Lets hope that the Illinois Senate comes off looking really stupid. ] The measure approved Thursday would require store owners ] to determine which games are too violent or sexually ] explicit for anyone under 18. Anyone selling them to a ] minor could be fined. Brilliant! This is just golden: ] The sponsor, Sen. Deanna Demuzio, denied the measure ] would interfere with free speech rights. ] ] "Video games are not art or media," she said. "They are ] simulations, not all that different from the simulations ] used by the U.S. military in preparation for war." But the saddest thing in this entire article is: ] "I'm going to vote for this bill, but I'm voting for it ] for one reason: because this is a political bill," ] said Sen. Mike Jacobs. "If I vote against it, it will ] show up in a campaign mail piece Illinois Senate OKs Video Game Restrictions |