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June 20, 2005
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Sen. Schumer Wants to Block Sales of Violent Videogame '25 to Life'
Rather than expend effort on something productive, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) prefers to posture against violent videogames (NY Daily News | Violent Game Furor).
"[25 to Life is] the worst in a series of violent and gruesome games that lower the common denominator of decency," said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is trying to block the game from hitting stores in September.
One wonders why a Senator wouldn't leave the protests to some other organization or, in the alternative, try to pass some legislation. You know, because he's a Senator. More here:
GameDailyBiz |
NY Senator Seeks Ban of "25 to Life".
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Ernest Miller pursues research and writing on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and First Amendment issues. Mr. Miller attended the U.S. Naval Academy before attending Yale Law School, where he was president and co-founder of the Law and Technology Society, and founded the technology law and policy news site LawMeme. He is a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
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1. Mojo on June 22, 2005 03:15 PM writes...
This same controversy came up years ago with Senator Lieberman and games like Mortal Kombat. The issue was whether games like that should even be made. He pressed for a rating system, which is now in place, but not enforced. This took the responsibility off of the game producers and put it on the stores. The net result: publishers are now free to make any content they want, and now a mature rated game is an easily obtainable taboo for kids. Why make a rating system that no one will enforce? The responsibility should and ultimately will always remain on the parents :(
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