PUSH THE THROTTLE Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 "CHICAGO. Dec. 15 -- Decrying violence in fast-selling video games, Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) wants Illinois to make it illegal for anyone younger than 18 to buy violent or sexually explicit games. Among the targets would be the Grand Theft Auto series, Halo 2 and Mortal Kombat. Blagojevich criticized the $7 billion video game industry for failing to find better ways to keep "adult material out of the hands of minors" and cited evidence that many production companies in the intensely competitive business marketed violent games to boys younger than 17. "This is all about protecting our children until they are old enough to protect themselves," said Blagojevich in a written statement. "There's a reason why we don't let kids smoke or drink alcohol or drive a car until they reach a certain age and level of maturity." Blagojevich said the legislation would define "violent" games as those in which characters physically hurt one another. "Sexually explicit" games would be those featuring nudity that "predominantly appeals to the prurient interest of the player." The video game industry counters that it sets its own standards and informs buyers -- overwhelmingly parents and other adults -- about the content of the games. Efforts by St. Louis County and Indianapolis to regulate various kinds of video games have been rejected as unconstitutional by federal appeals courts. "We think as an industry we can regulate ourselves," said Gail Markels, general counsel of the Entertainment Software Association, who asserted that the industry is "voluntarily making great strides." Blagojevich, who intends to announce his plans formally on Thursday, is the latest in a long line of politicians to challenge violence and sexual content in the audio and video world. Others include Tipper Gore, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K. Powell. The focus on video games is relatively recent. Their growing popularity and the ever-intensifying competition for market share among adolescent consumers have prompted producers to create more complex narratives and more dramatic flourishes. Many include sex and death. "The games are getting more and more violent every year. Now the kids can, in Grand Theft Auto, visit a prostitute and then kill her if they don't want to pay her," said Joanne Cantor, professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. "I'm convinced that violent video games do contribute to adolescents becoming more violent, having more hostile feelings and more desensitization." "I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe it's appropriate to make it difficult to acquire certain harmful things," added Cantor, author of a children's book about coping with media violence." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...av=rss_politics My answer for a parent who thinks there kid shouldn't be playing these games is to snap the disc in half and throw it away. Lesson Learned. I wonder if Scott Pederson was a fan of the GTA series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locogato11283 Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 they are fuckin games. people are fuckin stupid. if a game makes you wanna go out and cut someones head off or blow something up then you have a problem. how many people actually act on those things anyway? its kind of like everyone tryin to blame music for making kids do things. people need to grow and get real and face the fact that poor parenting is what makes kids do things. alot of them do it for attention from their parents or simply because their parents never taught them wrong from right. too many prents these days use the "hands off" method. meaning they just let their kids do whatever they want and learn from those experiences. everyone needs to quit blaming video games and music for their kids problems and start blaming themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUSH THE THROTTLE Posted December 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 everyone needs to quit blaming video games and music for their kids problems and start blaming themselves. 293859[/snapback] Amen. When I was growing up I was terrified of getting in trouble with my dad and if I did anything stupid he Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txblueshee Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Movies, games, porn, rap music, money.... anything but the parents. If I would've even thought about fuckin up like some "kids" do now, I would've got a dent in my head. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotton eyed Joe Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 I think on the way to work I'm gonna kill a bunch of people. Then I'm gonna hijack a police car, then r1 r2 l1 r2 up down up down up down to get rid of the police chase then drive it around for 36 hours straight. I hate it when people try to protect us from ourselves. I'll admit, a 10 year old kid probably shouldn't be playing that game but if a parent knows his kid well enough, then thats his decision. I don't think a 15 year old kid can buy it since its rated M anyway. This guy just needs to learn that guns don't kill people, physics does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Movies, games, porn, rap music, money.... 293867[/snapback] hey now, porn's got nothing to do with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 I think on the way to work I'm gonna kill a bunch of people. Then I'm gonna hijack a police car, then r1 r2 l1 r2 up down up down up down 293871[/snapback] hahahahahahahaha stan youre the best. but really, when i was a kid i got smacked for getting a B on my report card. i was too skeerd to even think about doing something bad. and NOW...im a fine upstanding citizen. but nooo, nowadays that would be called abuse. abuse is letting yours kids run free and grow up to be little psychos. god damned liberal shithea.....opps, sorry, flashback, wrong thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banshee~ Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 I hate it when people try to protect us from ourselves.I'll admit, a 10 year old kid probably shouldn't be playing that game but if a parent knows his kid well enough, then thats his decision. I don't think a 15 year old kid can buy it since its rated M anyway. 293871[/snapback] I was playing gta 3 when I was about 11.There really getting strict at wallmart I could buy halo a year ago now I have to be 16 to buy bb's for my red ryder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUSH THE THROTTLE Posted December 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 I was playing gta 3 when I was about 11.There really getting strict at wallmart I could buy halo a year ago now I have to be 16 to buy bb's for my red ryder 293920[/snapback] A little off topic but - I like how they can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banshee~ Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 A little off topic but - I like how they can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUSH THE THROTTLE Posted December 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 god damned liberal shithea.....293914[/snapback] God and liberals in the same sentence that's a no no. About the BB gun it's because they dont want you to "shoot your eye out" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rptorman Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 I work at a sporting goods store and you have to be 18 to buy BBs here. If some little shithead was screwing around and shot your kid in the eye, wouldn't you be pissed? Your kids might be good kids, but some out there are not. Yes, this does mean that our good kids have to pay for some other little shitheads dumb ass stupidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUSH THE THROTTLE Posted December 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 I work at a sporting goods store and you have to be 18 to buy BBs here. If some little shithead was screwing around and shot your kid in the eye, wouldn't you be pissed? Your kids might be good kids, but some out there are not. Yes, this does mean that our good kids have to pay for some other little shitheads dumb ass stupidity. 293946[/snapback] A guy at my school shot himself with a bb gun and now has a glass eye. I was buying bb's when I was 10 and I never shot anybody. Maybe you might want to think up another factor in the shooting other than age.... Oh I got it how about a little parental supervision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman-hott Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Parental supervision like it says on the packages? No that can't be the reason, gotta be the manufacturers fault. ON a side note anyone know why Walgreens is locking up the larger cans of infant formula. I've been to 2 of the 3 local ones (which are 2 miles from each other in a triangle.) and had to get a manager to unlock the cabinet for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Well I guess America has no future because we are all going to start killing people and hijacking cars. Anarchy. Total Chaos. Because I can do it in a video game MUST mean I can do it in real life. If a video game could ever influence someone to kill, that person had problems before they played that game. Whatever though. What can ya do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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