Why Is This Legal?

Oh America. The land where porn, strip clubs, violent video games and assault rifles are legal. How is any of this helpful?

Is it that much to ask that we don't allow games where people violently kill other people? I understand that the world is violent, but we don't need to market instruction manuels on violence to little kids. At least if you tell someone about the genocide in Darfur, people will develop a sense of morality, i.e. that it is wrong and should be shot. In video games there is no moral component. And as a man, with many loser friends, let me say that people do genuinely like the most violent games possible.

Should the State restrict peoples access to violent video games? Should the State restrict access to pornography? Should the State be allowed to tell people what to and what not to consume? Um, yes. That's kind of the idea behind laws. The State says we can only go 65 on the Interstate, the State says we can't kill others, the State says we can't rob others. While this does restrict my ability to speed, kill and rob others, I gladly accept it in exchange for others not doing the same to me. (Okay, maybe not speeding).

To qoute James Madison, who was able to help form the country without the aid of video games, assault rifles and Ye Olde Strip Club, "If men were angels, no government would be necessary."