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1. I really don't think that video games like GTA3 "destroy kids' minds". The Charleston didn't, rock music didn't, comics didn't, MTV didn't, and I think that it's just a kneejerk reaction to believe that the newest, most rebellious, and violentest form of entertainment for kids is going to rot their brains.
2. That said, if you BELIEVE that videogames screw kids up/turn em into mass murderers, than a law like this makes perfect sense.
3. Except that any kid who has a desire to play GTA3 is going to find it very easy to get a copy illegally. Just like kids danced the Charleston without permission, listened to rock music on headphones, borrowed "Violent Gorefest COMIX" from their friends, and watched MTV at someone else's house... if a kid wants to do something, they'll find a way to do it.
4. Mind control seems like the obvious solution.
5. Kids have always been, and will always be, stupid punks. They became bratty, shortsighted dumbasses around age 13 and leave that phase in anywhere from 1 to 50 years.
6. I firmly believe that, if rock music, newfangled dances, comics, MTV, and video games didn't exist, the general population would still find something to blame their kids' stupidity on. Sorry folks, it isn't the GTA3 or the XMen or the Jackass that made your kid set himself on fire. See, Jimmy has a disease known as "being 14". It could be fatal.
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