Violent Video Games on Townhall
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Neil McCabeVideo gamers have a reputation for preferring their virtual reality over the one the rest of us have to deal with, but they may want to log-in to what’s happening on Capitol Hill before their pastime becomes the latest industry to fall under government control. ... more
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'Dialogue' Required for Violent Video Games Fri Feb 22Brent BozellThe Obama administration's assault on the Second Amendment in reaction to Newtown is not a serious solution. It's a Band-Aid on cancer. The NRA's call for armed guards in every school also misses the point. When is anyone going to get serious? The problem is violence, a violence of monstrous and horrific proportions that has infected America's popular culture ... more
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Michael BrownAccording to a major study carried out by a New Zealand university over a period of more than 20 years, “Children who watch excessive amounts of television are more likely to have criminal convictions and show aggressive personality traits as adults.” Is that really a surprise? ... more
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The War Between the Amendments Thu Jan 17Victor Davis HansonThe horrific Newtown, Conn., mass shooting has unleashed a frenzy to pass new gun-control legislation. But the war over restricting firearms is not just between liberals and conservatives; it also pits the first two amendments to the U.S. Constitution against each other. ... more
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AmericaKatie Pavlich discusses the issue with Fox News' Sean Hannity. ... more
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Katie Pavlich
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Guns and Love Mon Jan 14Katie KiefferGuns, guns, guns. Love, love, love. America needs guns and love. ... more
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Why Did He Kill All Those Children? Wed Jan 2Phyllis SchlaflyThe idea for massacring children in an elementary school or shooting up a mall filled with Christmas shoppers does not come from reading books, watching movies or listening to music. Does the incitement for such unspeakable acts come from hours of role-playing violent video games? ... more
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Kevin Glass
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Video Game Manufacturers Are in Denial Sun Dec 23Michael BrownIn the wake of the Newtown massacre, Senator John Rockefeller has “called for a national study of the impact of violent videogames on children and a review of the rating system,” but the video game manufacturers claim there is “no connection between entertainment and real-life violence.” Are they in denial? ... more
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Entertainment Control Tue Dec 18Mona CharenIn the wake of past mass shootings, when the "national conversation" has focused exclusively on guns, I have argued that our appallingly inadequate mental health system was a better subject of reform. At least half of the shooters in the rampage killings that are ripping our hearts out are young men with serious mental illnesses, and our system has neither the legal nor the financial resources to get them the treatment and/or restraint that they, and we, desperately need. ... more
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Entertainment Control Tue Dec 18Mona CharenIn the wake of past mass shootings, when the "national conversation" has focused exclusively on guns, I have argued that our appallingly inadequate mental health system was a better subject of reform. ... more
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Supreme Court Stands Up For Freedom Mon Oct 17Bruce BialoskyRarely has the Supreme Court struck a blow for individual freedom as it did in its recent decision in Brown vs. Entertainment Merchants Association. ... more
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AmericaPalin, Beck, Bachmann are all in zombie form, ready to be slaughtered. Keeping it classy, left. ... more
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A Free Speech Challenge for Parents Tue Jul 26Joseph HortonThe Supreme Court says that freedom of speech requires that 13-year-olds have that opportunity. In a 7-2 decision, the court struck down a California law barring the sale of graphically violent video games to people under 18. ... more
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Video Violence v. Free Speech Fri Jul 1Suzanne FieldsWinning these video games depends on brainy strategies to be vile and violent. Who could be against keeping such games out of the hands of children? ... more
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'Mortal Combat' and the First Amendment Thu Jun 30Cal ThomasIntellectually, I understand the Supreme Court's 7-2 decision that the First Amendment protects the most violent of video games. Experientially, I don't. ... more
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Maggie GallagherBefore, people like me could almost always blame liberal "activist" justices, but this time seven justices, including conservatives Antonin Scalia, John Roberts and Samuel Alito, signed on to the constitutional madness. ... more
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Treating Children As Adults Wed Jun 29Ben ShapiroThe treatment of minors as tiny adults is a dangerous move that threatens the foundations of our society. Civilized societies have always recognized that parents must control their children until the kids reach maturity. ... more
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Video Games and Bullying Wed Apr 20Marybeth HicksA month ago, President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hosted a summit to focus attention on the national bullying crisis. ... more
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Phyllis SchlaflyThe biggest news of 2010 was the gain of 690 state legislative seats by Republicans and their capture of both state houses in 26 states. Here are some New Year's resolutions for laws they should consider passing in 2011. ... more
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Ken KlukowskiMany newer video games depict graphic violence, such as torturing and defiling women and children. These games are sold to kids. The Supreme Court is considering whether the First Amendment forbids states from restricting the sale of these games to minors. ... more
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AP News
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Phyllis SchlaflyExtremely violent and addictive video games are polluting the minds of an entire generation of children, and most parents are clueless. ... more
