Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

RetroGamer1971

(177 posts)
6. Ironic that Justice Scalia was for video games as free speech.
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 11:03 AM
Jan 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/us/28scotus.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

"Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for five justices in the majority in the video games decision, Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, No. 08-1448, said video games were subject to full First Amendment protection.

“Like the protected books, plays and movies that preceded them, video games communicate ideas — and even social messages — through many familiar literary devices (such as characters, dialogue, plot and music) and through features distinctive to the medium (such as the player’s interaction with the virtual world),” Justice Scalia wrote. “That suffices to confer First Amendment protection.”

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Idiot reasoning northoftheborder Jan 2013 #1
idiot kardonb Jan 2013 #23
Last time I check, bullets never came out of the screen and killed me when I played "Postal 2". Crowman1979 Jan 2013 #2
Or the Zombies game in CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II derby378 Jan 2013 #5
Really, isn't it bullets that kill people? sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #3
Only the fast moving ones, unless you swallow one and choke on it. Uncle Joe Jan 2013 #20
But will you admit that bullets, over all, kill more people than guns? sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #21
If you want to separate the two, guns have killed more people than bullets. Uncle Joe Jan 2013 #22
Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Iggo Jan 2013 #4
Ironic that Justice Scalia was for video games as free speech. RetroGamer1971 Jan 2013 #6
That was a huge victory in Regular People vs Cranky Old People Drale Jan 2013 #8
Tony, Tony, Tony november3rd Jan 2013 #29
If one's hand slipped off the controls and hit a sharp object, and the resulting cut got yellowcanine Jan 2013 #7
someone should bludgeon this asshole to death with an xbox.. frylock Jan 2013 #9
Along With Demanding Strict Gun Laws... cynzke Jan 2013 #10
I also never killed any actual pigs while throwing cute birds at them as well. Crowman1979 Jan 2013 #11
Damn straight. GeorgeGist Jan 2013 #12
Absolutely! aka-chmeee Jan 2013 #13
Wrong on every count! AAO Jan 2013 #14
How does he form this opinion? FreeBC Jan 2013 #15
personally, i think plaid shirts wilt the stilt Jan 2013 #16
Guns don't kill people. People kill people. Yes, certainly. People kill people WITH GUNS. calimary Jan 2013 #17
and gun with BULLETS at that! AAO Jan 2013 #26
I'm afraid to drop my sons' XBox games while dusting, for fear they will go off accidentally. TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #18
Hey come on! those video games really sting when you get hit with one! Javaman Jan 2013 #19
Games kill Samba Jan 2013 #24
I'm the biggest defender of video games there is, but this: Arkana Jan 2013 #31
Lamar Alexander is John2 Jan 2013 #25
I wonder if Alexander knows that alcohol affects people and accounts for more shootings Mike Daniels Jan 2013 #27
I don't understand why pugs are against background checks. Ash_F Jan 2013 #28
Your argument's invalid, Senator. Arkana Jan 2013 #30
Latest Discussions»Latest Breaking News»U.S. Senator Lamar Alexan...»Reply #6