Censorship in Videogames

[TMNT_Guy]

Originally Posted by Peanut

No. Having or wanting sex from a child is not right.

No one so far has said that it is. I think everyone here agrees that it's wrong, I'm glad that you hold your ethics and values so close and I respect you for it, but what everyone is saying, and what this topic is about, is why they don't like censorship.

I don't like censorship because theres no way to know where to draw the line. During the Night Trap controversey of 1993, Senator Joe Liebermann didn't just want to ban game like Night Trap and Mortal Kombat, he wanted to get rid of video game altogether, and almost succeded in this. This might sound rediculous to you and it may seem simple to some people on how far you should censor things, but not to others. Human beings always seem to jump from one extreme to the other.

I'm sure everyone has heard this story, an elemenatary school issued a "Zero tolerence to weapons" policy in response to one of the many unforchanet school shootings. A kid had brought in a LEGO cop toy to show his friends at lunch...and was suspended. The reason? Because the 3-inch cop toy held a gun. Instead of talking to the boy about like they should have or simply takeing the toy away from him, they suspended him for, I think, three weeks.

Thats my reason at least, you can agree or disagree with it.