RATING a game more harshly due to its interactive nature presents no problem to me. CENSORING a game does (just as CENSORING TV and CENSORING movies does).

Adequate RATING systems (read: one that contains an R rating) ensures that a child of 6 can’t buy Soldier of Fortune II, just as they can’t go and see The Debie Does Dallas marathon or Natural Born Killers. However, If the kid’s parents bye it for her, well that’s none of the governments business.

CENSORSHIP removes something from our range of choice. It should NOT be the role of government to decide what WE can and can’t, as adults, see or do (within the bounds of law). When a governement has that power our society places itself at the top of a very slippery slope.

RATING on the other hand, allows control of the images and realities a non adult can unwittingly be exposed to without removing the choice from the hands of the adult. A six year should (in the opinions of this adult) be racing monkeys not shooting prostitutes and cab drivers. But that isn’t up to the government other than removing that choice from the six year old and giving it to the adult. It’s then up to the parents of said six year old to decide what their cild can play. I of course hope if the parent purchases a morally ambiguous and R RATED movie or game etc for their child, that the moral dilemas of the title are accompanied by parenting by the parent.

Cheers,
Ryan

I suppost the next thing will be you will need some sort of permit or license to buy a game. Where will it end ?

Put some plaster on that Do-gooders mouth.