Videogame regulation

[A Black Falcon]

"In this country, the state lacks the authority to ban protected speech on the ground that it affects the listener's or observer's thoughts and attitudes,"

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/fun.games/1...index.html

The Illinois law instituting fines for stores that sell a vaguely-worded statement about 'games with violent or sexual content' or something was called unconstitutional, just like all the others have been... this is fine in countries like Austrailia or New Zealand or Germany, where the national government can ban a game completely from sale in their country if they feel that it's too violent or something (which reqularly happens... I remember hearing recently that Austrailia had rejected the 50 Cent: Bulletproof game (50 Cent says, 'Buy it for your kids! It'll teach them real life lessons!' ... yeah, I can't defend it at all. It's just wrong to ban things just because they send bad messages... or at least, it is in this country... I mean, in Brazil it's illegal to make a website advocating hate speech of some kinds, or have a neonazi meeting open to the public, but not here... not until the group gets stupid and moves from words to actions that is, or refuses to pay their taxes or something. :)), and GTA: San Andreas I think... I believe previous GTA games had to be modified or something? Not sure...)... anyway, I don't think that any of the regulate-videogames bills on the books now are constitutional. Perhaps a constitutional one could be made, but it seems like other efforts would be much more worth the time...