Feels like you're full of shit.

I mad

>>58770448
>might

keyword here.

when they do, let me know. Its not like they haven't tried before.

That's as ridiculous as suggesting that they would remove donation limits for political campaigns on corporations

Oh wait fuck

Not gonna happen. The end.

They're not going to do it.

Won't happen.

Doesn't matter to me personally, as I live in Canada. I feel bad for my American brothers though. Although if your country does it my country is likely to follow suit anyways.

AUSTRALIA THINKS FEMALE EJACULATION IS A MADE UP FANTASY.

Won't happen.

If it did happen I'd no longer play the vidya though.

>>58770448
Proof or bullshit.

Also, banning them would be unconstitutional, and I will fight to the death to make that point clear.

>>58770547
Actually, the Supreme Court is your friend when it comes to this kind of thing. It's repeatedly blocked congress whenever they try to ban shit like that.

not gonna happen they enjoy first amendment rights as works of art

>in b4 games as art hurr

AUSTRALIA THINKS WOMEN WITH BREASTS BELOW A B-CUP ARE CHILDREN.

The case you're talking about isn't about banning games it's about determining if there should be laws in place to ban the sale of Mature rated games to minors.
Big difference there.

>>58770839
wat

>>58770448

The US Government doesn't have the right to censor anything. It won't happen.

>>58770448

Makes me feel good about living in a country where censorship is an unknown thing

Good. Then we might actually get good games that focus on gameplay, instead of catering to angsty teenagers.

The people that are trying to get this passed are the same people who sit around and watch TV all day so they can point out things that are "bad" and write strongly worded letters to people who couldn't give two shits.

In other words, Christians.

>>58770448

Wouldn't that lose Billions of Dollars in revenue?

>>58770927
There is legal precedent for when it would either threaten state/national security or be a clear and present danger - cf. Oliver Wendell Holmes's remarks vis-a-vis "fire in a crowded theater".

Nevertheless, there is no real legal justification for the banning of video games under any argument. None of them really hold water.

>>58770885
>laws in place to ban the sale of Mature rated games to minors

How the hell is that not already in place?

I doubt it

I remember something like this happening in the 80s about music. Have fun freaking out over nothing you fags.

>>58770885

I think those laws already exist, don't they?

I mean, people can get fired for trying to sell games with M or 18+ ratings to kids. I always just assumed that the ESRB ratings were as good as law....

>>58770885
The entire fucking ERSB was created by game developers and publishers themselves because they were afraid that government intervention would effective mean censorship. Of course kids with resources still manage to get the games anyway, but you can't damn the industry for not trying.

They are trying to criminalize the sale of M rated games to minors not ban violent video games, fuck guys learn your shit.

Hate living in Australia. Thank god for piracy.

>>58770977
>Implying welfare and family leeches have any sort of tie to a religion.

Christians are taught to go to work and be a productive member of society. Troll harder.

COOL PROOF, GUYS.

I LOVE HOW YOU'RE DISCUSSING NOTHING.

>>58771172

It's still completely bullshit and no one will enforce it IF it passes.

>>58771118
I thought it was too, but it was only banning the kid from buying it himself, perhaps this one is making it so it isn't even sold to the parent. I don't know how you'd monitor this though.

>>58770839
So every woman in Austraila is a C cup or bigger? Where's my plane ticket?

>>58771051

Well, yeah, National Security and such is rounds for the government to do whatever the fuck they want, of course.

But we're talkin video games. Even Modern Warfare 2 with the first mission having you act as a terrorist and killing innocents (mind you, i've never played it) had absolutely nothing to do with national security. And that's about as close as a video game could get.

>>58771156
nah ESRB enforcement may be store policy at places but it isn't law.

essentially if the law passes it won't change shit. oblivious parents will sitll buy 10 year old johnny a copy of God of War III to keep them out of their hair for a few hours.

>>58771334
Most stores enforce it ALREADY. They refuse to sell M-rated games directly to kids.

hey guys lets completely kill off a multi billion dollar industry during a recession because it makes us feel better

derp

>>58771312

Christians are also taught to love thy neighbour, 'thou shalt not kill', and to turn the other cheek. Yet startlingly few of them are pacifists. The majority of Christians ignore lots of their "dogma" (i.e. the Bible) in lieu of what their actual church tells them.

Calling bullshit on OP.

>>58770885
We have this in Canada.

Shits great.

>>58770547
>Its not like they haven't tried before.

They haven't. They even can't. They have no ability to forbid anything. The SCOTUS has actually and repeatedly denied states the ability to do just that.

>>58770977

>implying the Supreme Court won't uphold free-speech

>OP makes shit up
>People actually believe him, and start arguing about nothing

Come on, guys. There's got to be a limit.

>>58771312


>conjecture

>>58771051
that case was about world war propaganda, it wont apply to video games

>>58771312

>Christians are taught to go to work and be a productive member of society. Troll harder.

Funny how, in addition to that, they tend to shove their beliefs down the throats of everyone who disagrees with the tiniest bit of what they say. And besides, Anon was right, it's always the Christians/Catholics and the rest of the Soccer Mom League that start this bullshit. Well, them or the idiotic 80-year-old men in the government who just don't like what the youngsters do with their free time.

>>58771646
the constitution prevents federal goverment from doing shit, not the states.

>>58771172
Most retailers already make it a fireable policy to sell M-rated games to minors thanks to that windy fuckbag Hillary Clinton and dipshits that link vidya to school shootings.

All a bill would do is waste taxpayer dollars by letting the old fucks in Congress sit around and do nothing, not to mention their tendency to add vague wording that might let them get away with censorship and PORK.

the funny thing is scene in OP picture is totally uncensored in australian version.

>>58771832
More precisely, it's the Bill of Rights (and the rest of the Amendments) that limit the powers of the federal government. And there is one of them specifically aimed at this sort of issue.

You know, the first one.

>>58771312
Man, I'm going to have to tell my Jesusfreak cousins that. They'll laugh their asses off while they sit on their old ratty couch in their trailer while watching TV and being unemployed.

>>58771832
Protip: Federal law trumps state laws if there's a conflict.

What the fuck are they teaching you in school?

>>58771920
And it's been ruled as applying to states, not just the federal.

I stopped listening to anything the SupCourt had to say a long time ago. I suggest you do the same.

>>58771318
http://kotaku.com/5524553/us-supreme-court-to-review-game-ratings-law

that was on slowtaku. the fact that they posted this article 2 weeks before you heard about it is nothing short of impressive.
how thick are the walls of your cave?

>>58771534
>implying being hypocritical is something only Christians do.

No matter who you are you will do something that goes against what you say. That is just the way humans work. Still the folks you are talking about are the "I hate myself" christians, and yeah they suck. Stay away from catholics and denominations like baptists, you will find the better people. Also the original text is "Do not murder." If someone is trying to kill you kill them back.

>>58772073

>Federal law trumps state laws if there's a conflict.

and there lies the problem, its the opposite that is supposed to happen.

the way its supposed to work is in all effects state > federal

Yeah, because this totally hasn't been attempted multiple times.

>>58771051
wasn't that case about putting discouraging words on an army recruitment leaflets?

IT SHALL VIOLATE THE 1ST AMENDMENT!

>>58772216
>my face when England essentially gave fictional drawn children civil rights

>>58772111
That's completely different from the SCOTUS banning violent games. The most that can come out of that is them upholding (or denying) that particular's state's rights to do so within their own borders.

>Live in Canada
>All the good without the bad
Feel bad for you, man. Your country is run by assholes

>>58772216
>my face when american shows have that as well and it doesn't make them any better. In fact it makes them terrible due to the fact it brings in all the little angst teens and the writers dumb everything down to their level to keep the new idiot audience.

>>58772257
you do know the south lost right?

>>58772444
that has nothing to do with the argument.

>>58772111
>implying I got to kotaku

Pathetic.

>>58772441

> My face when lies and you can't swear on US TV.

>>58772216
>My face when its illegal to have pictures of anything that could be considered underage in a "sexual manner"

Whatever that means.

>>58772073
the federal law is already more powerful than state law, in a conflict or not, the feds always win

>>58772582
seems like we are gonna have to fix that eh?

>>58772441
>russled

Cool third grade English, bro.

>>58772257
That was the first thing the country tried with the Articles of Constitution, and IT FUCKING FAILED.

no laws are absolute, loopholes are covered with the word "unless"

>>58772556
My face when you haven't seen any of the hbo shows in the past 2 decades.

>>58770448
>Australia

http://www.somebodythinkofthechildren.com/

Why would they ban violent video games and not violent movies?

Fucking old people need to have a heart attack and die already.

>>58772677
* Articles of Confederation, fuck.

Way to misread the story on Kotaku, OP.

>>58772564

> My face when lolicon still legal here
> My face when US bans it and then host's more child modelling shows.

>>58772733
don't worry, you'll think JUST like they do when you are that age.

>>58772686
Premium cable versus cable
Durp

no they wont

>>58772630

That is absolutely the way it should work. If you think individual states should have the power to overturn decisions made by Congress, go ask Ron Paul if he'll let you suck his dick.

>>58772216
Well, loli and shota hentai and similar has recently been mega fucked in England. Get that shit off your hardrive or you are legally a pedophile or some bullshit.

>>58772121
Even your god is hypocritical.
>THOU SHALL NOT KILL
>Next day
>kill millions
Trollfaceongod.png

Yeah, because banning shit works.

Just like when they banned alcohol. No one could ever get a drink then, right?

>>58772630
no thanks.
we've been down that road before...

>>58770977

/thread

>>58772727
>think of the children

I love that argument because you can pass the most heinous bullshit ever and accuse anyone against it of being a pedophile by using it.

>>58772858
0/10

>>58772847

Nope, illegal in America morally grey in Europe.

>>58772846
the federal goverment WAS NEVER supposed to have power over the states, EVER.

what sort of bullshit have you been taught?

>>58772988
Not even trolling. God seriously pulls that shit.

>>58772831
It's still cable. It's not like its some hard to get lost treasure or anything. In fact most of the time you have to ask to have it not put on your plan.

>>58773040
0/10

supreme court says dog fighting videos are protected under free speech

nothing is at risk for video games

It's not a ban, it would make it illegal to sell to minors, like beer or cigarettes. And the 1st amendment is a little more flexible when it comes to rights for children.

The Supreme Court might do actually, if only for the precedent so in the future they can control anything being sold to minors by pointing at this decision. Games being the scapegoat of the day get it first, then movies, and music, hell why not pop and candy, that shit hurts kids. Then again I look forward to the day where 12 year olds are giving handjobs in a back alley for some jawbreakers.

>>58772564
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Diana

>>58773040
Apparently not revisionist history taught in Buttfuck, Kentucky.

JUST AS PLANED!

>>58773040

Are you fucking retarded? Why the hell would we design a system where states have equal representation in a national body if that body had less power than state legislatures?

Think about the shit you're spouting for half a second, jesus.

>>58773020
lol

Why is everyone in this thread so fucking stupid. Why have none of you asked for a link?

>>58773258
because that is the way it was written you fuckwit.

>>58773040
>the federal goverment WAS NEVER supposed to have power over the states, EVER.

Too bad. I, for one, am glad the Bill of Rights extends to the states.

>>58773077
>anon trolls about religion

OH NO WHATEVER SHALL I DOOOOOOOOOO!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!

pic related.

Thread derailed to people that forgot the South lost the Civil War.

>>58773258
in fact, there were several states that had clauses set that would allow them to legally leave the union should they feel the federal goverment started overstepping their power.

>>58773365

What was written? The fucking Constitution of the United fucking States? The document at the foundation of all legal, political, and civil matters involved with the United States government? But that's not the way it was "supposed to be" according to whom? Early 19th century robber-barons, or just the people who think they should decide whether black people are actually "people" when they're within the confines of their state?

>>58773412

You're going to play Pool with your hands?

>>58773365
>Beginning of the Constitution, Declaration on Independence, etc.
>Everyone decides that states should follow the Constitution
>244 years later, suddenly states don't have to follow the constitution.

>>58773547
No you silly I am going to watch my dog play pool with his paws.

>>58772482
>>58772630
>>58773040
>>58773365
samefag still suffering from ass pain of the north kicking the shit out of the south during the civil war.

>>58773543
>implying niggers are people
>my face

>>58773605

Oh, that's nice.

So the supereme court says you can film animal abuse as free speach, but it might ban violent video games?

LOL America!

>>58773608
Not trying to argue, but the south would have won if they would have attacked. They really only fought defensive battles and where kicking the shit out of the North, but you can't win by defending.

So let me sum up what happened ITT so far

The law won't pass
Religion ruins everything for everyone
the Union/North won the US Civil War

That it?

Honestly, I support a legal ban on the selling of violent video games to minors.

There's pretty significant evidence (yes, evidence, as in empirical, causal, experimental and archival and correlational evidence) linking it to violence in minors, especially as a developmental influence (i.e. when children are growing up).

>>58771832
Selective incorporation, nigger. Learn it.

>>58773870
Romans had way more violence than us, they turned out just fine.

>>58771481
its a bad game regardless of that scene

>hurr baen eeveryting
>okay, but we'll need more tax revenue to enforce this
>FUCK YOU GOVMENT PIGS

>>58773870

>>58771312

>Implying 90% of the low income community isn't devout Christians

>Implying Religion isn't usually shown in those coming from poorer backgrounds, as studies have shown those who come from richer backgrounds tend to not need Religion to make it through the day.

>Implying the majority of those poor ass Christians don't abuse Welfare.

Ho Ho Ho, it feels good to be rich, and not believe in fairymen.

I MAD I VERY VERY MAD

It's already been ruled that it's against the constitution

>>58774473

Correlation does not imply causation.

Troll harder, bro.

>>58774565

Devout Christians tend not to use birth controls or get abortions, which leads to overpopulation, which leads to poverty, which leads to overpopulation, which leads to poverty, etc etc etc, and large, poor populations have enormous crime rates

>>58775488
define overpopulation

Ban freedom of expression? Also, if they did that, shouldn't that cover ALL media?

>>58775488

>which leads to overpopulation, which leads to poverty
Is it "sixteen year old's logic hour" already?

I hate our Government so damn much.

>>58770977
Lol. I don't know where you people get this it's Christians' fault from. They're steadily declining, so what does this say?

1st amendment bitch, im not from the US but i Still know that. damn you US people are fucking stupid.

>>58770448
A. you have no source
B. no, they won't because it's the same as banning violent movies and television

post all the studies and evidence against violent video games you want, it's not gonna happen, ever.

>>58773870
1/10.