In the Midday Comment Thread, kos referenced a news article that the Illinois Sexually Explicit Video Game Law (SEVGL), struck down by a lower court, has had that ruling affirmed in Federal Court.
In pointing out the complete waste of the $1M spent on the defense of this law, a larger elephant in the room was completely ignored.
Linda Chapa La Via introduced this legislation. She is one of the challengers for Dennis Hastert's seat in IL-14 in 2008.
Criminalizing this kind of behavior is a pointless and harmful act of a nanny state. Parents should be strongly involved in understanding and monitoring what their children watch and play. Their failure or indifference does not drive any compelling interest of state policy.