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After reading the transcript of the Schwarzengger vs. the Entertainment Merchants Association Supreme Court case, I believe that gamers across the nation should be immensely thankful for the ineptitude of California deputy attorney general Zackery P. Morazzini. For the most part, he came across as an ineffectual litigator that got his JD from Legal Hut. For the most part, the Justices made him look silly. Here are some of my favorite quotes.
Justice Ginsburg: What’s the difference? I mean, if you are supposing a category of violent materials dangerous to children, then how do you cut it off at video games? What about films? What about comic books? Grimm’s fairy tales?
Why are video games special? Or does your principle extend to all deviant, violent material in whatever form?
Justice Sotomayor: One of the studies, the Anderson study, says that the effect of violence is the same for a Bugs Bunny episode as it is for a violent video. So can the legislature now, because it has that study, say we can outlaw Bugs Bunny?
There are people who would say that a cartoon has very little social value; it’s entertainment, but not much else. This is entertainment.
Justice Sotomayor: Could you get rid of rap music? Have you heard some of the lyrics of some of the rap music, some of the original violent songs that have been sung about killing people and about other violence directed to them?
Justice Scalia: I’m not concerned about the jury judging. I’m concerned about the producer of the games who has to know what he has to do in order to comply with the law. And you are telling me, well a jury can — of course a jury can make up its mind, I’m sure. But a law that has criminal penalties has to be clear. And how is the manufacturer to know whether a particular violent game is covered or not?
Does he convene his own jury and try it before — you know, I really wouldn’t know what to do as a manufacturer.
pwned.
Check out the transcript (posted below) if you have a chance. It’s hard to say for sure without hearing how the lines were delivered, but from reading it, Morazzini is surely the Glass Joe of the California Attorney General’s office. I encourage all of you to drop Zackery P. Morazzini a line to thank him for sucking.
I think that girl who shook her baby to death over Farmville really hurts this guy's stance. Besides him being litigate inept.
These people fixate too much on Postal 2, which sucked to all hell.
I agree. I had actually never heard of Postal 2 until I started reading more about the video games are art, and anything related to violence in video games when I did a report on that for a psychology class.
i mean im 31 years old, so i dont really care about what kids can and cannot play
its very stupid to assert that there is a connect between game violence and real world violence…and its ALWAYS the same people who complain…older, rich, sheltered white people. Music is a much worse influence on children than either gaming or television
I have the same sentiment every time a kid here at school disputes or does a project on the drinking age.
This was a quote that I loved reading from the transcription.
?"Strange that those MK [Mortal Kombat]-playing kids made it so far in their careers without being inspired to murder someone."
Yea ummm Romans had no video games, nor did the Egyptians, nor did the good ol' US of A during the World Wars. Mobsters didn't have video games either and I think they are pretty violent.
What?!?! Yeah right, next you're gonna try and tell me the Spartans were violent too. We all know how peaceful they were, Gerard Butler just makes them look worse than they really were.
PSPgo is $150 at Best Buy this weekend. Anyone tempted?
No. I'd rather their phone.
nope.
Not in the slightest.
In fact, someone could offer me a PSPgo, brand new, for $10, and I still wouldn't buy it.
Wait, no, I would buy it for $10 and then sell it online for $140. I would then use my $130 profit to buy more dishwasher detergent, toilet paper and paper towels from Amazon.
-M
I dare anyone who reads this site to buy this and like it.
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