New Arizona anti-games bill

[kamn]

...We should take all the warning labels off of everything...and let the problem take care of itself!

...but, what will we do for minor laughs? Seriously, when we were given a 3 pages long list of stupid warning labels, we laughed our asses off.

[MadMike]

Anyway, this fool got killed after he tipped the machine. Gravity did what it does best, and it fell on him. His family sued Coca-Cola...because there wasn't a fucking warning on the machine?!?

Warning or not, they were clearly doing something they shouldn't have been doing. If they were simply using the machine the way it was intended to be used, i.e. they put their money in, pressed the button, and the machine fell on them, I could see it.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again -- if someone gets hurt or killed as a result of something they shouldn't have been doing, fuck 'em! There should be no recourse.

[anriana]

I'd back you on that. Seriously. (On any religious text, actually - there's no organized religion that can claim purity from wrongdoing.)

Jainism.





Did Jack Thompson move to Arizona?

[BlaqueKatt]

Why does this not surprise me. Some people always wants to pass the blame.

look into the passing of the "comics Code"---in the 50's (I actually have a copy of a pre code comic discussing it)---in the early 50's they blamed comic books for all the "youth" becoming "hoodlams"----in the 60's it was rock music---the parents don't want to take the blame for what their kids do because they might look bad.

[lordlundar]

Did Jack Thompson move to Arizona?

Nope, though he did make a claim that he was responsible for drafting it.

Until it failed of course, then he ran away.

[Slytovhand]

2 things...

First.. if you read the original act that they wanted to go through, it does state:

D. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Dangerous" means material that is found by clear and convincing evidence to incite or produce an imminent act of terrorism or a felony offense.

I don't seriously think saying a video game could be found to 'clearly and convincingly' incite terrorism or an offense.... certainly not before they'd find the perpetrator to be psychiatrically affected.


Secondly, there was a case on our Gold Coast of a drunk person who dived off a jetty into the lowtide of a canal... and became a tetraplegic. The owners were overseas at the time (I believe they were friends, but can't find enough evidence...). Said victim sued, saying there weren't signs indicating it was dangerous. On first hearing, he was awarded only 25% of the damages he was after. On appeal, it was all overturned, and judgement went against him...

See... there is sanity in some legal systems!


Slyt

[daleduke17]

look into the passing of the "comics Code"---in the 50's (I actually have a copy of a pre code comic discussing it)---in the early 50's they blamed comic books for all the "youth" becoming "hoodlams"----in the 60's it was rock music---the parents don't want to take the blame for what their kids do because they might look bad.

1950's - comics
1960's - rock and roll
1970's - drugs
1980's - video games
1990's - rap
2000's - ???

Does that sound about right?

[lordlundar]

1950's - comics
1960's - rock and roll
1970's - drugs
1980's - D&D
1990's - rap
2000's - video games

Does that sound about right?

Fixed that for ya.

[Bloodsoul]

I don't know, I imagine that "E.T." game for the Atari would've driven more than a few people out of their minds...

"Me, no? My tiger did this! He's a blood-thirsty monster!" --Calvin