games haven't been proven to be without a doubt harmful, so I'm really not impressed with their response, more like "ok, now get your facts straight and try again son"
besides the fact that they say nothing about unrated dvds. If anyone wonders, the reason I keep bringing it up is because I believe it's far more important that the gamees laws, as there's no way to stop a child from getting it. It has no rating! what is supposed to happen? is the clerk supposed to go "I'm sorry kid, but that is unrated, I can't sell it to you" yeah right.
...........I need coffee, I'm going to go get my caffine now.
Paper still wrongbigman_kSeptember 6 2006, 12:41:41 UTC
This paper doesn't seem to realize that minors have significant First Amendment rights. As the Supreme Court ruled in Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville "Speech that is neither obscene to minors nor subject to any legitimate procription (i.e. - actual proven harm) cannot be barred to them solely because a legislature finds them unsuitable" "Under most circumstances the rights afforded by the First Amendment are no less appliable when the government seeks to control the flow of information to minors
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Re: Paper still wrongdclamSeptember 12 2006, 03:10:54 UTC
Depending on state child labor laws, children much younger than 16 can hold a job. Is it wise to extend this logic to 11-year-olds who have paper routes? I think not.
Further, you have failed to provide any research that corroborates your statement that "most" 16-year-olds have jobs and pay "tax's" (sic). Even worse, you say nothing of the intellectual, psychological, and other components that are required for a person to make good choices when voting. The fact that you can figure out how to post to Livejournal does not mean that you are capable of making an informed choice when casting a ballot.
I haven't been around much - being extremely busy with work - but this one forced me to comment.
Thanks, GP regulars, for writing this guy. Even though he does come off as a member of the "thought police," he at least is able to see reason when confronted by it, and is willing to stand corrected. WTG all around, it nice to see at least some form of communication between "us" and "them."
This isn't a right-wing, Christian conservative assault on the First Amendment. The game industry has successfully overturned laws in numerous states, but the list of states that have tried to take action is hardly a roll call of Bush-backing “red” ones.
WTF does that have to do with anything!?!? No, really, WTF?! Because it's not "red state" "Christian conservatives" doing it we should roll over dead and let them take our rights away? Err, DIAF please?
And, umm, you don't think we've noticed it's Democrats that are advocating the nanny state? You don't think that maybe, just maybe, that's why a bunch of developer lobbyists and stuff (*cough* Blank Rome) are some of the largest donors to Republican candidates? Actually, before you go DIAF, please do some actual research first.
Meh. This "correction" pisses me off more than the original article. I would seriously vote Dubya in for a third term before voting for a Democrat. So please don't farking condescend us with this 'but it's okay because they're blue!' rubbish.
Re: Umm, what?zippydsmleeSeptember 6 2006, 20:04:15 UTC
Meh I doubt they would force threw unconstitutional bills so quickly ..altho in order to skip the hard work to fix what Dubya house broke they might 0-o I hate politics ><
--We take your complaints into consideration but will still talk down to you like the vagabonds you are because you are children (or sheep). We will also add stupid inserts into our paragraphs that have no real meaning other than to state that the governor was elected.-- Remember when the news was supposed to be neutral...
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besides the fact that they say nothing about unrated dvds. If anyone wonders, the reason I keep bringing it up is because I believe it's far more important that the gamees laws, as there's no way to stop a child from getting it. It has no rating! what is supposed to happen? is the clerk supposed to go "I'm sorry kid, but that is unrated, I can't sell it to you" yeah right.
...........I need coffee, I'm going to go get my caffine now.
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Further, you have failed to provide any research that corroborates your statement that "most" 16-year-olds have jobs and pay "tax's" (sic). Even worse, you say nothing of the intellectual, psychological, and other components that are required for a person to make good choices when voting. The fact that you can figure out how to post to Livejournal does not mean that you are capable of making an informed choice when casting a ballot.
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Thanks, GP regulars, for writing this guy. Even though he does come off as a member of the "thought police," he at least is able to see reason when confronted by it, and is willing to stand corrected. WTG all around, it nice to see at least some form of communication between "us" and "them."
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WTF does that have to do with anything!?!? No, really, WTF?! Because it's not "red state" "Christian conservatives" doing it we should roll over dead and let them take our rights away? Err, DIAF please?
And, umm, you don't think we've noticed it's Democrats that are advocating the nanny state? You don't think that maybe, just maybe, that's why a bunch of developer lobbyists and stuff (*cough* Blank Rome) are some of the largest donors to Republican candidates? Actually, before you go DIAF, please do some actual research first.
Meh. This "correction" pisses me off more than the original article. I would seriously vote Dubya in for a third term before voting for a Democrat. So please don't farking condescend us with this 'but it's okay because they're blue!' rubbish.
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Remember when the news was supposed to be neutral...
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