Zounds! Again with the violence-to-porn connection |
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In a new article over at the First Amendment Center, Craig Smith mentions a new attempt to acquaint televised violence with pornography. Unfortunately, such a thing may also have repercussions on the gaming world, since it does happen to be a form of televised violence, in some sense. This time, however, it's not from any legal body, but from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) itself. According to Smith's commentary, the FCC "sent a valentine" to Congress, seeking to censor violence on television.
Hatched in the bowels of the FCC, this report argues that it would not violate the Constitution to equate violence with indecency, which the FCC already has the power to regulate. All it would take is an act of Congress giving the FCC the power to move forward with its censorship agenda.
Here's the catch: is there really a connection between televised and real violence, and can the former induce the latter? That's the question asked by Smith in his article, and even cites some studies that say this isn't the case. While it isn't directly related to gaming, just remember: videogames are televised, and they can be violent. That's the very thing that creates the tenuous connection between the FCC's attempt and gaming life.
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When I play a game I don't televise it - i.e. I do not broadcast my actions in the game. The game is sold the same way as any other product, in a store, and when played in my house my television is used to display the picture. Unless I take the effort to broadcast over the air or someone has hacked the wires between my console and television it does not fit the definition of televised.
Our rights - gaming, eating, etc. - are being taken away by politicians and no one does anything about it!
"is there really a connection between televised and real violence, and can the former induce the latter?"
Yes, in people who are already screwed up in the head and need psychiatric help in the first place it can. That's about it, things in real life make me angry and violent, not things on television, or in games for that matter.
And nobody is taking away your right to eat (wtf is that supposed to mean?) or game, you're a fool.
If you take Japan as a case study, then look at their CHILDRENS programming, you will find tons of violence and real-life themes. Cartoons made for children (as many of you know i'm sure) are full of sword fights, explosions, blood, and disintegrating bodies...childrens programming, try to find anything similar to bleach or naruto and you'll find dora the explorer, barney, teletubbies or other mind numbing *****.
So Japan should be overrun with violence and riots if they are inducing this into their children from a young age, right ? Hell, you can even read porn freely in public...OMG! Yet you can feel safe walking around Tokyo, one of their largest cities, can you say the same for New York....
Fawk, I wish politicians would get their noses out of the voters asses and actually think of what might actually help us as a society, and not what will get votes. Saying whatever they think the voters want to hear.