Letter: ‘Greed' behind video games decision

I would like to submit my long-overdue reaction to the "supreme sellout" of our children with the Supreme Court's June 27 decision on the sales of violent video games to minors. The excuses and reasons given to justify this decision are completely ridiculous and make no sense at all.

Restricting access to these violent, sexually explicit games is violating minors' rights to free speech? Does this now mean my son or daughter can go to school and tell the teacher "Good f---ing -orning, you bleep bleep."

According to the Supreme Court, freedom of expression must be preserved at all cost. Then we have the "it's art" excuse. I honestly think the only time you will hear that carjacking, murder, rape, and many other deviant actions rewarded with more points and higher levels categorized as art is when the "art" is bringing in $18 billion a year. Personally, I think they had better take another vote to mandate that at least $15 billion of their profits go toward our future prison system.

With the mixed-up messages our government is sending our children, our future leaders and decision makers, we as parents, educators and mentors are their only hope. Shame on all of involved in the sellout of our children's future and the absolute blatant disregard of how the decision will affect our future society, and the people who will have to live in it, long after they are gone, for today's industrial greed.

Tina L. Bechtel

Marysville