An interesting article, which I want to point out something very interesting:
The state's appeal argues that violent games should be classified in the same category as porn, and should apply the same legal consequences to parties who sell the "violent" material to minors.I italicized the interesting point, and even BOLDED the one thing I find fairly hilarious.
Violent games should be classified in the same category as PORN...
Now hold on here... I grew up in the 80s and 90s. Witnessed the whole tirade about how Doom and the Basketball Diaries was the 'whole reason' the two boys went on a shooting spree in Columbine. I grew up playing games like Doom, Duke Nukem, and other violent games and I have hardly went out of my way to get a gun and want to shoot up where I work, or where I went to school out of rage because of some stupidity.
I grew up watching movies like Terminator, hell, even saw Tourist Trap when I was Young and scared crapless about it that I didn't want to touch certain things again for the longest time. Now I watch horror movies and Zombie Apocalypse movies without feeling nauseousness.
But the simple statement of regarding Violent games, which involves violence to human beings on the same level as PORN... Then let's consider how the ramifications of all this, shall we?
What should be on that list, besides games that also is 'pornographic', by this definition that is NOT Rated R currently, but fits all this.
Star Wars - An Epic Fantasy that has good guys SLICING OFF people's hands or body parts. Even a depiction of Darth Maul getting cut in two. People DYING from getting shot, and that is violent. What's it rating? PG to PG-13
Toy Story - No humans involved, but I heard one person who said, "Should I show this to my kid... He was pretty sensitive to scary things and there are some things in there he knows something bad is going to happen." And let's be honest... Anthropomorphized toys where some of them get blow up by Butch... That's pretty messed up for little kids.
Disney Animated Cartoon Movies in general - Where do I begin... Classic Sleeping Beauty, you have the prince fighting a dragon, Snow White, the Queen wanting Snow White Dead and again, the Prince fighting the Queen in her evil form. 101 Dalmatians, where Cruella DeVil wants to skin puppies for her fur fetish and we have anthropomorphized dogs once again. Alladin where again violence used on Jafar to win the day...
Here is one thing also in this article:
The "Governator," California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (who coincidentally is in several older "violent" video games), told Reuters that he looks forward to the final Supreme Court ruling. "We have a responsibility to our kids and our communities to protect against the effects of games that depict ultra-violent actions, just as we already do with movies," he said.I agree... We, not just the government, but WE the people, should have the responsibility to our kids and to our communities to protect them against the effects of things of these nature.
It isn't just games that have this, but simply the fact that TV and Movies also depict this and even things that supposidly have 'better' ratings are not depicted as 'porn' despite hitting the 'norms' one person alleges violent games seem to be.
The ESRB is there despite the fact that parents back when it first came to be didn't BOTHER to look at the games they were getting their kids. I remember those games before ESRB as well as how certain things on TV were easy access, but I also had parents who made sure I knew right from wrong.
These days, protecting the kids seems more of the 'Other person's' job, than that of the parent.
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