (I know it when I see it) to classify whether or not the level of violence in it is appropriate for children. These are in accordance with "prevailing standards in the adult community" and "contemporary community standards." This is always the problem with these laws: whose standards. I can guarantee you my standards (and I imagine most Joystiq readers) are radically different than Uncle Jack's.

GameDaily BIZ is reporting that the ESA has wasted no time in mounting a lawsuit against the bill. ESA chief Doug Lowenstein said, "Both parents and industry are working together to ensure that video games are purchased responsibly. The Federal Government has found that parents are involved in game purchases more than eight out of ten times. Retailers already have increasingly effective carding programs in place to prevent the sale of Mature or Adult Only games to minors. Legislators know full well that this bill is destined to meet the same fate as other failed efforts to ban video game sales."

Let's review:

* St. Louis unconstitutional
* Indianapolis unconstitutional
* Washington State unconstitutional
* Illinois unconstitutional
* Michigan unconstitutional
* Maryland (doesn't really count, so we'll let 'em have it)
* California (currently under review by Federal District Court Judge Ronald Whyte)
* Minnesota (lawsuit has been filed)
* Oklahoma (lawsuit has been filed)

... and now ...

* Louisiana (lawsuit has been filed)
Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Vars Illusional
Rottweiler Rank
Good for the ESA. I would say that they should ban Mature and Adult Only games to the minors because that its a little too violent for them themself. There have been stories of children who are like 10 and buy Mature Video Games without Parental Guidence and that its effecting them. Thats not good at all.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Abyss of Borg
Alsatian Rank
Video games have no effect at all. It's just people that are messed up in the head that will do stupid things. Fatal1ty has played a ton of violent games and many when he was under 18. He would be a serial killer right now if games did have a serious effect. The senate are just a bunch of old guys who don't know anything. Jack Thompson feed them lies like that there was rape in GTA. The government should not be allowed to regulate this at all it's the parents that should. The parents should be going with their kids and saying if they can and can't buy the game. This will effect everyone to because if the stupid retarted state governments or senate make a law banning it the stores will stop carrying it and that means no M or A rated games for anyone. Jack Thompson is a fucktard with a stick up his ass he is on some holy crusade to ban video games and has been doing so for about 10 years. Those storise are all BS kids get in trouble and point the finger at the game. That's less way less then 1% or the people playing the game. Everyone should sue their asses off until this law is changed. This is unconstitutional and will be shot down like the others. The retarted governors and senaters who vote for these bills only do it for their own political power and know it will be shot down. They do it just to say they approved it so some retarded soccer mom with chocolate chip cookies stuff too deep into her brain and takes no responsibility for her own damn kids sees it on fox. These bills shouldn't allowed to be even created in the first place.
Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Vars Illusional
Rottweiler Rank
Abyss of Borg
Jun 17 2006, 10:34 PM
Video games have no effect at all. It's just people that are messed up in the head that will do stupid things. Fatal1ty has played a ton of violent games and many when he was under 18. He would be a serial killer right now if games did have a serious effect. The senate are just a bunch of old guys who don't know anything. Jack Thompson feed them lies like that there was rape in GTA. The government should not be allowed to regulate this at all it's the parents that should. The parents should be going with their kids and saying if they can and can't buy the game. This will effect everyone to because if the stupid retarted state governments or senate make a law banning it the stores will stop carrying it and that means no M or A rated games for anyone. Jack Thompson is a fucktard with a stick up his ass he is on some holy crusade to ban video games and has been doing so for about 10 years. Those storise are all BS kids get in trouble and point the finger at the game. That's less way less then 1% or the people playing the game. Everyone should sue their asses off until this law is changed. This is unconstitutional and will be shot down like the others. The retarted governors and senaters who vote for these bills only do it for their own political power and know it will be shot down. They do it just to say they approved it so some retarded soccer mom with chocolate chip cookies stuff too deep into her brain and takes no responsibility for her own damn kids sees it on fox. These bills shouldn't allowed to be even created in the first place.

Owned by AOB. You go man. I totally agree on that Big Time. They were saying of BANNING VIDEO GAMES?! When will they say this will ever take place? I'm pissed now because the whole SOCIETY of Video Games cause no harm to me or anyone else. The government is too old to realize that games cause no effect on anyone and that even for someone like me - The mature games (Even though I dont seem to play them.) take no cause on me and I have no intention on killing anyone. The government has to but their fu*in asses onto America just to ban Video Games then I'll be sueing their asses by sure. There is no right at all to ban these video games because that people love entertainment and video games have a casual part of our lives. They cant take over our lives for some stupid reason to ban it. Its almost like stealing entertainment.

The government are just some old guys who seem to hate our youth and its becomming very ANNOYING. GET THEIR FU*ING ASSES OUT OF OUR OWN PRIVACY AND GET THE HELL OUT!

Gawd.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
dante780
Member Avatar
Spitz Rank
ye i agree with the age thing but the goverment just want to take the fun out of everything. i meen every now and again you want to cut something to peices on a video game. its just fun and interesting.
Posted Image

Posted Image%mh%200%mh%
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Xposure
Rottweiler Rank
the whole idea of GTA is to role play in being a thug, gangsta and all that so theres going to be violence and rape and everything, if government want to ban video games then why is there such a big issue on games when theres much bigger scale problems happening right in front of them.
Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Sinion Kabe
Member Avatar
Pitbull Rank
I don't see the big deal. There is worse on TV.

Posted Image
F A Q

P R O M O T E | C C

T H E | B O O K I E S

A F F I L I A T I O N

S T A F F | W A N T E D

C H A R L I E ' S | S C R A P B O O K

Posted Image

Q P R | F C

Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Abyss of Borg
Alsatian Rank
Xposure
Jun 18 2006, 11:31 AM
so theres going to be violence and rape

There is no rape in GTA.
Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
« Previous Topic · PC/Console Gaming · Next Topic »
Add Reply