4:07 am - 01/22/2013
To fight the nonexistent scourge of video game induced violence, Representative Diane Franklin (R, MO) introduced a bill to tax violent video games. But wait, it gets even sillier. Guess how the bill defines violent. If you said “in a way that could be struck down by the Missouri Supreme Court on a void for vagueness ruling”, you are correct.
The bill, if passed, would impose an additional 1% sales tax on all games rated Teen, Mature, or Adult, which is damn near all of them. The bill designates the money be used “for the treatment of mental health conditions associated with exposure to violent video games”. And those mental health conditions are what exactly?
Here are a couple of photos from her Facebook page, by the way.
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Because sweeping generalizations, overreacting and still managing to ignore the actual problems in the process makes everything better always. I doubt this will pass but honestly I thought this was stupid, especially because of The Sims, and figured I would share it. Although admit it... you've killed off your Sims before just because you could, haven't you?I'm not asking this so I can send your usernames and IPs to the government
Missouri Bill Aims To Tax Violent Video Games Like ‘The Sims 3′
To fight the nonexistent scourge of video game induced violence, Representative Diane Franklin (R, MO) introduced a bill to tax violent video games. But wait, it gets even sillier. Guess how the bill defines violent. If you said “in a way that could be struck down by the Missouri Supreme Court on a void for vagueness ruling”, you are correct.
From the proposed bill: “the term ‘violent video game’ means a video or computer game that has received a rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board of Teen, Mature, or Adult Only” That means that , if successfully passed, Teen-rated games like The Sims 3, Starcraft 2, EVE Online and Tropico 4 would all be taxed in Missouri on account of how unrepentantly violent they are. [PC Gamer]
The bill, if passed, would impose an additional 1% sales tax on all games rated Teen, Mature, or Adult, which is damn near all of them. The bill designates the money be used “for the treatment of mental health conditions associated with exposure to violent video games”. And those mental health conditions are what exactly?
Here are a couple of photos from her Facebook page, by the way.
( Guess who likes guns!Collapse )
Source
Because sweeping generalizations, overreacting and still managing to ignore the actual problems in the process makes everything better always. I doubt this will pass but honestly I thought this was stupid, especially because of The Sims, and figured I would share it. Although admit it... you've killed off your Sims before just because you could, haven't you?
Or I keep making my sims have babies and adopt kids and then turn them all evil.
I pirated that, actually, did 19 out of 20 campaigns, and every day I think "I really should finish that last one" and then I do something else. Even today I saw the icon on my desktop and had the thought. Some day I'll do that last campaign, really.
and follow this guide http://games4theworld.org/Guides/The_Si
Although this is my favorite from him:
Edited at 2013-01-22 11:13 am (UTC)
this is me and my cat all the fucking time she doesn't get that cats don't eat salad
i didn't grow up playing many video games so they stress me out
super mario galaxy has heard some rly interesting thoughts of mine now that i have a wii
Edited at 2013-01-22 06:05 pm (UTC)
Sims 2 was so much simpler.
I am so not here for this.
Legalize pot & prostitution to tax that. jesus.
I'm still playing games that are equally frustrating though.
like the quests used to be fun and i used to have a lot of friends who played but now very few still play and i'm not here for this 5 part quests that have 7 different components you have to complete in 12 days and if you don't get it done you're just SOL
I click on everything that comes through my feed but can't seem to find people who return the favor. /simshardtimes
It's so sad/maddening that after all that's happened, especially recently, idiot Republicans are still trying to deflect the issue.