So let me get this straight… In the state of Oklahoma, a bill was passed that put violent video games in the same class as porn? Who the f*#k is running that state!…George Dub-yah Bush? Seems like some one is confused about what porn is. In my book it’s having hard core sex (from penetration to the pop shot) on film, video or digital (or what may have you). This aside I guess someone came to their senses because a United States District Judge placed a permanent injunction on the bill.

Oklahoma’s HB3004 revised the state’s definition of what is harmful to minors to include games with “inappropriate violence.” Under the law, no person, not even a minor’s parents or guardians, would be allowed to give or show them an inappropriately violent game. Retailers would also not be able to have such games on display where minors could see them, unless the lower two-thirds of the boxes were hidden behind “blinder racks,” of the sort commonly used for sexually explicit magazines.
Following up on last October’s preliminary stay against Oklahoma HB3004, United States District Judge Robin Cauthron has issued a permanent injunction on the bill that would classify violent games in the same category as pornography. The bill, which was signed into law last June by Democratic Governor Brad Henry, was ruled to be unconstitutional in that video games are to be classified as a form of creative expression that is protected under the First Amendment.
This week’s ruling reflects other legal wranglings undertaken by the Entertainment Software Association against various state legislatures. In July 2006, a Minnesota judge ruled that a law that would fine minors $25 for purchasing M-for-Mature-rated games was unconstitutional. Later that year in November, a Louisiana judge issued a permanent injunction against a law framed similarly around current obscenity statues that would limit the sale of violent games to minors. The ESA has also countered antigame laws in Illinois and Michigan, among other states. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently appealed a judge’s ruling that struck down a similar law.
People! People! What the f*#k? The ESRB has everything under control! M for Mature ass-wipe.

It means:
Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.

So stop f*#king with the system and work on something more practical…like legalizing medical marijuana!

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