Law Banning Pinball Shuts Down Retro Arcade

[Naheal]

There's nothing much that can be said beyond "What the hell...?"

 

[Pegghead]

I suspect Jack Thompson's great grandfather was in on this.

 

[Bloodstain]

The McDonald's incident made me rage...

...this just makes me cry.

 

[Devil's Due]

I understand the closing of the arcade because it's law, what I do not understand is why the law was made in the first place. Did a governor lose to a public game of pinball at his visit for some new movie and decided action needed to be done to recover his ego? I'm honestly lost about this.

 

[Booze Zombie]

You've got to love how the old and stupid are still effecting people to this day.

 

[awesomeClaw]

Gee, what was that organisation that banned everyone and everything that they didn´t like?

(Tip:They were lead by a fellow named hitler)

Seriously though, this is just sad. Like, 1-year old falling of the balcony sad.

 

[FinPete82]

just emailed them about this shait!

http://cityofbeacon.org/contact

I hope you do the same! Stupidity must be stopped!

 

[Mr. Gency]

Sorry everyone, this situation combined with the outrage over Marvel Happy Meals has made me decide to find a new planet to live on. I'll miss you all.

Please. Take me with you.

 

[Mr. Gency]

Gee, what was that organisation that banned everyone and everything that they didn´t like?

(Tip:They were lead by a fellow named hitler)

Seriously though, this is just sad. Like, 1-year old falling of the balcony sad.

Um...

Salvation Army?

 

[Yokai]

Words cannot describe how stupid the entire situation is.

Reminds me of something that happened here in Portland recently: State inspectors forced a seven-year-old girl to shut down her lemonade stand because she wasn't operating with a $120 restaurant license. It's so easy for bureaucratic asshats to abuse long-forgotten laws to make peoples' lives more difficult.

 

[dochmbi]

Sorry everyone, this situation combined with the outrage over Marvel Happy Meals has made me decide to find a new planet to live on. I'll miss you all.

This is what happens when you apply virtue ethics to public policy.

 

[V8 Ninja]

The United States is brilliant. It's also completely idiotic.

 

[tomtom94]

Congratulations law-makers, you prove yourself fantastically inept once again.

 

[Wintermoot]

can t he just remove the pinball machines?

 

[Jumplion]

......it's fucking pinball!! Seriously, what course of action aside from "Lift this ban *stamp* NEXT!" needs to be taken? What, is the pinball machine a common ruse to deliver drugs or bombs to gangster hideouts?

IT'S. FUCKING. PINBALL.

 

[Varrdy]

I was going to say "Only in America" but then I remembed I live in the UK, which can be just as bad for this kinda crap!

Wardy

 

[SomeBoredGuy]

I've had it with this monkey fightin' idiocy on this Monday to Friday news!

[sub]Cookie if you get the reference.[/sub]

 

[Aurgelmir]

Excuse me, but isn't one of the slogans for the USA:

Land of the free, home of the brave. ?

Some freedom you have when you can't even run a decent business that is not hurting anyone...

Had his business been "Joe's Hurt a dog Emporium" I would agree it should be shut down... but pinball?

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