Because Miller got there first in his weekly column. It’s a winner, though one has to wonder why the Guv isn’t focused on other issues. It’s especially a winner with married women who are a key demographic.
And obviously parents need to be more involved in these things as Miller points out. What I’ll say in addition is that while parents need to pay more attention to what media their kids are consuming, that doesn’t mean that retailers don’t have a moral responsibility to watch out for kids. It’d be nice, if like the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) the rating system was enforced at the buying or renting point and then parents can override that decision by accompanying the kids, but that didn’t happen.
Even if the Governor’s plan isn’t enacted as law, who wants to bet the industry starts paying attention more?
Retailers don’t have a moral responsibility to make parents’ decisions for them. If I have decided it’s OK for my child to play a particular game marked “Teen,” why shouldn’t that be OK with the retailer?
First, we put all sorts of restrictions on what underage individuals can buy including alcohol, tobacco and sexually explicit materials. Putting a responsibility on retailers to sell age appropriate products is nothing new. Second, the law wouldn’t probably wouldn’t apply to Teen rated video games. Third, you may still allow your children to play the video games, you just have to be the one to buy it.
This whole idea is absolutely ridiculous. Look here – http://alexbrunk.blogspot.com/ for my thoughts on the Governor’s proposal. It takes the responsibility away from the parents and gives it to the government.