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Game Industry Wins
by Steve Gibson, Jan 04, 2002 11:52am PSTRemember that sillyness over in Indianapolis about trying to prevent minors from being able to play games? Something about thinking games turned kids in to psychos or whatever. Well as expected the failed attempt was a waste of time and money as the game industry won the case, and even more amusing now is that the court has awarded over $300,000 to the game industry for legal fees they incurred. Tax payers in Indiana, thank your local congressman! Thanks jasonepowell
Among the backers is Indianapolis retiree Mary E. Douglas, who said taxpayers foot the bill for many "nonsensible things," but that the ban was a worthwhile goal. "They shouldn't be allowed to play those games, period," Douglas said of minors. But Dave Danz, owner of the Indianapolis-based courier company Double D Express, called the law "a ridiculous waste of money." "It's up to us as parents to teach our children values. However well-intentioned it might be, it's not a function of the government to intervene," Danz said. "We're blowing taxpayer money at a time when we need to be looking at things like sewers."
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I'm still suprised of the ruling.
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i mean, why not? their parents should have brought them up right so they wouldn't do that kinda stuff, right?
they oughta be allowed to buy alcohol and tobacco too, right?
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Indianapolis was 100% correct in this matter and it's sad to see so many people with knee-jerk reaction to the defeat of this ordinance.
There is NOTHING wrong with keeping adult-rated material away from children, be it alcohol, cigarettes, porn, or explicit videogames.
Hopefully, Indianapolis and other cities around this great country will draft a more proper bill that addresses the problem a little more securely.
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what a great person to ask an opinion of. that old bag probably still believes that children require discipline in the form of physical beatings.
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whoa. [/Joey Laurence]
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Cheers !
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Booya
Ironically, they WERE looking at fixing a sewer.
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Idiot politicians.
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Indianapolis is full of wankers.
Shit, I live in a forest that's less primitive than their 'city'.
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Of course we still have the ass backwards idea that sex is worse than violence.
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Runs and takes cover from the incoming bombs about to be dropped by the librals on this site
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Were I an Indianapolis resident, I'd be pretty fucking pissed.
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