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Monday, December 26, 2005

Judge blocks law on violent games

BBC NEWS | Technology | Judge blocks law on violent games:

"The injunction only delays the introduction of the law and now both sides in the row will get a chance to argue their case before a court. Backers of the law said Judge Whyte's block was only a 'temporary pause'."

Apparently they can be unblocked because of freedom of speech laws in the US. I do not quite understand. The law wants to block the sale of violent games and sexually explicit games to minors. We have ratings on all our text and media material. Children have a right to grow into things and have a right to make a choice later on when they have grown up . Making all sorts of material readily available to children is not really a good thing. Some kids could probably deal with it and it wouldn't affect them. Some would see and image and it would disturb them. The thing is, when media materials are available everywhere you do not have an opportunity to filter what you do not want, not even as an adult. Somehow the freedom of speech doesn't seem to work on the side of "I have no wish to see that at any time any place." Part of bringing children up is helping them to manage a cruel and violent world, but you want the chance to pace yourself and your children. Feeding violence and making money from it isn't what I want, but I am not the only person in the world, so there has to be some sort of consensus.

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