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**wMceqj7F** · 06-28-2011, 04:34 AM

That is how it currently is. Some stores like Best Buy have policies that disallow the sale of video games and movies based on ratings, but other stores do not. Right now, that same kid could get on almost any computer and within about ten seconds view content that is similar in nature to an "R" rated movie could they not?

They could, but it's reasonable to assign the responsibility of allowing that access to the parents and the rules of the house. Do you think that minors should be allowed to purchase cigarettes? If not, then there is a line that you agree with, defined by laws passed by our representatives, that limits what a minor can and can't purchase. My question is why is a law about video game content different than a law about cigarettes, when what is in question is the harm to minors. The line has to be drawn by laws, by us. The Supreme Court should not be striking down laws passed regarding what society deems to be harmful to minors. Constitutional law should not be applied to the limitations that we as a society place on minors. It's ridiculous.

06-28-2011, 04:34 AM	#10
wMceqj7F Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 478 Senior Member	That is how it currently is. Some stores like Best Buy have policies that disallow the sale of video games and movies based on ratings, but other stores do not. Right now, that same kid could get on almost any computer and within about ten seconds view content that is similar in nature to an "R" rated movie could they not? They could, but it's reasonable to assign the responsibility of allowing that access to the parents and the rules of the house. Do you think that minors should be allowed to purchase cigarettes? If not, then there is a line that you agree with, defined by laws passed by our representatives, that limits what a minor can and can't purchase. My question is why is a law about video game content different than a law about cigarettes, when what is in question is the harm to minors. The line has to be drawn by laws, by us. The Supreme Court should not be striking down laws passed regarding what society deems to be harmful to minors. Constitutional law should not be applied to the limitations that we as a society place on minors. It's ridiculous.
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