The proposed bill says that "A person commits an offence if the person sells, rents, or otherwise provides for use for a charge any video game to a minor which contains scenes or depictions of graphic violence as determined by the Entertainment Software Rating Board." it defines Graphic Violence as including (but not limited to)
(A) Decapitation;
(B) Blood shedding;
(C) Dismemberment; and
(D) Grotesque cruelty.
The bill is aimed to reduce violent crime in the country, it also attributes violent crime to lyrics, movies and television.
This bill is taking away a parent's right to decide how their child should be raised and a kid's right as a consumer to buy products that are not harmful to them. There has always been violent crime, before there were computers, before there was TV, there was war and violence. You can't blame these things on games, they have always existed and if we want to lower them we should encourage parents to increase the amount of time they spend with their child and maybe the general public would get tired of war games if there was less war.
For the full text of the proposed bill click here
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