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1. Comment - House bill would enforce ESRB game rating system

   (May 9, 2008 - 11:40 PM)

   What drives me crazy about all this is that the minors these legislators are all trying to protect can and absolutely do see far worse, more brutal and realistic violence in most of the horror movies that have come out in the last several years. I think movies like the "Saw" series and whatnot are way worse than any of the GTA games have been. As a teacher, I know for a fact that many of my 7th-8th graders (that's 12-13 year olds at best) watch these movies all the time. At least the GTA games, particularly the newest one, are heavily weighted with intelligent social and cultural satire. I can't think of anything redeeming in gratuitously nasty horror films. It's the parents responsibility to keep what they consider objectional material from their kids, not these legislators who I would bet haven't played or even possibly seen the games they complain about.