Comments on: First Amendment and Video Games http://elmonteblog.com/2007/09/06/first-amendment-and-video-games/ Federal, State, and Local Politics Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:11:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jasmine w. http://elmonteblog.com/2007/09/06/first-amendment-and-video-games/comment-page-1/#comment-118 jasmine w. Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:38:16 +0000 http://elmonteblog.com/2007/09/06/first-amendment-and-video-games/#comment-118 Honestly I really don’t think that the state has the power for such a big crisis as this. I don’t think that prohibiting “minors” from consuming of a rated M video game without an adult will actually work. If it does anything it will make the situation worse. Because if a teenager or a child wants something really bad, then they will work hard to get what they want. All this will do is make minors find different ways of getting what they want since their parents must be with them to purchase the games. What is the point in doing this? I mean really? Its just going to make people underage want the games even more. I believe that it is the parents job to do many things. I wouldn’t and I wont start blaming the government for not taking control of things that “parents” should be taking care of. No matter how much the government wants minors to stop playing these games it doesn’t mean that mommy and daddy are going to abide. They wont stop buying them. Then if mommy and daddy does stop, doesn’t mean the Childs friends parents are. Like I said before if children/ teenagers, anyone want something in life they will work hard to get it. Honestly I really don’t think that the state has the power for such a big crisis as this. I don’t think that prohibiting “minors” from consuming of a rated M video game without an adult will actually work. If it does anything it will make the situation worse. Because if a teenager or a child wants something really bad, then they will work hard to get what they want. All this will do is make minors find different ways of getting what they want since their parents must be with them to purchase the games. What is the point in doing this? I mean really? Its just going to make people underage want the games even more.
I believe that it is the parents job to do many things. I wouldn’t and I wont start blaming the government for not taking control of things that “parents” should be taking care of. No matter how much the government wants minors to stop playing these games it doesn’t mean that mommy and daddy are going to abide. They wont stop buying them. Then if mommy and daddy does stop, doesn’t mean the Childs friends parents are. Like I said before if children/ teenagers, anyone want something in life they will work hard to get it.

]]> By: Daniel F. http://elmonteblog.com/2007/09/06/first-amendment-and-video-games/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Daniel F. Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:58:44 +0000 http://elmonteblog.com/2007/09/06/first-amendment-and-video-games/#comment-107 Answering the first question, no I do not think that the state has the power to prohibit minors from getting their hands on violent video games. I think its actually the opposite, since many minors work in the places that sell these games. Therefore really its the minors who have absolute control over who they allow themselves to sell the games to. Being that that's the case I think that it is the parents' responsibility to enforce their own rules in the house over video games. And to keep things civil in the house I think it's a good idea to make up for the game their taking away from their child. Answering the first question, no I do not think that the state has the power to prohibit minors from getting their hands on violent video games. I think its actually the opposite, since many minors work in the places that sell these games. Therefore really its the minors who have absolute control over who they allow themselves to sell the games to.

Being that that’s the case I think that it is the parents’ responsibility to enforce their own rules in the house over video games. And to keep things civil in the house I think it’s a good idea to make up for the game their taking away from their child.

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