The general consenus around the world video games are a waste of time. This kind of rhetoric is heard from politicians, parents groups, senators and so on. They've on been blamed for tradegies such as school shooting and the London Riots. Organizations such as the Parents Television Council have criticized the so called "billion dollar games industry" Certain politicians in Australia have opposed the passage of an R18 rating in order to "protect the children." Calls for violent game bans have been heard around the world from parents groups to senators, to teachers and so on.
People like Arnold Schwartzenegger (The former Guvernator) and California senator Leland Yee, have made calls for the selling of M-rated games to children to be prohibited. Such arguments that children will be corrupted by such violent content have been proven to be false. The PTC say that the video game industry is actively trying to destroy America's youth and that they support Arnold and Senator Yee in their efforts to protect children.
On November 3, 2011 in a Supreme Court Case called Brown V. EMA, the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to restrict the sale of video video games to minors. Although his proved as a victory for the gaming community, most parents and oficials still regard the SCOTUS decision as wrong. The PTC says that "This ruling replaces the authority of parents with the economic interests of the videogame industry. With no fear of any consequence for violating the videogame industry's own age restriction guidelines, retailers can now openly, brazenly sell games with unspeakable violence and adult content even to the youngest of children."
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