My parents had a different view on whether or not video should be allowed in our home. My mother felt that it was okay for me to have video games to distract me when needed , but my father disagreed because he thought that when we get carried away playing videos games and we try to interpret the video games in real life and especially if we played violent games, he also argues that he couldn’t control every game we play so therefore we shouldn’t have them.
Brown v. Entertainment Merchant was a supreme court in 2011 in California, Associations of companies that create, publish, distribute, sell and/or rent video games. brought a declaratory judgment action against the state of California in a California federal district court. The question that was asked is it okay to sell violent video games to minors. In a 7–2 decision, the Court upheld the lower court decisions and nullified the law, ruling that video games were protected speech under the First Amendment as other forms of media.
Justice Antonin Scalia. “Like the protected books, plays, and movies that preceded them, video games communicate ideas—and even social messages—through many familiar literary devices (such as characters, dialogue, plot, and music) and through features distinctive to the medium (such as the player’s interaction with the virtual world).
I am one of those people that believe that violence can be caused form media, for Example, violent movies and video games or things of that nature. My parents were very concerned about us being on social media and playing violent video games. I think parents should be responsible enough to explain to kids the consequences of video games. My parents were very good at the time limits we had with our T.V time and video game time.
Source:https://www.oyez.org/cases/2010/08-1448
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