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Censorship

by Anguel · in General Discussion · 09/29/2005 (3:51 pm) · 41 replies

This is about a bill that the governor has 'till october 9th to decide upon, it will slap a 2x2" sticker with 18 on "violent" games, and will keep minors from legally being able to buy these "violent" games, please send a letter to the Governor to urge him not to do this, here's an IGDA page that has a prewritten letter u can use, any of u who get the IGDA ewsletter will have hopefully already acted, this is for everyone who hasn't already done something. go to

www.igda.org/censorship/CA_ab1179_letter.php

feel free to rewrite it or whatever and if you've already sent a letter send one again!! No such thing as eccess.
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Torque 3D Owner Stephen Zepp
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09/30/2005 (7:11 pm)
I normally don't like to post counter-sarcasm here in the forums, but this one stuck out at me:

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"A claim that is not justified by any real scientific findings."

Some day you'll learn that just sayng things doesn't make them true.

And some day maybe everyone will learn that passing laws that say things DOES make them "true"...or at least enforceable.

Once it's on the books, try getting it off--it's MUCH harder, and it becomes in effect "true"...can be used in defenses, can be used in prosecution, and in the eyes of the "law", it is true, once it's passed.

It's not the facts around this bill that is so scary, but the wording, and intentional attempts to "grab power" at the state level by making the bill so vague that anything could be enforced with it. Note: that's exactly WHY it's unconstitutional--the Supreme Court over and over and over again has stated that vague laws are by their very vagueness are unconstitutional but if this law passes it will be 5+ years before they get to repeat themselves and strike it down. During that time, those behind this bill will have built a considerable power base.
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