http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/103423-72-Percent-of-Adults-Support-California-Game-Law-UPDATED
Idiots.
For those of you who don't know what the article above means, I'll explain.
A while back, California attempted to pass new legislation that would bypass the ESRB (the ratings system for video games) and make it completely illegal for video games to be sold to minors. As in, fined and/or arrested.
Of course, the legislation was shot down because it's completely stupid, but not only is the state of California appealing the case to the Supreme Court, a good chunk of the American people think this legislation should be instated, as the article says. The people's logic is that their children need to be protected from the big bad Grand Theft Auto, and the only way to do that is by, instead of taking personal responsibility for their children, forcing the gaming industry to do it for them.
Are you kidding me? Why should the gaming industry be forced to do your job because you're too incompetent to do it yourselves? There aren't any laws preventing the sale of mature movies to children. Any. Not one. Any punishments regarding the sale of mature material to minors is something handled at a local level, by Wal-Mart managers and theatre employees. I worked at a movie theatre in high school. You know what happens if a kid sneaks into an R-rated movie? Nothing. NOTHING. Imagine if you had to pay hundreds of dollars because some prick kid got past you in the ticket line.
And if you try to say, "Well, the system they have to keep minors away from violent videogames doesn't work," you know what I have to say to that? This.
BAM. Graph'd.
It's HARDER to get ahold of adult games than movies.
If you need more proof, on a more personal side, I still get carded when I buy an M-rated game, and I've been of legal age for three years. Every time. I've never been able to get an M-rated without having to show my ID.
The system in place now works just fine. It's the same system that's been in place for years. Of course stuff's bound to slip through the cracks, but an 80 percent success rate obviously means something is working. Any claims that they need to do more to protect your precious children are just wrong. Why don't you try being parents, you assholes, instead of blaming others for what you're incompetent at doing?
Agreed. I was caught trying to sneak into Dogma and had to eat my popcorn outside of the movie theater on the sidewalk. Funny enough, that was the third time I did it, and only the first time I was kicked out. Laws against this shit? Don't we have bigger things to worry about right now? Grow up, California.
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