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Originally Posted by Timber Loftis
But I see nothing wrong with a law requiring a 12 yr. old to have to convince his mother to buy GTA for him.
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I agree with this.
While I strongly believe the cencorship should be the job of a parent, the process of sale prohibition just helps prevent a large (If done correctly) number of kids/teens that would otherwise circumvent the parents normally.
It's a mixed bag here in Aus where we (supposedly) prevent children from purchasing MA15+ games without parental concent, I believe it works the way it should, that is, children can' buy mature games unless mummy says so, and I think for most mature games, thats the right thing to do, as it should be up to the parents to decide until you are classified as an adult (When that is, is another debate all together)
The issue we have here in Aus is the lack of the R18+ rating for video games, some see this as a good thing, however I don't, and my reason is strongly tied to this situation:
My problem is that games that are seen as above MA15+ (which means they are technically "Unclassified" and therefore prevented from being sold) are then modified as little as possible to make it into the MA15+ bracket, the issue there is that the games are often pretty full on but labelled with MA15+ so mum and dad think its ok.
Now me? I love my gorey games, but it's becuase of that, that I know what they are like and how some of them, maybe, shouldn't be played by 9 year olds (not that there are many proven links between teenage violence and violent video games)
Anyways, for the TL;DR
Parent's should be the deciding factor here, but in my eyes, this legislation (if done properly) should help that argument, not hinder it.