Pennsylvania Considers Violent Games Tax
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/facepalm.
How is it that people who are the most detached from reality end up in politics? Probably because there is no other place for them to go. /sigh.
How is it that people who are the most detached from reality end up in politics? Probably because there is no other place for them to go. /sigh.
As has been stated before, video games are just the latest whipping boy for the politicians to cry "social corruption" over.
Back in the day, Swing music was thought to be morally corrupting. Seems silly now, doesn't it?
People who do violent things to mimic violent games are already nut jobs. Spend all that shiny money on some way of dealing with that instead of just blaming stuff.
As Dumbledore says, "Make the choice between what is right, and what is easy."
Back in the day, Swing music was thought to be morally corrupting. Seems silly now, doesn't it?
People who do violent things to mimic violent games are already nut jobs. Spend all that shiny money on some way of dealing with that instead of just blaming stuff.
As Dumbledore says, "Make the choice between what is right, and what is easy."
that is the truth. i had to do a report back in the day about violent video games and their impact and there was a study that did show that the crime levels were much lover than they were decades ago, however i cannot remember the source. might have been the department of justice.Hunde Des Krieg said:
I think one of the major problems is, who decides what is violent? Is Mario considered a violent game? After all, you are crushing enemies with your own body weight. Is Final Fantasy a violent game? After all, you are slicing up enemies with your sword or lighting them on fire. Is Metroid a violent game? Where do you draw the line?
I live in Philadelphia, and this would suck if it happened. Also, the qualifications for a violent game would need to be clarified.
People are idiots, mainly Politicians and Parents who can't control there kids. Kids will mimic things always, but it depends if the parents are idiots enough to not control them when they go gangbanging or stuff. If people had any common sense, atleast the ones that are anti-violence, they'd ignore it, and not try and control society. It's a free country, people shouldn't be held back because of something they make. Now, this all goes to opinion, but someone making a violent game shouldn't be held responsiable for idiot people making stupid choices and mimicking the game. It's like a hammer. You can use it to put a nail in or take it out, or you can use it to beat someone's head in. But do you blame the hammer company for making the hammer or do you blame the idiot who beat the guy's head in with the hammer. And I'm glad I don't live in PA.
Pennsylvania considers violent games tax, and I consider adding them to the list of places that in my mind aren't real states.
I love how governments keep responding to things they are against by taxing them. It's like they're saying, "This is evil and wrong. And we want in on it!" If it's killing people, then wouldn't taking a cut of the sales be "blood money"?
It would end up getting struck down by so many different groups that by just talking about it they all may not get elected again.