Bill would restrict children's access to violent video games

Coming to you straight from North County Times reporter William Bennett (no relation to the genocidal-racist-loving freak) is this latest example of government being forced to parent in absence of parents.

I admit to being of two minds on this. On one hand, I'm disturbed that the Dems in California are once again leaving themselves open to charges of wanting to create a "nanny state", on the other hand, it's obvious that parents as a whole aren't living up to their responsibilities to monitor what their children watch or play. As an adult video game player myself (that is, an adult who plays video games, not someone who plays "adult games"), it's obvious that the video game industry is on a collision course with government, thanks to pushing the envelope of good taste and allowing themselves to be scapegoated for society's ills.

All told, I'd rather have mature video games able to be distributed, albeit in an age-restricted fashion, than not have any mature video games at all.