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Originally Posted by CSflim
I don't understand why people are so against this. You don't allow kids to buy booze, or cigarettes, or very violent or sexually explict movies, what's wrong with classification of video games?
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Video games are already classified by their content. This bill goes much further than that, imposing criminal penalties on retailers for selling products that are perfectly legal to sell, and despite the idocy of some of those politicians, video games are protected by the first amendment to the constitution, freedom of speech and the press and all that.
Yes, retailers should be responsible for not selling games rated M to eight year olds, but such behavior shouldn't be criminallized.