NY Governor Pursues Violent Game Legislation
"It is now pretty well established that certain types of videos and images have an effect on behavior," said Spitzer, who noted his intention to target violent and degrading games. Under the plan, retailers would face fines if they sold or rented such games to minors.
The most important aspect of the proposal, the criteria for what constitutes a violent video game, remains unknown. Past efforts to ban the sales of violent video games to minors have been deemed unconstitutional due to their overly broad definitions of unsuitable material. For example, any game that "the average person...would find...appeals to the minor's morbid interest in violence" or "lacks serious literacy, artistic, political or scientific value for minors" was considered inappropriate under a repealed Louisiana state law, with bills in Utah and Oklahoma sharing similar language. Should Spitzer's policy rely on a more empirical set of guidelines, such as the Entertainment Software Rating Board labels displayed on the front of every video game, it could fare better than previous legislation.
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*smacks forehead*
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I see. The cops/security that'd escort the kids out are doing so on behalf of management's wishes or something. It makes sense.
If they do pass something like this, it should be unilateral for "media". That'd be a bigger issue. Is some dark Owellian future, parents have to use a swip-card noting they permitted their kid to view/watch whatever. ::shudder::-
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Sometimes off-duty cops will work security jobs if the local laws/policy allows. Ditto for retired cops. Also, sometimes you'll have a Sheriff's office or the like in the mall to keep an eye on things.
Except in those cases, the police aren't going to care about teenagers trying to get into an R-rated movie unless they're being stupid enough that security can't handle that. And in that situation, I'd say someone is going to the lockup for a while.
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That's my problem with all of these legal shenanigans- the politicians always try to elevate video games to some 'more dangerous than movies or TV, or music, or live theatre, or fricken cave paintings' level because they're supposedly more 'engaging' or some bullshit...
-and the legal approach never works anyway, because it's fucking unconstitutional, ya dumbasses... but hey! we get to waste some more tax-payers' cash on another dog-and-pony show that goes nowhere.
le sigh...
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