Games Are Porn in Utah 160
GameDailyBiz reports that there is new anti-videogame legislation brewing in both Iowa and Utah. Utah's law is more poorly thought out than most, essentially classifying violent games as porn. From the article: "Meanwhile in Utah, State Rep. David Hogue (R-Riverton) is taking a different approach. Hogue's HB 0257 would seek to amend an existing Utah statute by adding an 'inappropriate violence' clause--such as violence exhibited in some of today's popular video games. Under the existing Utah statute the distribution or showing of pornography and explicit nudity to minors is a felony. Hogue is certainly not the first politician to compare violent video games to pornography. CA Assemblyman Leland Yee and countless others have put playing violent games in the same category as porn or smoking cigarettes."
Let's kill the children and eat them. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Why not add a "material harmful for minors"? (Score:1, Funny)
Except. (Score:5, Funny)
How do the children bathe? (Score:4, Funny)
So kids bathe blindfolded there? Oh wait, they elected Orrin Hatch... that explains everything.
Re:Why not add a "material harmful for minors"? (Score:5, Funny)
The final crazy form of the law would be individual lists per kid of every family, where parents would tag their kids with some kind of embedded RFID that contains a list of everything their parents don't want them exposed to. Don't have the tag? You can only get water and whole wheat organic crackers.
Bizarrely, I see a silver lining. (Score:5, Funny)
On the other hand, I'd rather parity be restored by increasing open-mindedness about sex... but I'll take what I can get.
Re:Let's kill the children and eat them. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:tsk, tsk (Score:5, Funny)
You forgot Coffee... (Score:2, Funny)
/. in Utah should be in favor of this law (Score:4, Funny)
Re:tsk, tsk (Score:5, Funny)
Re:tsk, tsk (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Beat the poop? (Score:2, Funny)
"bowel retraining program"
I'll put that right next to
"Hey Joe, would you toss me that piano?"