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Re: K-Mart comes to mind.
Posted By: Dan Rudolph <Ace_of_Sevens@mac.com>Date: 9/8/00 9:04 a.m.

In Response To: Re: K-Mart comes to mind. (carthag)

> hows about NO ratings? just slap some good screenshots on the
> back of the box and have people judge for themselves. they can
> do it. i mean, jesus christ! maybe its because im from denmark,
> but all this limiting of the people (yeah, im a socialist =) is
> too much. ratings will always be flawed, just as other rules
> will be. there are exceptions to any rule, you know. up until
> recently, we had NO drinking age in denmark (well, you couldnt
> get into pubs till you were 18, but anyone could buy alcohol at
> the licquor store). there werent any real problems associated
> with this no-rule. however, a couple years ago, the legal age
> for buying alcohol in stores was set at 15. guess what happened,
> kids aged 13-15 started buying alcohol, just cause it was
> illegal. and you better believe that the government here are
> thinking about setting the age to 18 for stores (man, thats
> populistic. where did good sense go?). oi, im ranting. anyway,
> what im saying is basically: parents should know what their kids
> can handle. if they dont know that, are they even good parents?
> you tell me, cause i dont know. (i might sound a bit harsh, but
> im not. its just a topic that sets my p*ss boiling.) also, as i
> said elsewhere in this thread, in europe, we watch the same gore
> as you americans do, but we dont have schoolkids freaking out,
> postal incidents or serialkillers/massmurderers. its not JUST
> the violence in the media that causes the problems, its the
> society as well. maybe even more than the media. something to
> think about.

Screenshots could convey gore and bloodyness, but those aren't the only way to get an M.

Anyway, the system you describe is what we have in America. The ratings system has no legal meaning, but stores are free to set their own policies about who they will sell to. If a kid wants an M-rated game, they can always go to Target, or Software Etc, or any number of other places with no such policy.

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     Re: Halo on PC or not?dilbert 9/6/00 12:11 p.m.
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                       YES! REAPPLY!nexZ 9/6/00 3:52 p.m.
                             Re: YES! REAPPLY!Matt 9/6/00 5:51 p.m.
                                   Re: SOON™Dispatcher 9/6/00 6:10 p.m.
                                         Re: SOON™Matt 9/6/00 6:50 p.m.
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                                   Re: YES! REAPPLY!Frost 9/6/00 6:46 p.m.
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                 Re: Halo on PC or not?Dark Assassin 9/7/00 10:02 a.m.
           Re: Halo on PC or not?Dan Rudolph 9/6/00 4:01 p.m.
                 Re: Halo on PC or not?Nathan E. Bitner 9/6/00 4:57 p.m.
                       Re: Halo on PC or not?Dan Rudolph 9/6/00 5:40 p.m.
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                       Re: HardlyDispatcher 9/7/00 2:41 p.m.
                             Re: HardlyDan Rudolph 9/7/00 4:44 p.m.
                                   K-Mart comes to mind.Dispatcher 9/7/00 8:00 p.m.
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                                               Ahhh.Dispatcher 9/7/00 8:50 p.m.
                                               well actually...*mixy 9/8/00 3:38 p.m.
                                         Re: K-Mart comes to mind.Dan Rudolph 9/7/00 9:53 p.m.
                                               We answer to Nathan, Sir!Dispatcher 9/8/00 1:02 a.m.
                                                     Re: We answer to Nathan, Sir!Dan Rudolph 9/8/00 8:58 a.m.
                                                           Answering to Dan: who needs Nathan?Dispatcher 9/8/00 11:31 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Answering to Dan: who needs Nathan?Dan Rudolph 9/8/00 1:15 p.m.
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                                                                             Re: U.S. Open 2000: Rated T?Dan Rudolph 9/8/00 3:58 p.m.
                                         Re: K-Mart comes to mind.carthag 9/8/00 6:19 a.m.
                                               Re: K-Mart comes to mind.Dan Rudolph 9/8/00 9:04 a.m.
                                                     Re: K-Mart comes to mind.Carth 9/8/00 10:36 a.m.
                                                           Re: K-Mart comes to mind.Dan Rudolph 9/8/00 11:37 a.m.
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