Circuit City To Check IDs For 'Mature' Games 15
CitizenC writes: "This Associated Press story by way of Yahoo states that starting next month, Circuit City will no longer sell 'Mature' rated games to children under 17 years of age at its stores without a parent being around. They will also begin to check ID's for young people who purchase 'M' rated games." Please check your responsibility at the door and put this helmet on, too.
I want nudity! (Score:1)
Good (Score:2)
Who buys computers from Circuit City anyways ?? (Score:1)
simple go around (Score:1)
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63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
Re:Good (Score:1)
Re:Not so bad... (Score:1)
However, this is one more example of corporations or government taking AWAY the rights of parents to make their own decisions on how to raise their children. If oarents want their children not to play these games, they have the responsibility to monitor their activities and prevent them. This is just another case in which the decision is made for the parent beforehand, such that Circuit City is saying parents shouldn't let kids play these games so we are going to make sure they can't have them.
If you truly advocated parents taking responsibility for their children you are on teh wrong side of this argument; this is part of the drive to have the government and corporations take care of our children so we do not have to and have more time to work for them instead of spending it with our kids.
Re:Not so bad... (Score:1)
Re:Not so bad... (Score:1)
>all the rights and privileges of adult citizens
Call me insane, but as long as we're trying them as adults for their crimes, they might as well be able to smoke cigarettes and see R-rated movies.
Shaun
Why just check IDs? (Score:3)
Re:Not so bad... (Score:2)
In the future: Read before posting.
OK,
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Re:Not so bad... (Score:2)
That's nothing short of deranged. A child that was allowed to "grow and develop freely", entirely without the socializing influence of parents and other members of family and society would not be a civilized human, but an animal.
OK,
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Re:Not so bad... (Score:2)
However, treating children as adults in other inappropriate ways won't fix that. And the kids who want to mostly see R-rated flicks and smoke cigs anyway.
OK,
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Not so bad... (Score:4)
Over and over on /., we keep hearing the classic argument against censorship "for the children": Parents should be the ones responsible for monitoring the media consumption of minors in the household. That would be a Good Thing. This helps make that happen. Even better, the government isn't involved.
How is this worse than carding people for an "R"-rated movie? Or carding those who buy cigs or booze? Few sane people argue that minors should enjoy all the rights and privileges of adult citizens, and this seems like a sane extension of that.
OK,
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Catch (Score:5)
On the upside... (Score:2)