Ruling against age limit on game sales upheld

[Mr. P]

what's the gnat line?

I can think of you, Jeff, the other Jeff, emmett, and now DannyR. Who am I missing?

The gnat line runs through middle Ga..Statesboro, Swainsboro...in the summer the gnats are hellacious from there south.

Jeff, Jeff, Me, Dan, Hobbit (in school but he is from Gainsville), Emmett, DannyR and Hagbard Celine.

[DannyR]

what's the gnat line?

Draw an imaginary line from Augusta through Macon and on to Columbus and there you go. It corresponds to the area where the piedmont begins and the coastal plains end.

As the hills start to climb, the bugs decline

Grew up in Milledgeville. I'm happy to be north of there now during the summer.

[5stringJeff]

By this logic, we should get rid of all age restrictions on movies. too. Let the little ones see R and even NC-17 movies without parental permission.

Kids can already see R and NC-17 movies legally. The movie rating system is an industry standard, not a law.

[DragonStryk72]

Kids can already see R and NC-17 movies legally. The movie rating system is an industry standard, not a law.

Or just download them from one of a thousand or so bit torrent site, watch them online, or otherwise just get around the thing in any case.

[Abbey Marie]

Kids can already see R and NC-17 movies legally. The movie rating system is an industry standard, not a law.

Doesn't really matter who sets the standards, as long as they are there. If the industry did not set the standards, chances are the gov't would step in.

The reality is, our daughter was turned away trying to see an R rated movie recently (she's 17). We were there at the box office, and told the ticket seller that we were ok with it. They said she could not see it unless one of us actually sat through the movie with her.

[dan]

The reality is, our daughter was turned away trying to see an R rated movie recently (she's 17). We were there at the box office, and told the ticket seller that we were ok with it. They said she could not see it unless one of us actually sat through the movie with her.

Technically, at 17, they should have let her in:

[LiberalNation]

some of the booth workers like to get on power trips doing shit like that.

[DannyR]

some of the booth workers like to get on power trips doing shit like that.

Do you live in a 1 theater town? If not, then I somehow doubt that the manager of the theater enjoys losing ticket sales (assuming you're not a problematic movie goer with a past history of disruption)

[LiberalNation]

1 theater town.

[Agnapostate]

Sorry for the necro, but...

Speed limits don't keep everyone from speeding either but most folk abide by the law.

Aside from the evidence indicating that speed limits may not necessarily make roads safer (see Montana's formerly established "reasonable and prudent" limit), there is much evidence indicating that early and moderate alcohol consumption plays a role in deterring persons from experimentation with binge drinking later in life.

I've never tried to disguise the fact that on the whole, I have disdain for age restrictions. It seems a radical position, but I'm of the opinion that there are more effective and less arbitrary methods of judging one's abilities to make rational and informed decisions about one's own lives and actions.

[Trinity]

Kids can already see R and NC-17 movies legally. The movie rating system is an industry standard, not a law.

Very true...........My son and his friend went and saw fast and furious at the theater about two weeks ago it's rated PG-13. They are both still twelve almost 13 but not quite there yet. Although to look at them you would guess them to be close to 14 or 15.

[Agnapostate]

I've never even seen an ID check done for PG-13 movies.

[emmett]

The gnat line runs through middle Ga..Statesboro, Swainsboro...in the summer the gnats are hellacious from there south.

Jeff, Jeff, Me, Dan, Hobbit (in school but he is from Gainsville), Emmett, DannyR and Hagbard Celine.

Haven't heard from Hobbit or Hagbard Celine lately! Wonder what's up with them. Isn't Sitarro from Ga?

[Mr. P]

Haven't heard from Hobbit or Hagbard Celine lately! Wonder what's up with them. Isn't Sitarro from Ga?

Pretty sure Hobbit is in school..donno about Hag, maybe CNN laid him of?
Sitarro..La. I think, not sure though.

[Psychoblues]

Interesting!!!!!!!!!!!