How would you react if games were suddenly banned?
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If games were banned, I'd start a huge movement and get a petition going, crying they are impinging on my First Amendment right (obviously I'm in the states) and use further support from a renowned legal mind: Judge Richard A. Posner.
This is his discussion on"The House of the Dead":
"The player is armed with a gun-most fortunately, because he is being assailed by a seemingly unending succession of hideous axe-wielding zombies, the living dead conjured back to life by voodoo. The zombies have already knocked down and wounded several people, who are pleading pitiably for help; and one of the player's duties is to protect those unfortunates from renewed assaults by the zombies."
In sum from: http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=15202
* Video games enjoy some measure of protection as free speech because they contain real messages, ideology and expression.
* The city has a significant burden if it wants to limit access to video games. It has to show an overriding public interest, based on more than just a hunch that violent games may harm kids.
* Kids have constitutional rights. Free speech is not something that is awarded with a high school diploma. In the court's words, "Now that 18-year-olds have the right to vote, it is obvious that they must be allowed the freedom to form their political views on the basis of uncensored speech before they turn 18, so that their minds are not a blank when they first exercise the franchise ? people are unlikely to become well-functioning, independent-minded adults and responsible citizens if they are raised in an intellectual bubble."
With the beautiful conclusion: "Young people have significant rights of free expression and their entertainment often enjoys constitutional protection."
This is his discussion on"The House of the Dead":
"The player is armed with a gun-most fortunately, because he is being assailed by a seemingly unending succession of hideous axe-wielding zombies, the living dead conjured back to life by voodoo. The zombies have already knocked down and wounded several people, who are pleading pitiably for help; and one of the player's duties is to protect those unfortunates from renewed assaults by the zombies."
In sum from: http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=15202
* Video games enjoy some measure of protection as free speech because they contain real messages, ideology and expression.
* The city has a significant burden if it wants to limit access to video games. It has to show an overriding public interest, based on more than just a hunch that violent games may harm kids.
* Kids have constitutional rights. Free speech is not something that is awarded with a high school diploma. In the court's words, "Now that 18-year-olds have the right to vote, it is obvious that they must be allowed the freedom to form their political views on the basis of uncensored speech before they turn 18, so that their minds are not a blank when they first exercise the franchise ? people are unlikely to become well-functioning, independent-minded adults and responsible citizens if they are raised in an intellectual bubble."
With the beautiful conclusion: "Young people have significant rights of free expression and their entertainment often enjoys constitutional protection."
keep playing on my secret layer, and when i get bored, start making my own game company illegaly in the black market
I would start killing people.
Games don't create killers, they suppress them giving us all the abillity to inflict these primal urges on little (or big depending on the size of your TV) virtual people in the household. Without games the situation will be much worse.
Games don't create killers, they suppress them giving us all the abillity to inflict these primal urges on little (or big depending on the size of your TV) virtual people in the household. Without games the situation will be much worse.
I would become a criminal, then.
Nobody stops me from doing what I want.
Nobody stops me from doing what I want.
I know that that's a bad joke, but I can't stop laughing at it.Cpt_Oblivious said:
Join an underground gaming cult.. After I hurt some people =D or I'd go into shock... a very long state of shock...
Well I CAN read minds you knowhubertw47 said:
Just kidding but hey that's quite a coincidence.
Well I have a life outside of video games so I could live without them.
I would substitute that time with manly things like lifting weights and commenting on ladies' nice parts, as well as do crazy stuff on motorbikes and what-not.
I would substitute that time with manly things like lifting weights and commenting on ladies' nice parts, as well as do crazy stuff on motorbikes and what-not.
I would join the rebellion. You guys are aware this HAS actually happened in Greece or some other country, right?