Violent Video Game Law Struck Down 502
The Importance of writes "Washington State banned the sale of violent videogames depicting violence against 'law enforcement officers' to minors under age 17. When challenged, the law was blocked by a preliminary injunction. Yesterday, a federal district court decided that the law was unconstitutional because it failed the strict scrutiny test and was also void for vagueness. Read the 15-page decision [PDF]. A summary of the case's holdings with quotations here."
Re:i love violent games. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So.. (Score:5, Funny)
*shrug* At least the public would no longer be tortured by Police Academy sequels
Download them from DC? (Score:5, Funny)
Doom III (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Mod Parent Up (Score:2, Funny)
Let's get it over with (Score:1, Funny)
new headline (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Good to see (Score:3, Funny)
Re:My favorite line (Score:3, Funny)
aren't they technically enforcing laws?
What kind of world are we living in where we can't pretend to shoot Nazis anymore?!
Re:i love violent games. (Score:4, Funny)
Some of them are 20 now ;)
Of course they struck it down (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Useful metaphor for this kind of reactionism:dr (Score:3, Funny)
No, no... pot has three main side effects. Decreased short term memory, decreased long term memory, and... I forgot the third.
Re:Mod Parent Up (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Amen (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Kinda like pr0n in that regards ... (Score:1, Funny)
Violence Begets Violence (Score:5, Funny)
Porn and violence is tearing apart marriages and families. Anyone who can't see the moral decay and complete deterioration of society as a whole because of these two abhorations has their head up their ass.
Re:Woulda Coulda Shoulda (Score:3, Funny)
Yup. An addict is an addict is an addict.
Of course all things being equal, I'd much rather hang out with a stoner than an alcoholic. Nobody ever gets stoned and tries to kick your ass.
Very True (Score:1, Funny)
Way back when, I must have been about seventeen, I'd just started out on my first "serious" relationship with a girl.
My dad had been aware of my previous fumbling attempts at courtship, but up until now he'd kept his peace.
One day he looked at me and for some reason he'd decided this was the right time to impart his hard-won wisdom:
"Son, there's just a few things you need to keep in mind in your relations with women. A women wants a friend, an equal and a confidant. She wants someone who'll listen without judging. She wants someone who will make her feel like the most special person in the world - not all the time - just from time to time. Sounds hard, doesn't it? It is. But the rewards are worth the effort. If you can be all these things to a woman, she'll let you do *anything* to her! Fuck her anally, tie her up, come in her face, take photos - the works!"
Sometimes, I wish he'd keep his mouth shut. This was just such a time.
I am uncertain. (Score:2, Funny)
I am not sure about it. Is there some government directive about it?