Should Violence Directed Toward Children Be Part of Free Speech?
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 by:I’m all for freedom of speech, but don’t we have to draw the line somewhere? On Monday the Supreme Court struck down a law that banned the sale of violent video games to children. Believe it or not, the judge compared the violence in M-rated video games to the Snow White, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel and Saturday morning cartoons.
The videos that will now be available for any child who walks into a store with enough cash encourage players to act out a variety of ways to kill, dismember and even sexually assault images of other humans. What’s next? Legalizing pornography for 13-year-olds?
I’m all for protecting artistic freedom, but in a world where random shootings are on the rise what can possibly be gained by letting video game manufacturers market extreme violence to our youth?
Tags: children, freedom of speech, video games, violence
July 8th, 2011 at 6:02 am
Then I guess it’s up to parents to regulate what their children are watching/playing.
Let’s be honest it’s our job to raise our children not the game manufacturers, TV networks or any other mass media source. We have gotten entirely too comfortable with letting the government legislate what is best for us and our kids.
I’m not saying that kids should be playing these games at all, just that it’s not up to the government to tell us they shouldn’t.