Views Clash at Senate Game Hearing

**Jason** · 05-15-2006, 11:56 AM

"Yesterday, the United States Senate's Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights held a hearing designed to publicly discuss the issue of laws restricting game sales. Titled "What's in a Game? Regulation of Violent Video Games and the First Amendment," the hearing saw two panels of four testify on the impact violent video games have on children and how games are--or aren't--protected as free speech under the U.S. Constitution."

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ebackhus · 05-15-2006, 01:49 PM

par·ent ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pârnt, pr-)
n.
One who begets, gives birth to, or nurtures and raises a child; a father or mother.
An ancestor; a progenitor.
An organism that produces or generates offspring.
A guardian; a protector.
A parent company.
A source or cause; an origin: Despair is the parent of rebellion.

v. par·ent·ed, par·ent·ing, par·ents
v. tr.
To act as a parent to; raise and nurture: “A genitor who does not parent the child is not its parent” (Ashley Montagu).
To cause to come into existence; originate.

v. intr.
To act as a parent.

elf · 05-18-2006, 08:13 AM

hahaha seriously...why does the government need to regulate video games? Doesn't that fall under the responsibility of the parents? The games already have a rating system, if the parents are too dense to follow that, they should probably be removed from the gene pool.

05-15-2006, 11:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jason Faugh a ballagh Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pasco, FL Posts: 8,475 OS: Windows Vista My System Blog Entries: 2	Views Clash at Senate Game Hearing "Yesterday, the United States Senate's Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights held a hearing designed to publicly discuss the issue of laws restricting game sales. Titled "What's in a Game? Regulation of Violent Video Games and the First Amendment," the hearing saw two panels of four testify on the impact violent video games have on children and how games are--or aren't--protected as free speech under the U.S. Constitution." Story Link

05-18-2006, 08:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
elf Manager, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN or Austin, TX depending Posts: 7,038 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 and Windows 7 My System	hahaha seriously...why does the government need to regulate video games? Doesn't that fall under the responsibility of the parents? The games already have a rating system, if the parents are too dense to follow that, they should probably be removed from the gene pool. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! I do not subscribe to threads, so if I stop replying, PM me with a link to your thread so I can find it again.

05-15-2006, 01:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,249 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	par·ent ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pârnt, pr-) n. One who begets, gives birth to, or nurtures and raises a child; a father or mother. An ancestor; a progenitor. An organism that produces or generates offspring. A guardian; a protector. A parent company. A source or cause; an origin: Despair is the parent of rebellion. v. par·ent·ed, par·ent·ing, par·ents v. tr. To act as a parent to; raise and nurture: “A genitor who does not parent the child is not its parent” (Ashley Montagu). To cause to come into existence; originate. v. intr. To act as a parent.