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That Plucky First Amendment

As the other amendments get slowly bumped off, downsized or just ignored, the big One just keeps plucking along. Nice of the Eighth Circuit to give it it’s due.


“Whether we believe the advent of violent video games adds anything to value of society is irrelevant. Guided by the First Amendment, we are obliged to recognize that ‘they are as much entitled to the protection of free speech as the best of literature,”’ Judge Morris S. Arnold wrote.

There was a nice post here about a year ago on the same issue (same case even). I’m still amazed at the people who can’t understand clear language and people who think that ideas communicated electronically are somehow different then ideas communicated on paper. Fiction, including games, is as deserving of protection from the big One as non-fiction, including alleged news reporting. It even protects little blogs. Pffft.

Chuck posted this on Tuesday, June 3, 2003 at  4:41 pm.   Comments Off 

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