Submitted by GoodRobotUs - February 7, 2008 at 10:14 am -050079.66.241.43
@Doctor Proctor
From what I can find out all the results really seem to have found is that the legal enforcement of age ratings for most media is not being enforced acceptably, ironic since it's the system America wants to change to. From what I can garner, the overall shape of it will be a recommendation to bring all media under the BBFC or similar ratings systems, enforce the TV watershed more strictly and ensure that Trading Standards have to tools required to enforce the current rating system effectively, punishing shop-owners who sell Movies, Games etc to underage buyers, which is what it's supposed to do.
Basically, once again, from what I can garner, the report seems to imply that the problem is not so much the fault of the Industry, violent media has always existed, but the fact that the level of enforcement has dropped. This would mean that the government would have to spend money and accept they weren't fulfilling their obligations. When left between accepting that or simply sensationalising and pointing fingers at the Industry, there's little doubt what option they'll prefer at Downing Street.
Posted 07/24/08 at 01:45pm Dark Sovereign: A fitting metaphor lumi
Posted 07/24/08 at 11:21am lumi: their own. Looks like they're arguing with ghosts...
Posted 07/24/08 at 11:20am lumi: Ooh, and to prove the validity of their arguments, they've deleted all the comments from the gamers/outsiders, and just left
Posted 07/24/08 at 11:20am lumi: Wow...there's worse invective and vitriol on that first feminist site's comments than in most gaming forums I've read...
Posted 07/24/08 at 11:19am SimonBob: You guys can read the feminist blogs? One of 'em has over 1400 comments -- my browser locks up when I try to load the page!
Posted 07/24/08 at 10:49am M. Carusi: That's probably the message to describe hardcore feminism in general. :P
Posted 07/24/08 at 10:35am Tom90deg: Meh, it seems like most of the comments are "I'm right, and it you don't agree with me, you're a girl-hating masonogystic pig!"
Posted 07/24/08 at 10:30am M. Carusi: Those comment walls on the feminist blogs complaining about FP are generating some hilarious content.
Posted 07/24/08 at 08:48am E. Zachary Knight: @ lunatic, What you see is what you get. Once a comment gets pushed off it is gone forever.
Posted 07/24/08 at 07:39am sortableturnip: Best...comments...ever: http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/2008/07/06/jack-needs-your-help.aspx?pg=5&view=threaded
Posted 07/24/08 at 05:42am sortableturnip: Alteffor: I 2nd that motion. GP you should have a special section for all of JT's correspondence to you
Posted 07/23/08 at 10:13pm GRIZZAM PRIME: Lunatic: Nope. Ever fading if I'm not mistaken.
Posted 07/23/08 at 08:05pm LuNaTiC: is there a way to view old shouts? sorry if its a noob question.
Posted 07/23/08 at 07:07pm gamepolitics: momma didn't raise no sock puppet
Posted 07/23/08 at 06:15pm Rodrigo Ybáñez García: Jack is a repressed man. Don´t be surprised...
Posted 07/23/08 at 06:07pm GryphonOsiris: So Jack admitted paying for gay porn... all I can say is wow... just wow...
Posted 07/23/08 at 05:09pm lumi: to the case, and he's been on 60 minutes once!
Posted 07/23/08 at 05:09pm lumi: GP, you should mention you'll be filing a legal injunction against him if he doesn't comply. Phoenix Wright will be attached
Posted 07/23/08 at 03:32pm Alteffor: You should add a section to the site for anything Jack CC's to you. It's always entertaining to read the stuff he writes.
Posted 07/23/08 at 03:31pm Matriculated: Does anyone know when the Supreme Court reaches their decission?
From what I can find out all the results really seem to have found is that the legal enforcement of age ratings for most media is not being enforced acceptably, ironic since it's the system America wants to change to. From what I can garner, the overall shape of it will be a recommendation to bring all media under the BBFC or similar ratings systems, enforce the TV watershed more strictly and ensure that Trading Standards have to tools required to enforce the current rating system effectively, punishing shop-owners who sell Movies, Games etc to underage buyers, which is what it's supposed to do.
Basically, once again, from what I can garner, the report seems to imply that the problem is not so much the fault of the Industry, violent media has always existed, but the fact that the level of enforcement has dropped. This would mean that the government would have to spend money and accept they weren't fulfilling their obligations. When left between accepting that or simply sensationalising and pointing fingers at the Industry, there's little doubt what option they'll prefer at Downing Street.