Christopher Dolan

Now if I could turn that into the Ultimate Remote Control for my Entertainment center, make it a X10 remote for home control and it had SSD - I would be all over it.

Want to Fix the Economy - Leave it alone it will balance it self out - OH and Ban the GOVT from getting involved.

@ John

Wow, my sister is an english teacher and I have hear crap from her all the time.

This is not school or a business - this is just me typing my thoughts out (which come faster than I can type) and tring to keep up with them. I have every right to express my opinions to stories like this and blogs that post this crap are looking for reactions like mine anyways.

I don;t need to sit here and spell check or grammer check or whatever else. Plus it's the fucken internet - know how many phrases and abbreviations we all use to get our message across - I try very hard to use full words like you instead of U - but again my brain comes up with ideas faster than I can type - so I don;t think twice about what I am typing. I type it - read it back to to myself to see if it makes sense to me and MAYBE spell check it by cutting and pasting into word then cutting and pasting back. Yes Word shows me all my run on sentences - the fact I shouldn't be using a hyphen all the time and fragments and even some words that are merhaps made up or not corrrect in there tense as spell check has no recommendations.

Again I don't give aq fuck - if you are grammer hitler or a person who feels the internet should be filled with neat thougts properly spelled out in and in correct phrasing and tense - then go read a book - no need to be here - it's a fucken video game forum and most of the people here don;t give a crap anyways - but I acutally am very passionate about the RIGHTS of the Game industry and what people like Mr. Thompson are tring to do to it. I AM SICK OF NEW LAWS - so much crap - they want to make my video games laws, they want to make my movies laws, they want to LIMIT FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION - and they want to play parent and protect my kids - and there are something that need to be left to the parent - I will protect my own kids - I don't need laws to do so - I don;t need my child having his INHERENT FREEDOMS becoming abridged cause he wants to go out and buy a M rated game - regardless of how old he is. I don;t see retail or even Govt talking about enforcing the T or the E10 rating. Dam I saw a 6 yr old kid put Guitar hero on the counter at game stop - the kid was maybe 7 tops - that games is rated for T (13+) yes the retailer took his 55 bux no problem. Thats the way it should be - take the money and thats it - if the patent has a problem then the parent can intervine.

The bill of rights - which is the cornerstone of the constitution - the first 10 ammmendments that give us our "rights", "privledges" whatever - Yes everyone is born with them and yes - I understand the point that they are there to LIMIT the GOVT from making new law from taking those away - but that is what laws like this are doing. I understand they are not granted by the govt - as it is WE ARE THE PEOPLE - WE are the power base as we elect a govt that is supposed to represent us and at any time if we feel those officials are running away with or not catering to the needs of the people who put there there we have every RIGHT to remove them. thats all great and grand in theory - but the fact of the matter is they do not represent a majorty of the US population, they do not act in our best interst and they have gotten too big and complicated for the standard citizens of the USA to ever remove them from power and I hate to say it a VOTE is not enough. I'm getting a bit off topic - anyways - My whole point is - I have as well as anyone has the right to buy and sell any video game - and it should stay that way - there should be no law that starts to erode what protections the retail and game industry have of it's first ammendment rights.

Again you will probibly complain about my grammer, my spelling (as I did not spell check - just read it back to myself once) but I don;t give a fuck - there is a grammer and spelling bee blog somewhere else GO FIND IT.

@John

Your a Friggin idot. This isn't school - I could care less about grammer on a reply to a blog - yes there are a few spelling errors but that is because I used WORD to spell check it and it changed some of my typo's into words that I didn't mean.

Metal Health - was supposed to be MENTAL HEALTH - but what ever - Quiet Riot Said "Metal Health will drive you mad" so carries the same meaning in my opinion.

AS FOR MY RIGHTS!!! Based on the current Law sets - I have every RIGHT to freedom of speech and expression - if you are gonna play samantics and pick apart my reply to Mr. Thompson becuase you can't get past a few spelling errors and are a grammer hitler then you sir are an idiot. I am just expressing my opinion on how I feel about Mr. Thompson, his crusade, Video Games, Video Game laws, and the LIMITS THE GOVT NEEDS TO SET TO STAY THE FUCK OUT OF MY GAMES AND MY INDUSTRY. They have no right at all what so ever and the more Laws they try to pass based on the RECOMENDATIONS of a VOLENTARY AGENCY is just more money you and I have to fork over in taxes to clean up the mess of a bill or Law that should never have been drafted in the first place.

DO us all a favor and stop being so litteral.

Comes down to this. ESRB is just a entitiy with a opinion and their opinions should not have a criminal record and a fine atttached to it if you don't agree with it as a retailer or a person workling at retail.

PRODUCTS THAT REQUIRE FEDERAL OR STATE REGULATIONS

FOOD - FDA
BEER - ATF and liquor autroity
TOBACCO - ATF and State or local license to sell
GUNS - (if it is a rifle - no regultion constutional given right) but ATF again here
DRUGS/PERSCRIPTIONS - FDA
CB/HAM RADIOS - FCC
TELEVISIONS (as in sets) - FCC

NOW THE SALE OF THINGS THAT ARE LEGAL WITH NO REGULATIONS BY GOVERMENT.

MUSIC
MOVIES
DVDS
CD'S
VIDEO GAMES
CLOTHING
and every thing else people buy pretty much for their every day lives.

HUMMM... Why is Video Games tring to be elevated to the list ABOVE.

IS THE ESRB gonna become the FESRB
IS THE MPAA gonna become the FMPAA
IS THE RIAA gonna becomes the FRIAA

IS this happens you will have no right to call anything your digitally create art and have protections for under the 1st amendment.

We all know there are people, groups or corporations that PUSH THE ENVELOPE of what is socially or consumer acceptable - but opinions change.

People found many publications, music and movies of the 70's and 80's morally and civially reprehensible and vowed to make sure laws were passed to prevent content like that from ever again being created.

We as a country from ages 10 - 60 maybe 70 looks at content that cause an uproar 20 or 30 years ago - kids and early adults laugh at it - we have been socially absorbed into accepting that kind of content and today the boundries get pushed more and more - but once you actually set a boundry with a LAW - you kill thew whole process of expression. The boundry is set socally. If GTA 4 was really that bad rockstar would have gone out of business years ago - the fact that a franchise like GTA gets so much attention is from the MINORIT who keep puting these already accpeted socal circumstances back into the limelight then put a spin on it that makes it more envelope pushing than ment to be.

Herd the expression "your only as old as you feel" well gues what I know 13 yr olds who feel like they are 30 and I know 30 year olds who feel like that are 16. I know 50 year olds who feel like that are 21.

Age is not a good verifier for protected content - though it is a verifier for vices and duty - (guns, ciggs, beer, army, jury duty - ect..)

Lay off my pretected content - leave gaming alone.

offday are you communist, facist, or just aganst what the United
States Constution says.

VIDEO GAMES ARE ART, EXPRESSION, not under the controll of the
government of any level (local, state or federal)

M rated games IN YOUR OPINION MIGHT BE FOR ADULTS - but should not
nor never be regulated by any law.

I am aganst any bill that promotes a criminal record or fine agasnt
anyone selling ART or 1st amendment protected merchandise to ANYONE.

To have a law like this is a gateway to abridging more free content
in the USA. Video Games should not be regulated by anyone but the
people who make them.

THere are worse things children can spend 60 dollars on other than a
video game that would hurt them alot more.

I rather my teen go buy GTA4 then lots of junk food, a BB gun, tons
of soda, energy drinks, or if you want to get into stuff children can
get but shouldn't be able to Beer and tobacco. There are so many
things parent over look what their children spend money on that can
ultimately hurt them - but for some reason were all hell bent on
grand theft auto.. We need to get our priorities straight.

offday are you communist, facist, or just aganst what the United States Constution says.

VIDEO GAMES ARE ART, EXPRESSION, not under the controll of the government of any level (local, state or federal)

M rated games IN YOUR OPINION MIGHT BE FOR ADULTS - but should not nor never be regulated by any law.

I am aganst any bill that promotes a criminal record or fine agasnt anyone selling ART or 1st amendment protected merchandise to ANYONE.

To have a law like this is a gateway to abridging more free content in the USA. Video Games should not be regulated by anyone but the people who make them.

THere are worse things children can spend 60 dollars on other than a video game that would hurt them alot more.

I rather my teen go buy GTA4 then lots of junk food, a BB gun, tons of soda, energy drinks, or if you want to get into stuff children can get but shouldn't be able to Beer and tobacco. There are so many things parent over look what their children spend money on that can ultimately hurt them - but for some reason were all hell bent on grand theft auto.. We need to get our priorities straight.

The point is that is a RECOMENDED CRITERA!

It is recommeded that children start the piano at 4 or 5 but if a 2 or 3 year is a vituoso why not start younger.

It is recomended that you be atleast 17 when you graduate HS - genius asside but we do let children skip grades so they can get out of high school faster. Is it recommended we do so - NO - but for some they say yes.

NOw for games that are rated 17 - perhaps a 12 or 13 year old is mature enough to handle the content. Though a majority of children are not developed enough to handle such content, themes or suggestions - yes there are people that can handle it.

If a Teen rated game like guitar hero or a e10 game like Madden is played by a 6yr old - should that not be allowed? NO it is recommended.

A 6yr old playing guitar hero might like the rythem or the sounds of the music or might even like " A SONG" but chances are he like the game cause he is really good at pushing buttoned sequences really fast. Reason it is rated Teen is cause the music has themes that usualy only a 13yr old or older would comprehend - but for the 6 yr old - it's all about the button pushing.

As for Madden - Every kid that into sports want to play a sports game - then why is Madden or sports games rated E10 or Teen? Cuase the Button schemes, the player configuation or even the concept of grasping the game might be RECOMMENDED for someone over 10 - but if a 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 or even 4 year old gets's it and you approve of the content (AS A PARENT) of what they are playing then why not - why should my child have to wait to be 10 to play a E10 games.

And that brings me to one last revelation - HOW COME best buy, wal-mart, game stop proof to buy a M rated game - yet have no problem with the cute 7 yr old buying guitar hero or rock band which is clearly ratyed TEEN - talk about double standard!!!!!

I don't mean to be rude but it's people like you and the brainwashed attention span you have,

THERE IS NOT LAW THAT REQUIRES ANYONE TO CHECK ID for GAMES, MUSIC OR MOVIES OR ANY TYPE THAT IS LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE - it is done on a strictly volentary basis.

It's also opinions like your that force more and more people to give up their constutional rights.

I QUOTE YOU
"So why not just make a bill that enforces ID checks for movies?"

ANSWER: they tried and passed tons of laws that require this and guess what they were all found UNCONSTITUTONAL!!! IT's abridges freedom of expression!

I QUOTE YOU AGAIN
"Now correct me if I'm wrong,
but as far as video games go, aren't retailers already required to check ID?"

ANSWER: NO THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED - the corporate offices creat corporate rules that ask their employees to do so to have a better public image in the eyes of people like Jack Thompson - but if an employess fails to do so - the only thing he did wrong was break a company policy" NO LAW WAS BROKEN!

I QUOTE YOU AGAIN:
"But if a child gets into an R-rated movie, THAT is the industries fault."
No it's the persons fault who was checking ID - and if the whole theather has a no id check policy (very few do but there are some iun the usa that exist) again there is NO LAW BROKEN - it is strictly volentary....

You need to educated yourself - becuase if retail employees have you convinced that there are LAWS that they MUST CHECK your ID then you are the same as the guy who don;t care if the gov't wipes their ass with the Constitution.

DO us all a favor and think a bit before expression an opinion. IF you FEEL there should be a law I will not thump you for it - your entitled to your opinion - though it might be wrong in my eyes and the eyes of the constitution. But to blindly conceed based on what you think is law already is what hurts people like me from keeping my freedom of expression.

I'll tell you why - cause IF I am a register drone and decide to ring out the 15yr old for GTA4 - and don't check ID - I should only have the option of getting FIRED from my company - Why should I have a criminal Record and a FIne to pay? It's not constutional. You cannot make corporate policy, state or federal law.

Unless that corporate entity (as a single person) is going to individually check every ID and ring every sale - there should be no legal repercussions for going aganst it's own word. IT's Not an advertisement - it's not binding - it is a promice - it's not the same thing.

If I cheat on a test and get caught I might have a inschool detention or a suspension (but I cannot go to jail or get fined) I can then promice my parents I will never do it again - If I go aganst my own word - is there any legal repercussions? NO.
Now if I have a fight at school and nothing comes of it other than the 2 parties agreeing to their parent and to their school that it will never happen again and it does - is there legal repercussions? PERHAPS - as the schol or the parents of one of the students can file criminal charges. -

That is the difference between tring to stick to a moral policy and having that policy legally enforced.

IF Wal Mart claim it will not sell ciggs to a minor and does the clerk and the corporation have legal repercussions.

IF a store says milk ALWAYS .99 cents or less and makes milk 1.00 there is legal repercussions. But If a store says MILK ALWAYS IN STOCK and you go at 2 am and find the case empty - is there any legal repercussions? NO

SO saying we will not sell M rated titles to individuals under 17 - is the same as saying MILK ALWAYS IN STOCK. It's not legally enforeable. And since Video games will never be regulated like ciggs and beer are - there can not be or should ever be repercussions from anyone any age for buying GTA or any other title outside it's recommended rating.