Okay, so this is kind of old...

**Kane Knight** · 02-26-2005, 10:54 PM

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/07...s_6102759.html

Still, I wonder what folks think? This was a law seeking to ban sales of games depicting violence against cops to minors in Washington State. It was then deemed "unconstitutional."

I'm kind of confused. The seeming argument behind such a law would be that video games promote or glorify violence. And yet, we're only targeting games where you shoot at police/law enforcement? It's okay to kill as long as it's not a cop?

Now, I'm not saying video games do that, just making the apparent argument and pointing out an obvious flaw.

02-26-2005, 10:54 PM	#1
Kane Knight Ron Paul 4 EVA Posts: 152,467	Okay, so this is kind of old... http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/07...s_6102759.html Still, I wonder what folks think? This was a law seeking to ban sales of games depicting violence against cops to minors in Washington State. It was then deemed "unconstitutional." I'm kind of confused. The seeming argument behind such a law would be that video games promote or glorify violence. And yet, we're only targeting games where you shoot at police/law enforcement? It's okay to kill as long as it's not a cop? Now, I'm not saying video games do that, just making the apparent argument and pointing out an obvious flaw. �There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old�s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.� --John Rogers