Blog Stage 8: Commentary

I completely agree with Rafael and agree that this law in Arizona should not be passed. Racial profiling is wrong no matter what race you are. What the state of Arizona is doing is wrong. There are many other ways in capturing illegal immigrants. By stopping people at random they are discriminating against a certain type of people and they can be considered as being racists. They should question people based on facts and not suspicions. Just because someone is of the Hispanic race does not mean they are here illegally. There are in fact other people who are here illegally are they going to question those people too? Or are they just going to target the Hispanic race? If they are just going to target the Hispanic race they are being racist. This law should not be passed and it is wrong, people should not be randomly questioned based on their race.

Blog Stage 7: Gaming Rights

Is the banning of video games violating the First Amendment? Or is it the responsibility of parents to control what games their children are allowed to play? In 2005 the sate of California filed a lawsuit in which they wanted to fine retailers who sold violent games to minors. The New York Times claimed this to be a violation of the first amendment stating that “video games are a form of free expression”. Although the judge overruled California and stated that it did not violate the First Amendment and that minors also have First Amendment rights. Should we then allow minors to buy a video game in which the objective of the game is to rape women? And should it only be banned for minors and not adults?
There was a game that was created in Japan, “Rapelay”, in which the primary goal is to go out, find women or girls for that matter, and rape them. This game was banned from the shelves in stores; however it is still available for children to play on the internet, for free in some places. CNN claimed that this game “allows you to even impregnate a girl and urge her to have an abortion”. Is this even human? How can someone create such a thing as to encourage young children to rape someone? Then there are games such as “Grand Theft Auto”, which allows the gamer to go steal cars, buy prostitutes, kill people, do drugs etc… These sorts of games should be banned and should not even be allowed to be created. They create wrong images in the minds of children and they do violate the First Amendment. Many of these games are very graphic, and can even be categorized as pornographic. Some of these games should not even be allowed for adults. However, many of these extremely violent and sexual harassment games should be banned for good and not just for minors but for adults too.