One of my pet peeves is the idea that playing a game, or watching a video, can make you into a aggressive, violent psychopath. But I think that Ars Technica makes the point Utah passes pointless, worthless underage game sales bill

A Utah bill that will open retailers to fines if they sell M-rated games to children (as long as they advertise beforehand that they won’t) has now passed the Utah Senate. The bill made little sense originally, was completely defanged as it passed the House, and’the Utah Senate has passed it with a 25-3 vote.

Patricia Vance, the President of the ESRB, passed Ars an open letter to the parents and leaders of Utah that detailed the proposed legislation. ‘While the intent of this legislation would be to’ hold retailers accountable for compliance with their stated policies—presumably in that negligible 6 percent of instances where they fail to comply—the unfortunate reality is that it’ would introduce a liability that will likely force many retailers to seriously consider abandoning their voluntary policies and ratings education programs, undoing years of progress made on behalf of parents and their children.”

This bill is completely unenforcable, as Ars Technica discusses. I’ll say this again, if you want children to be responsible, then have the parents take responsibility for their children and their actions.

Stop passing bills and regulations that are “feel good & do nothing bills”. I’ll stop ranting right now, follow the link to Ars Technica, and see what they have to say… Utah passes pointless, worthless underage game sales bill