<p>Rated R movies are banned to minors, so why don't we ban the equivalent rated R video games?</p>
<p>eh, they can torrent the games ^_^</p>
<p>R-rated movies aren't banned to minors (they can come in with a guardian). Also, there are no R-rated video games.</p>
<p>The general teen population wouldn't think to do that. banning legit sales to minors might decrease columbine-style attacks. thoughts?</p>
<p>Edit: banning sales DIRECTLY to minors. of course parents could still buy their children the games -- just like with rated R movies.</p>
<p>Because then they would lose half their business, silly.</p>
<p>A government ban, though. is it moral?</p>
<p>No. It would be the government intruding on our personal freedoms. It is the parents' responsibilities.</p>
<p>but what if such a ban could save lives? (violent video games > aggresive behavior in teens > real life attacks)</p>
<p>Do you have empirical proof that a ban of the sale of violent video games to minors would directly result in less violence? Because, as you said, parents could still buy them for their children.</p>
<p>No, but do you have proof that it's an infringement on our personal freedoms? We are, after all, minors.</p>
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<p>It is one, by definition</p>
<p>Then how did they manage to ban rated R movies to minors?</p>
<p>Uh most of the these people who go do violent stuff after games are already mentally stupid, excuse me for my french.</p>
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<p>it IS an infringement on freedom - it is just an infringement on freedom that people don't seem to vehemently oppose - since they think that the FEDERAL infringement on freedom here is worth the costs of conforming (or not worth trying to overturn). </p>
<p>prohibiting people from announcing their plans to cause another school shooting - that would also be an infringement on freedom - but one worth the costs of the infringement</p>
<p>No, it's not an restriction on our freedom. I am VERY liberal and I whole-heartedly support the ban on selling violent video games to children. Children use this to become desensitized to violence and sometimes see nothing wrong with taking the video violence into reality. Will ALL kids? OF COURSE NOT! But what about those who do? At least if parents buy the games they can explain to their kids that the violence is wrong or simply not buy it at all for them.</p>
<p>umm i hope you guys know that you need an ID to buy a rated M game....</p>
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<p>it still is a restriction of freedom (look, you're being restricted from doing something - by the law, rather than by an individual) - just as banning people from making bomb threats is a restriction of freedom. there are SOME restrictions of individual freedom that society CAN be better off with.</p>
<p>Yep, most stores self regulate their sales by requiring you to be 17 or older to buy an M rated game (unless an adult comes with you to buy it). So, isn't that pretty similar to the policy for R rated movies?</p>
<p>Lol sorry I meant something more along the lines of it's not a bad restriction on our freedom.</p>
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<p>assuming that more than 50% do -- what about the ones that don't?</p>