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• MAN FUCK THIS BULLSHI... oh. : node
• Hasn't that been disproven or something? : Lakipo
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  Here we go again. . .Our lawmakers are effing retards : ketsyn
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    it's weird. You'd think that having mental deficiency or illness would be a hindrance in getting to a pos... : Chipwarrior
    • That's a requirement. : prime8
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    They are smart enough to know if they cater to the biggest voter base they will get elected, and since th... : danws6
    • Make it the majority of human kind. : TiTaN10k
• Hey, at least it's bipartisan. Or biparisan. Because apparently they are two Congressmen from Paris, Fran... : Dschinghis Khan
• I'm glad our lawmakers are focusing on the truly important issues of the day. : ColoradoCNC
• WARNING: Correlation is not causation! : Rehevkor
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  I just called Congressman Wolf's DC office (he is my district representative) and I spoke this a receptio... : amrbean
  • Nice. Have your ducks in a row, and make some valid arguments. : icedcool
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  Only if we gamers can start posting warnings on churches that say something like "Warning, exposure to re... : axiomatic
  • daaaaaaaamn : boring gegtik
  • OH NOE HE DIDN'T! hahha. goose gander. : TOnez
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    Well that is exactly what happens when you follow false religions. But if everyone followed Jesus, th... : EternaLife
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      Are you a troll or do you really believe this? : Mr. Goodwrench
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        Not only do I believe this, I have seen this with my own eyes. And heard of people's stories of how Jesus... : EternaLife
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          for why things should smell more like bacon. : Zolneirz
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            ? I don't understand your joke... Anyway, it is funny how people ignore Jesus and focus on the negativ... : EternaLife
            • People focus on the negatives for everything. But by your logic, if people only focused on the non negat... : mobab
        • Throughout man's history here, nothing is responsible for more bloodshed on this planet than religion. ... : ironhorse86
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  Maybe I'm getting old or something, but this sounds reasonable to me. It's a whole lot better than propos... : ramshot
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    The issue for me is that it is a blanket warning on all games, regardless of content. I wonder if Rep. B... : amrbean
    • Right, I didn't read the source. If it's on all games regardless of content or age limits, then yes, it's... : ramshot
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    We already have the ESRB ratings that parents refuse to read. : mancide
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      I assumed the point here was that the label would be highly visible, so that you could not notice it and ... : ramshot
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        It doesn't matter what you put on the box, until parents start being parents and buy appropriately rated ... : mancide
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          In most cases, yeah, I agree. But I know of parents out there who buy their games kids fully unaware of w... : ramshot
          • That's the parents fault then. The government shouldn't be involved whatsoever. : Chod
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    shoudlnt the retailer by policing for under age sales of M rated games? kids shouldnt be buying these gam... : cptstern
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      Retailers mostly do this, but parents just buy it for the kid. It doesn't matter what we put on the box u... : mancide
      • And I'm saying this, and I know I'm going to be hated as my kid gets older. Because I'm the type of paren... : mancide
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        parents for the most part stop picking up games for their kids by the time the kid is a teen. I cant coun... : cptstern
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          I know Wal-Mart checks IDs, hell they've checked MY ID before. : mancide
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            So does Best Buy. It's actually quite annoying. : pigvomit
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              EB games doesnt seem to be at all consistant. in any event the warning label sounds like it's intended fo... : cptstern
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                I think the guy checked my ID once, but I typically deal with the same guy when I go there so they've pre... : mancide
                • I used to get asked ID while buying smokes/booze/hookers. sheesh kids these days : cptstern
        • Where is the kid getting money? When I was a teen I was broke. Unless I earned my cash from my folks chan... : avatar_58
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          lol who still buys games in store? : Alexrose
          • console gamers and their parents : cptstern
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        Last I heard, retailers are actually better at this with games than movie studios are. : Arcanum
        • * theaters, not studios : Arcanum
      • Instead of educating stupid parents and out right tell them to STOP BEING FUCKING STUPID our Government p... : Dschinghis Khan
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    It's not reasonable, because exposure to violent video games HAS NOT been linked to agresssive behavior. ... : Darkstarblade
    • While there is little conclusive proof either way, I personally do think that a young child playing lots ... : ramshot
    • WARNING: DRINKING THIS MILK MAY GIVE YOU MAD COW DISEASE : JuffoWup
    • It's been linked, rather poorly, to a decrease in 'pro social' behavior. Social Psychologists have done ... : losder5000
  • Except that it's a big fat lie. : thetangent
• this worked really well with Rap Music : boring gegtik
• Because watching wars on the news, slasher movies and TV movies about abuse and "other" topics have NO ef... : Dark Drakonis
• I'm against posting warnings on products when the warnings are patently false. : Zero Hoki
• Birth control pills will have dead fetus on it. Cars will have warning that they cause pollution. : TOnez
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  Why is it allowed to keep writing these bills after they've already been dismissed as unconstitutional? W... : Marrbe
  • Nope, that's not possible in our legal system due to standing rules. You can't file a suit until you hav... : pigvomit
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  Silly legislators, treating protected speech like it were solely a product like alcohol and tobacco. Wel... : pigvomit
  • Also, it's hilarious that they decided to single out EC games as not having the warning, because at that ... : pigvomit
• warning: being a politician has been linked to being completely useless : Downforce
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  I'm okay with it as long as it includes gruesome real life shock/gore images like the warnings on cigaret... : Gary the Llama
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    "Gaming can make you morbidly obese" "Gaming can make you socially awkward" doesnt have the same ri... : cptstern
    • "Gaming can cause autism" "Gaming can cause heart attacks" "Gaming can turn your child into a criminal"... : Memphis-Ahn
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    Should be more like "Don't play video games so you can look like this [insert hot nws body here]" : mobab
    • body = image : mobab
• How about "WARNING: Exposure to STUPID GOVERNMENTS has been linked to aggressive behavior since time bega... : u sir name
• Ok? Games are being bought digitally now more then ever.... so why even put these stupid labels on them ... : Demon4231
• That's the biggest piece of bullshit ever. : excessus
• who cares : ass-street
• Being around stupid people leads to aggressive behaviour as well. They should be tatooed on the forehead ... : Lukiopimp
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  Let's go to the next step instead and just put violent scenes directly on the boxes to demonstrate the ef... : Herman Toothrot
  • O lawd : Alexrose
• WARNING: Shitty video games lead to RAGE please ensure that someone did some research on this game to see... : HL3dsx
• LOL. Correlation =/= Causation. HOLY SHIT GUYS, VIOLENT PEOPLE ARE DOING VIOLENT STUFF IN VIDEO GAMES? NO... : Alexrose
• Waste of resources. Will be even less effective than the warnings on Tobacco which are at least true. : InfoBiter
• New warning on money: WARNING: Exposure to money has been linked to an increase in willingness to legisla... : Beady
• Congress is also hard at work on getting these warnings put into law as we speak. Social networking h... : Khakimon
• Frankly, if it means they'll leave us the fuck alone after getting their way (not likely, but a man can d... : CampKusoge
• Warning: Congress dumb shit has been linked to agressive behavior : jonin
• "WARNING: Exposure to Life has been linked to death. And obesity." : Mr. Goodwrench
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  I think the warning, "Linked to aggressive behavior" is so generic that this bill is unnecessary. Watchi... : asianwaste
  • I'm from the school of "less litigation, the better". There are so many other societal issues that congr... : asianwaste
• This should also apply to sports. : VencieraX
• This warning doesn't work on Tobacco and they think it'll work on video games? : mobab