[Nuke]

i just dont think it should be a felony. a slap on the wrist and a fine would suffice.

[jr2]

Games don't ruin children.  Bad parents ruin children. 

[IceFire]

@Nuke: Yeah thats the part I don't have much understanding about...I realize you guys have Misdemeanor and Felony and that Felony is worse but what the heck "class E" means  I don't know. I'm not an American

I think we most/all agree...some sort of punishment is ok for this. What it is I don't know.

@jr2: Its the truth...its so very true.  When you or I or the people down the street have kids they will be the sole responsibility for how those kids turn out.  If they turn out badly then its mine/your/their fault.  No two ways about it. I really hate society at the moment for allowing people to play the blame game and blame everything but themselves...no...sometimes you (figuratively) really are at fault and you should accept the consequences and hopefully learn from the experience.

[jr2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony

EDIT: look at Google adsense:

[Sarkoth]

I had to laugh about 2 minutes about this add.

Good one. ^^

[Nuclear1]

@Nuke: Yeah thats the part I don't have much understanding about...I realize you guys have Misdemeanor and Felony and that Felony is worse but what the heck "class E" means  I don't know. I'm not an American

Misdemeanors are just "little" crimes; vandalism, prostitution, and disorderly conduct, for examples.  You don't really lose much with misdemeanors; you get up to about a year in jail, a fine, or a revocation of your driver's license depending on the crime. 

Felonies are the big crimes.  The classification system allows felonies to be put into different levels of severity; burglarly and drug possession, for example, are a lot less severe than first-degree murder (which is punishable by death in some states) or even voluntary manslaughter.  Class A felonies are the worst (murder, treason, espionage), while Class J aren't (financial crimes like writing bad checks).  Regardless, you lose voting priveleges in most state, licenses are revoked, and you're pretty much barred from holding any job other than a total crap position.

If you ever need a rundown on the American felony system, just rent a season of Law and Order and watch the Order half of each episode; they're actually fairly accurate.

[IceFire]

Cheers!  That makes some sense.

[S-99]

I hate people who aren't open with their kids.

Yeah, but do you show a 10 year old Platoon or Saving Private Ryan?  Same goes with games--it's up to the parents, and every way that can be helped to prevent kids from going around their parents' backs is a help.

Yes you do show platoon and saving private ryan to a 10 year old. You even show terminator and terminator 2 to that kid when he's way younger Idk, i grew up watching R rated movies all the time(be it good ones). My parents just fast forwarded the sex scenes and the mushy parts. And they were pretty good at showing me what is right and wrong. So i didn't end up being one of those people later in life who's 19 like so many other people in alaska who swear that they have a right to drink alcohol even though state law says you don't have that right until 21.

Yes parents need to be more open with their kids, and actually be part of their development instead of thinking "my kid is happy, i've done enough". Just because their happy doesn't teach them that the san andreas hot coffee mod is basic moral decay, or that special move you can do in WoW can't happen in real life, bla bla bla whatever else.

Another thing i don't understand is parental blocking and censorship, all it took my parents was what they would get mad at for me watching on tv and a spanking to let me know that perhaps some shows are not meant for me, or are bad. Tv's have that stupid v-chip nobody uses, and i'm not going to use it either when i get kids, that's like taking the easy way out and not even teaching your kids. And consoles don't have a v-chip, which is a good thing. You can regulate what goes on a console by what games are bought. Parents just need to do their job. And what's really funny is that stuff that would be M-rated years ago like duke3d or something which has a lot of adult content in it i was playing when i was like 11 and 12. I mean i was already watching action packed R movies when since i was like 3, i could handle the moral decision to not say "*****in'" after i hear it for the first time when i was 11. Duke3d is like the only game that has in it a password parents can set for their kids to disable the boobies in that game. Haven't seen many games with that.