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Thompson's Games as Porn bill to be revived by Utah Legislator |
Listed in: News Tags: Jack Thompson, Mark Shurtleff
According to Warchol of The Salt Lake Tribune,
Eagle Forum President Gayle Ruzicka is remote controlling Rep. Mike Morley to introduce yet another bill to regulate those cop-killing video games. Ruzicka, who has been pushing this issue for years, told me today that the bill has yet to get a number: We are working on a language right now.
Apparently, Morley needs to build cred with the Eagles, because he is
carrying a bill that other right-wing lawmakers are staying as far away
from as possible. (I checked and Morley's pupils appear to be dilating
properly.)
... Attorney General Mark Shurtleff told me he understands the
Ruzicka-Morley bill will be completely different from earlier versions,
but, "They keep changing the language." He says the evidence that
Thompson keeps quoting about video games turning kids into cop killers
hasn't stood up in court. Looks like Thompson will have to call for
Shurtleff's impeachment again.
To refresh your memories (which am sure have conveniently tucked this little memory under the rusty, old bed in the cobwebbed attics of your mind, here's what Thompson had to say about the bill:
[The ratings] doesn't define what content is "harmful to minors," so we avoid the phony First Amendment arguments Hollywood loves to make. The bill simply states: If you promise the public you don't sell adult-rated entertainment to kids, then you had better be telling the truth, because if a parent catches you selling this stuff to his or her kids, then you're guilty of fraud under the Truth in Advertising Law.
We'll keep you posted.
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This hurts game devs in no way. Which I always thought was what he wanted for no reason.
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what the bill seems to focus on is the marketing of games to kids, similar to the way smoking adverts were almost eliminated entirely from anywhere a kid might see them.
i'm thinking this is one of thompson's more reasonable ideas... games not appropriate (by society's standards) should not be marketed to children.
think of it as enforcing the ESRB (an industry created rating system much like the MPAA) ratings... atleast in advertising. there should of been a law like this years ago when they started rating games.
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awesome logic
The point being is that it is the clerk's job to make sure a certain product gets into the right hands, if he/she doesn't do the job they are liable.
Now of course if the parent goes in and buys the kid the product (be it cigarettes or an "adult oriented game") then that is the parent's own stupidity and they are liable.
if this is tl;dr then just to wrap it up:
the cashier needs to do his/her job or gtfo
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this way kids aren't running to mommy and daddy asking for the Mature rated game they just saw advertised on cartoon network... or on some website aimed at kids.
while it is the parent's job to inform and raise their child responsibly, we all did something we weren't supposed to as kids... and some of the stuff i did my parents didn't have a clue about.
it's when kids start killing people that the parents have the most responsibility, they were obviously never taught to value human life...
a kid can't want what they never know about, and yes they have friends that are allowed adult content, but that is outside what the law does and should have any power to stop...
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Try not to be so aggressive, these are fictional jobs were talking about so far.
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gamestop takes this very seriously, one of the area managers told me any clerk who sells a game rated mature to a minor *and* the person directly above them (mgmt wise) will be fired, no exceptions.
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Another thing is the Bible. There is a lot of perverted and warped stuff in there to get your mind wondering. ( I wonder if Eve preferred doggy style )
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However, in case you didn't read the original article about the bill when Thompson proposed it, this bill seems to have been proposed because of the Madden Porn incident. That one occurence doesn't give any reason for such a bill. It was a very family friendly football game. The problem was that some douche at the manufacturing factory swapped a couple labels.
And about your last bit there.
"think of it as enforcing the ESRB (an industry created rating system much like the MPAA) ratings... atleast in advertising."
They already do that. In every television add, it begins with the rating. This goes for every game with every rating, be it E, T, or M. This is the same with magazine ads. I've only seen it not placed on web banner ads when it's under M.
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I sleep well at night.
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damn, I think I better not play pacman, is that classed as gay porn as ms pacman is normal porn?
Jack, how about F' off already!
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