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nor...@netcom.com (Craig) writes:


>The California Attorney General wants to ban Mortal Kombat from all
>California arcades, the rental of the MK cartridges that're available in
>stores like Blockbuster, and maybe even the sale of MK cartridges for all
>home use [the last part was the only part I'm not sure on, as the local tv
>news station didn't make it clear about this].   It's amazing how censorship
>seems to be getting worse.   I think if parents know what games the kids
>play, and are able to convey to them that the game isn't real life and that
>it's very wrong to act the same violent way as in the game, that this should
>solve the problem of these censorship groups wanting to ban all really
>popular fighting games.   It's much better kids play these type of games as
>an outlet, rather than doing much worse things.   

>cn(:)

They wont ban it.  Well maybe they'll ban the blood version, but you can
turn off the blood and fatalities in the arcade version (or at least
get one with it turned off).  In a big arcade here, MK is set up on a big
screen, and there is no blood nor fatalities (sucks, the fatalities that
is), but the small screens are ok.

If the Cal Att Gen can ban it what will end up happening is sipmly
turning off the fatalities, unless they are really church-lady
like then you wont have blood at all (though I think thats stupid
comparing it to most other arcade games).

"and he reaches into his opponents chest and rips out his still-beating
heart" - as if this is the whole game!  I think someone in charge
should look into pulling the broomstick out of his ass.  Maybe he
should worry more about guns being sold in 7-11s than arcade
games :)
 
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