Comment Punish the manufacturer? Are they mad? (Score 1) 118
excerpt: "...or also on the establishment selling the game and/or the game's publisher."
Are you fsck'ing kidding me? What control does the publisher have over the counter sale? And therefore, what responsibility do they carry for the "proper" distribution of the game?
The publisher publishes the game. That's where their responsibility ends.
The distributor distributes the game. Ditto.
The reseller is the ONE responsible for maintaining control over the counter sales. End of story.
Understandable, n'est ce pas? Why the hell can't our *lawmakers* get it, then?
Making unrelated parties responsible for perceived violations [of *someone else's* _moral_ _code_, mind you,] is tantamount to a witch-hunt, and if allowed to flourish, will bring about the end of innovation and experimentation.
Idiots.
P.S. Another parallel to this is the attempt of NJ legislature to make gas station attendants liable for drunk drivers - if the 17-year-old kid working the pump sells gas to a drunk driver, and then the drunk kills someone, the kid is responsible... for up to 10 years in jail. Nice, huh? Thank God it's only an attempt [as of yet], and not an actual law.
Same principle, though - let's screw over someone who has nothing to do with the offense... just because we can. {flips through dictionary} oh yeah, here it is - "Tyranny"!
Are you fsck'ing kidding me? What control does the publisher have over the counter sale? And therefore, what responsibility do they carry for the "proper" distribution of the game?
The publisher publishes the game. That's where their responsibility ends.
The distributor distributes the game. Ditto.
The reseller is the ONE responsible for maintaining control over the counter sales. End of story.
Understandable, n'est ce pas? Why the hell can't our *lawmakers* get it, then?
Making unrelated parties responsible for perceived violations [of *someone else's* _moral_ _code_, mind you,] is tantamount to a witch-hunt, and if allowed to flourish, will bring about the end of innovation and experimentation.
Idiots.
P.S. Another parallel to this is the attempt of NJ legislature to make gas station attendants liable for drunk drivers - if the 17-year-old kid working the pump sells gas to a drunk driver, and then the drunk kills someone, the kid is responsible... for up to 10 years in jail. Nice, huh? Thank God it's only an attempt [as of yet], and not an actual law.
Same principle, though - let's screw over someone who has nothing to do with the offense... just because we can. {flips through dictionary} oh yeah, here it is - "Tyranny"!
