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guthmund · 05-21-2003, 08:09 PM

I don't see the big deal in limiting what a minor can and can't buy. We limit the types of CDs the kids can buy, or at least we do around here, with the explicit lyrics stickers, we set age limits on what movies they can go to, we set age limits on buying porno, and we set age limits on smoking and drinking.

True, there are instances where the kid's going to get it one way or another, but you don't leave the liquor cabinet open just because they're going to get into it eventually.

I just fail to see the argument. If we prohibit minors from getting flagrantly violent video games, what then? Is it such a slippery slope? Does it open the door for legislation ensuring anyone under the age of 16 can only listen to Barry Manilow?

Get a grip.

05-21-2003, 08:09 PM	#25 (permalink)
guthmund big damn hero	I don't see the big deal in limiting what a minor can and can't buy. We limit the types of CDs the kids can buy, or at least we do around here, with the explicit lyrics stickers, we set age limits on what movies they can go to, we set age limits on buying porno, and we set age limits on smoking and drinking. True, there are instances where the kid's going to get it one way or another, but you don't leave the liquor cabinet open just because they're going to get into it eventually. I just fail to see the argument. If we prohibit minors from getting flagrantly violent video games, what then? Is it such a slippery slope? Does it open the door for legislation ensuring anyone under the age of 16 can only listen to Barry Manilow? Get a grip. __________________ No signature. None. Seriously.