Where Politics And Video Games Collide

You know, I'm gonna be unpopular.. I'm gonna be told I'm wrong.. but... and actually bother to read the whole post before you flame me first, I'm a gamer and grew up playing violent games, so I'm not gonna attack them.

I don't really understand the problem with there being a law that says "hey, obey what the box says and don't sell these things to people younger than that"... I don't see why it doesn't apply to all other forms of entertainment though.

Although, yes, they use outdated examples of video games and scare monger to try and get it.. at base, what is wrong with supporting the rating system in law?

Make it apply to all entertainment products, make the punishments on a corporate level, make it apply only to the sale so parents can buy it for their kids. Last time I heard its this way in the UK and here in Aus (although I could be wrong, I've never really needed to research it).

If your justification for arguing against this is that it violations you're oh so precious Constitution, you need to take a long hard look at that document and the people who defend it, and its intentions. The so called "founding fathers" would I have no doubt be spinning in their graves if they knew some of the things that were defended by people referencing it. Its old, dated, and was not intended to defend people's "right" to own extremely violent video games any more than it was intended to defend people's "right" to carry automatic weapons.

"Video games don't cause violence so why should they be restricted".. now THAT is a valid argument for not putting laws like this. But like it or not, there are people out there who simply do not believe this content is right for kids.. lots of them.. many of them would not go as far as to say that it causes violence, but many of them just don't feel its good in general. Just like they probably don't want their kids watching Saw or Postal, or hardcore porn, or even documentaries with lots of violence, sex or other themes in them. Laws to limit these things being sold to people younger than the tag age simply make it the parent's choice, not the choice of some brat who won't obey his parents and a shop that won't enforce the box cover.