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Glassunion

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12. It is a valid question to ask, however should we restrict the 1st Amendment because of it.

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 07:39 PM

Jan 2013

Look at it like this...

The latest Call of Duty is a violent and rather graphic video game. In just the first week of sales, they had moved enough units to give a unique copy to every man, woman and child in the entire state of Ohio.

Now, would you restrict the 1st Amendment rights of the game's creators and the same rights of those who purchase and enjoy them because someone might be unstable and might buy a copy? Is it the fault of the creators for making something that a disturbed individual might buy and might be influenced by?

Or, do these creators, make something that the average person could enjoy for whatever reason they choose? Should free speech be restricted because of the possibility of an unbalanced person is unable to process the game/movie/etc. unlike the way a normal, average, and balanced individual might?

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The question of whether such games desensitize some to real-life violence and death, Skip Intro Jan 2013 #8

It is a valid question to ask, however should we restrict the 1st Amendment because of it. Glassunion Jan 2013 #12

Many ask those same questions re: the 2nd Amendment. Skip Intro Jan 2013 #14

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Is it really crap? Glassunion Jan 2013 #29

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oyyyyyyyyyyy........... Marrah_G Jan 2013 #78

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