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ddmagnan

5/30/2008 12:01 PM

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It's interesting how M rated games are the lowest of any category yet they are the target of all the politicians and lawyers. The last time they topped the list was 2000. Talk about pandering. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/secretshop.shtm The Federal Trade Commission today released the results of its latest nationwide undercover shop of movie theaters and movie, music, and video game retailers. The FTC conducted a survey with 13-to-16-year-old undercover shoppers to collect data about the extent to which retailers prevent unaccompanied children from buying tickets to R-rated movies, R-rated DVDs, Unrated DVDs of movies that were R-rated in theaters, M-rated video games, and music CDs labeled with a Parental Advisory Label – “PAL” – for explicit content.
-- "In our November issue we mistakenly labeled World in Conflict as ESRB rated M instead of T. Because apparently, it's ok to detonate a nuclear device in a major American city, as long as you don't see the blood of the countless innocent people you've killed until you turn 17." PC Gamer #169 Need help with your civ addiction (or just a good laugh). Go to civanon for help. "You won't stop playing until you WANT to stop playing." Edited: 5/30/2008 12:04 PM by ddmagnan

cleopatra143

5/30/2008 12:51 PM

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I was trying to find the study that proved that violent video games don't cause the person playing them to become more aggressive, but I can't find it now. I think it was a Harvard study. Anyway, maybe these politicians should do their homework before they jump on the bandwagon.
-- "Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others." -William Allen White

Black Owl

5/30/2008 9:56 PM

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I don't doubt their missing the point on gaming. What, with all the drinking their doing in the local pubs to pull in the votes of the average Joe and Josephine. I thought they took alcohol adds of TV to prevent kids from getting the wrong idea? But I guess it's okay to down shots and beer on tv if your a Presidential Candidate. I'm not a big McCain fan, but he is the only one I haven't seen do this on air. Hillary and Obama are bending elbows like champs on air. And their worried about the effects of gaming? Seems too me, they should worry more about the effects of the message they are sending. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds. PANDERING INDEED!
-- "The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were."---JFK Edited: 5/30/2008 9:59 PM by Black Owl

jerm

5/31/2008 5:33 PM

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So, (throws bomb) what's the big deal with the government regulating what kids will be allowed to buy anyway?
-- -A government that is powerful enough to do anything for us is powerful enough to do anything to us. -Fred Thompson -There are two races of people, the decent and the indecent. - Victor Frankel -They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security. - Benjamin Franklin Consequences Edited: 5/31/2008 5:33 PM by jerm

Black Owl

5/31/2008 11:32 PM

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shrugscatches bomb Because that is the job of responsible parents and gaurdians. Not the Government. What are we teaching our kids by handing parental rights to the Government without question? Certainly not what the Founding Father's intended. Shall we next let them decide for us what our kids wear? (Tho at times I do see some creepy sense in that. ) tosses bomb to the next
-- "The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were."---JFK Edited: 6/1/2008 12:07 AM by Black Owl

Locus Coeruleus

6/1/2008 1:21 AM

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The government taketh what the parent doth cedeth!
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Roadkill

6/1/2008 4:24 AM

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jerm (5/31/2008) So, (throws bomb) what's the big deal with the governmentregulating what kids will be allowed to buy anyway? -I'm pretty sure the industry is regulating itself, unless something's happened in the last few weeks that I hadn't noticed. It is still subject to government inspection, just like everything else though.
-- "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) "The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." -- Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. --Steven Weinberg(1933- ) Edited: 6/1/2008 4:24 AM by Roadkill

Black Owl

6/1/2008 8:52 AM

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No your right. It is still self regulated, by whip. Maybe a good thing. But Parents do need to wake up and accept responsibility for their kids. Or, someone, somewhere will, and not always with the kid's best interest in mind. (politics, power and money). This stretches far beyond just gaming. When we, (the American Public), forget, ignore, and basically neglect our freedoms, we will loose them. An inconvenient truth.
-- "The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were."---JFK Edited: 6/1/2008 8:54 AM by Black Owl

Roadkill

6/1/2008 11:09 AM

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