Illinois Videogame Law Struck Down

Big_Al_B writes "CNN reports that a federal judge ruled against the state of Illinois law that banned the sale of some games to minors." From the article: "The Illinois law, which also was to go into effect January 1, would have barred stores from selling or renting extremely violent or sexual games to minors, and allowed $1,000 fines for violators. Kennelly said the law would interfere with the First Amendment and there wasn't a compelling enough reason, such as preventing imminent violence, to allow that." Triumphantly, GamePolitics offers up the ESA's reaction to the decision. The Governor has vowed to appeal, so this isn't over yet.

Of course...

[GQuon]

This is part of the crackdown on panhandlers and street-muggers. If this law had been passed, young children would be forced to pay homeless guys to buy games for them. Less incentives for those few homeless who might commit violence or other undesireable acts against children.

Then, there's inevitable creation of a underground kindergarten black^H^H^H^H^H African-American market for adult video games. Once this distribution chain gets established, it's bound to escalate its content from slasher-games to porn, snuff, cocaine and 2nd hand ballistic missiles. And we don't want our children to get their grubby little hands on those, do we? Not without proper training. So the court has ordered that this law may be passed if it is accompanied by a raider that mandates training in the proper use of cocaine and nuclear missiles.

Now..

[f8l_0e]

this law will become more powerful than we possibly could have imagined.

Re:What a shame

[Anonymous Coward]

What church is that? Church of Bold Emphasis?

Re:Uh, kinda sane

[Shihar]

I always liked:
Remember, the Democrats are the stupid party.
Republicans are the evil party.
If they ever agree on something,
it is both stupid and evil.

biased

[darkvalamor]

y do u religious and selfish freaks like to ruin our happiness keep it under yor own roof im a child i play all the above mentioned "bad video games" im 14 and I DONT SEEM CORRUPTED BY IT QUIT BEING SO BIASED I AM AMERICAN AND PPL SAY I SHOULD BE PROUD TO B but im not cuz of u biased idiots the government sux saying "yor underage" i drink alcohol myself but im responsible w/ it i dont let ne 1 else drink it either i dun sum drugs too but im not an addict the only reasons in my site that tons of ppl do drugs is cuz they herd its bad and forbidden not cuz of video games i also look at porn and i hav to steal to get it cuz they wont let me buy it u biased americans say we hav freedom free of what i say? im not even allowed to voice my opinion w/ out getting yelled at also government i herd is trying to ban gay marriage or sumthin im gay and i think its rong to sum it up government and u selfish biased americans just wanna ruin our entertainment! y isnt ne1 wanted to get rid of movies and books of that content? along w/ ppl try to get rid of it bcuz of their religion WELL IM AETHEIST (idont kno how to spell it) B****ES!!!!! I DONT BELIEVE IN THAT CRAP IN FACT I LAFF AT IT try raising yor kids responsibly i did all those things and i turned out well so far get yor own playground to ruin get out of my eletric brain world