or is this breaking the law just the store worker be be buy selling it to them; if an adult friend of a minor buys an m-rated for them, would this be distributing to minor just the same as buying them alcohol; if i let my little cousin play an m-rated demo am i criminal?

11/8/2007 6:21:22 PM

I played Mortal Kombat when I was fucking 6

and so did every non-queer on the block

11/8/2007 6:22:25 PM

i am def feeling that, but is this breaking the law - just for technical purposes.

11/8/2007 6:23:11 PM

as I said in the lounge

you should rot in jail for that

11/8/2007 6:24:06 PM

what?

11/8/2007 6:24:43 PM

is it a restricted item, legally?

is it harmful like alcohol and tobacco?

is it a firearm or an explosive?

11/8/2007 6:25:09 PM

no

[Edited on November 8, 2007 at 6:25 PM. Reason : not yet anyway]

11/8/2007 6:25:18 PM

oh i thought it would breaking the law. bsts i guess.

[Edited on November 8, 2007 at 6:27 PM. Reason : qer]

11/8/2007 6:26:20 PM

yes you also go to jail if your kids watches a TV show with an TV-MA rating

11/8/2007 6:27:36 PM

or if they listen to "the rap"

11/8/2007 6:28:22 PM

Its the stores responsibility right?

Kind of like kids under 18 who smoke, they never get in trouble, they just can't buy their own cigs.

Quote :

"I played Mortal Kombat when I was fucking 6"

Me too. I kind of want to rape whoever started all this anti-videogame shit[no homo]

11/8/2007 6:30:13 PM

Quote :

"Fuck you Ms. Cheney! Fuck you Tipper Gore!"

11/8/2007 6:32:19 PM

As I understand it, video game rating enforcement is an agreement between the ESA and retailers. The law isn't involved in any way, shape, or form.

I think some states have laws in place about selling games to minors, but IIRC it still only places responsibility on retail employees.

11/8/2007 6:45:04 PM

I think of it as similar to a parent taking their child to an R-rated movie. It's about like that.

11/8/2007 6:47:18 PM

of course not, as the whole point of restricting m-rated game sales is so that parents can monitor what their child buys.

11/8/2007 7:13:58 PM

There is no law. I just researched this for a speech I gotta give tomorrow.


There have been civil case though, wiki Jack Thompson.

11/8/2007 7:36:15 PM

ha ha Jack Thompson, that guy is a moron.

Haven't heard much from him lately.

11/8/2007 7:37:59 PM