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Illinois State Representative introduces bill to ban violent video games
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You can't kill the Video Games,
The Video Games will live on,
Jack Thompson tried to kill the Video Games,
But he failed, as he was smite to the ground.
Parenting groups tried to kill the Video Games,
But they failed, as they were striken to the ground.
Some politicians tried to kill the Video Games, hahahahaha,
They failed, as they were thrown to the ground.
Aarghhhh! Yeah
The Video Games will live on,
Jack Thompson tried to kill the Video Games,
But he failed, as he was smite to the ground.
Parenting groups tried to kill the Video Games,
But they failed, as they were striken to the ground.
Some politicians tried to kill the Video Games, hahahahaha,
They failed, as they were thrown to the ground.
Aarghhhh! Yeah
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Can we also ban guns/knifes/screwdrivers and the list can go on and on while we are at it. Can't do a carjacking without one of those items
Let's not work on societal problems such as poverty and lack of good public education and public transportation that are much much larger factors as to the outcome of crime, and let's ban video games.
Yeah that sounds like a politician all right. I mean, while we're at it, the Bible is pretty violent. We should probably stop sales and distribution of that also.
Yeah that sounds like a politician all right. I mean, while we're at it, the Bible is pretty violent. We should probably stop sales and distribution of that also.
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Ban sale of Grand Theft Auto, other violent video games, state rep says
With carjackings rising, Rep. Marcus Evans wants to prohibit the sale of violent video games promoting criminal activity. Also Monday, Operation Safe Pump announced its gas station guards program will expand to south suburban Olympia Fields.chicago.suntimes.com
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't this be unconstitional with the Supreme Court ruling video games to be an art form?
I can't imagine it passed and if it does I would assume it would be overturned at some point.
More like "politicians knew the only way to change society was to address the underlying systemic injustices that propped them up in the first place, and so they blamed literally everything else".
Actually... at least in the 80's/90's it was the democrats who had the reputation for wanting to censor music and video games. Tipper Gore ring a bell? She had a huge campaign against music and video games. The Republicans have managed to get most the spot light these days for crappy stuff but that is something that has been attached to the democratic party.
Illinois baby! I love my state! Who cares that the state is broke, pensions have gone unfunded for decades, roads are crumbling, violence is still ongoing, taxes and fees are passed on to the average Joe like a hot potato? Lets fix this video game problem! I wish I could vote for this guy in my district!
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The push for banning violent video games in the 90s was spearheaded by Democrats too.
I can think of at least a hundred things that should be done to fix violence and crime in low income communities and none of them involve banning video games.
I can't believe we are just retreading old arguments instead of tackling the real issues. I guess banning a game is easier than dismantling an institution built around racial and economic inequality.
I can't believe we are just retreading old arguments instead of tackling the real issues. I guess banning a game is easier than dismantling an institution built around racial and economic inequality.
It's not just conservatives who push this nonsense every couple of years.
I hope this guy gets laughed at, because that's really the best response to something like this.
Also yeah, this takes me back lol
Also yeah, this takes me back lol
Yep. Same with Hillary back then too.
Look up the NWA and that whole fiasco.
Given the increasing proliferation of digital media, I'm curious what this fool thinks he can do even if this bullshit law was passed.
God, remember when they were shitting themselves over Nightrap? Fucking Nightrap.
I doubt even he believes it will pass. Seems more like a "hey look I'm doing something" thing that you know will not do anything while not going after real problems that are less popular to criticize.
Also something separate but funny to consider. Imagine if you showed the footage of a modern game like CoD or MKX at the congressional hearings about violence in video games back in the 90s. Shit would have been banned outright.
Also something separate but funny to consider. Imagine if you showed the footage of a modern game like CoD or MKX at the congressional hearings about violence in video games back in the 90s. Shit would have been banned outright.
Art can bring up emotions and cause a reaction among the population if publicized, and all it takes is one deranged individual like the beheading of a teacher in France last year showed. That said I think censorship is a slippery slope. Better to combat bad ideas with good ones on a equal playing field. Not playing gatekeeper by controlling who gets to say what.
I just checked the mail to see if a new issue of The Source had come out, I heard Biggie might get 5 mics?
Guns are how we defend ourselves against carjackers.
I protest this bill because, unlike all those psycho carjackers, I use GTA to train myself on how to fight carjackers. You can't just take away our defense!
This is what the rating system is for. Follow it! Do you let your kids watch Hostel? Same concept.
That is literally the primary reason art exists.
And no stable person watches or plays violent media and then opts to become a criminal. That's not how it works.
Also, are you referring to the murder of Samuel Paty? Because that wasn't about violent media propelling a violent act. He was a teacher who showed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad during a class debate on free expression and one of his students - who apparently had been radicalized - murdered him for it.
It really gets most noted for being a Republican perspective as Jack Thompson was a staunch Republican. He claimed that the reason Democrats couldn't get anything done was because they were Democrats.
Both sides have different reasons for banning them. Democrats felt that it was glorifying violence and crime and ruining young minds. Repubicans feel that it is training kids to commit crimes and school shootings.
Most elected Democrats will do anything in their power to make it look like they're solving problems.