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Re:Supreme Court: first amendment allows mature video games ... by niels_olson on Monday June 27, 2011 @01:44PM (#2702196)
I love the number of replies who have claim to be well-rounded "moral" persons. A little bit of selection bias there, eh? Granted I must be victim to the same bias. Thus the anecdote. The point is that if you haven't been faced with the actual situation, a video game can only be a bad substitute.
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Re:Supreme Court: first amendment allows mature video games ... by thecoffman on Monday June 27, 2011 @01:50PM (#2702217)
Ya, that is why I put it in quotes. Who is to say what truly is moral? I'm sure there are some things which we can universally agree on, but others maybe not so much. Morality is a relative thing. Personally I tend to follow the non-aggression principle which I feel puts me on fairly solid (though not infallible) ethical grounds.
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Re:Supreme Court: first amendment allows mature video games ... by jra101 on Monday June 27, 2011 @01:50PM (#2702218)
Are movies or books an acceptable/good substitute? All this ruling does is give video games the same freedom of speech protection that movies and books have.
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