Comments on: Supreme Court Rules: California Can’t Ban Violent Video Games http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/06/27/supreme-court-rules-california-cant-ban-violent-video-games/ Sun, 19 May 2013 02:53:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pedro http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/06/27/supreme-court-rules-california-cant-ban-violent-video-games/#comment-318946 Pedro Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:37:43 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=46323#comment-318946 @premieresoupir, yeah, I thought the same. @premieresoupir, yeah, I thought the same.

]]> By: premiersoupir http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/06/27/supreme-court-rules-california-cant-ban-violent-video-games/#comment-318936 premiersoupir Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:56:49 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=46323#comment-318936 Article title is a bit misleading, no? No one's suggesting a ban on violent video games but rather age-based restrictions on those to whom such games can be sold. Article title is a bit misleading, no? No one’s suggesting a ban on violent video games but rather age-based restrictions on those to whom such games can be sold.

]]> By: Jay http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/06/27/supreme-court-rules-california-cant-ban-violent-video-games/#comment-318935 Jay Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:32:55 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=46323#comment-318935 Despite what peoples' personal opinions are, Clarence Thompson did make a good point. Minors do not have the same freedoms as consenting adults. If they did, then the schools would have to allow freedom of religion in school as well, such as prayer and worship, as long as it doesn't interfere with normal school activity (as in class time, not breaks like lunch, recess, in between periods, etc). Heck, even the teachers get in trouble for bringing a Bible to school, even if they don't read it during class. Too bad so many like to pick and choose what freedoms we should and shouldn't have as pertaining to their own personal interests and not collectively. With that said, I think retailers should still try to prevent sales to minors because a lot of parents don't want their kids getting a hold of certain types of games (or other media for that matter). Since minors are not consenting adults, this is still going to be an issue and we'll probably still see lawsuits against retailers who did sell M-rated games to minors, even if it wasn't in their policy. In that sense, retailers are still held accountable. They just won't get fined on the basis of law. Despite what peoples’ personal opinions are, Clarence Thompson did make a good point. Minors do not have the same freedoms as consenting adults. If they did, then the schools would have to allow freedom of religion in school as well, such as prayer and worship, as long as it doesn’t interfere with normal school activity (as in class time, not breaks like lunch, recess, in between periods, etc). Heck, even the teachers get in trouble for bringing a Bible to school, even if they don’t read it during class. Too bad so many like to pick and choose what freedoms we should and shouldn’t have as pertaining to their own personal interests and not collectively.

With that said, I think retailers should still try to prevent sales to minors because a lot of parents don’t want their kids getting a hold of certain types of games (or other media for that matter). Since minors are not consenting adults, this is still going to be an issue and we’ll probably still see lawsuits against retailers who did sell M-rated games to minors, even if it wasn’t in their policy. In that sense, retailers are still held accountable. They just won’t get fined on the basis of law.

]]> By: Tosh http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/06/27/supreme-court-rules-california-cant-ban-violent-video-games/#comment-318934 Tosh Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:27:14 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=46323#comment-318934 Glad to hear it got voted down. Glad to hear it got voted down.

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