Hillary came to town and I went.
She arrived late, spoke, then said that if we had questions we could ask her as she was signing ****.
After waiting for 10 minutes as she signed the ****, she hobbled down the line towards me. I said to her, "Do you still support videogame legislation?" She said "For M-Rated titles, yes. No one under 18 should be playing an M-Rated Title."
I replied: "I agree, but didn't you try to pass legislation that would fine on-site managers $5000 if they sold a game to a minor?"
"I know it's not a great system, but it's the retailers who are selling the games to minors. The evidence shows that violent games are very damaging to children."
"I believe the ESRB should be responsible for self-enforcing within the industry," I replied.
"But who sets those standards and keeps them in check? How can we trust the industry?" she responded.
"There are no rules like this in place for movies or music being sold to minors."
"I know, and that's why we may have to come up with something better in the future. Years of studies have shown that violent videogames have a drastic effect on children, and we need to protect them."
With that I thanked her for her time. I cannot, of course, remember exactly word for word what she or I said, but this is a good approximation that makes both of us sound more eloquent. She was VERY nice to me and seemed (unbelievably) frustrated with the concept of fining store managers for selling games to minors. She had many opportunities to walk past me during this one to two minute conversation (constant interruptions from people shoving posters in her face made this very short exchange much longer than it appears), but she seemed to want to address the issue with me (a potential voter) and stayed until I was satisfied. I was getting tongue-tied and blanking out, otherwise I would have kept her there for a few more minutes.
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Topic: What I said to Hillary (pertinent to videogames) (Read 36212 times)
