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Re: Op Ed

Dec 21, 2010, 14:12

HumanTarget

ViRGE wrote on Dec 21, 2010, 13:45: As far as I know none of Yee's proposed bills have required games be removed from the shelves. They're basically equivalent to most states' liquor control laws, which prohibit sales to minors and require stores to card purchasers who may be underage. Blue Laws aside, this doesn't stop me from getting beer, nor would I expect it to stop me from getting a copy of Halo. False analogy - if you are under 21 years of age, you are not allowed to either purchase or possess alcohol due to repeated scientific studies surrounding adolescent consumption of alcohol being detrimental to child development. That makes alcohol a public health issue and not a moral* one. Nowhere (yet) has there been repeatable and peer reviewed studies of the impact of violent video games on children's development. Now, if Yee and any of his supporters really wanted to get into regulating video games and their sales, then they would need to address it at a commerce clause level within the federal jurisdiction. But even at that level you quickly run into issues surrounding first amendment violations in determining what should be designated M/AO or otherwise. Regarding my assertion towards "preemptive removal" from market: if a company is unable to achieve the sales levels they require for a return on their investment in certain regions/areas, they will not distribute such materials to those areas. Look at what happened with some of the "questionable" games that were planned for release in Australia. After being flagged as "M/AO" the game was either banned from distribution there, the distributor decided to not sell in AUS, or sales were severely limited (no ROI). Businesses are still in existence to make money... HT * My interpretation: the distinction on what is/is not violent and/or inappropriate for children is entirely up to the parent and any attempt to establish otherwise a morals-based justification. "I don't like my child to see or ask me about boobies, so I don't want Cosmopolitan magazine on sale at the grocery store." This is a morals-based justification for removing from the market legal (and free speech based) material.

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