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Originally Posted by Eric_aka_RedEyes
The board is in place to make sure that video games are rated properly so that only mature individuals get their hands on mature games.
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In theory, a good argument, but naive. You know as well as anybody that if it's produced (violent games, pornography, drugs, etc.) that kids can get their hands on it.
Parents can't watch over their children 24/7 and if on parent does manage to prevent violent games in their house, the kid will run next door to his friend's place and so on.
Ratings systems, boards, etc. etc. don't stop this stuff from getting in the hands of minors, period and I actually agree that there needs to be a bigger crackdown. Games are duped, shared, stolen and so on. Eventually, every mature-only game gets into a LOT of kids hands.
It's simple: You can't put self-regulation into the hands of the common public and protect yourself by saying "well we put stickers on the games, we can't control what parents do!" The only way is to ban overly-violent, sexual games altogether.
(Of course, these arguments all hold true for pornography too, sadly)