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...overseas firm, in which players try to assassinate President Kennedy, Blagojevich plans to propose two bills this month that would make it a misdemeanor, punishable by fines of $5,000 or up to a year in jail, for retailers to sell or rent games with certain sexual or violent content to kids under 18. The $7 billion video-game business, says Blagojevich, is an industry that "targets its products at kids. Just as a child buying cigarettes is inappropriate, just as a child buying alcohol is inappropriate, just as a child buying pornography is inappropriate, the same kind of thinking...
...recent survey by Michigan State University found that eighth-grade boys play them on average 23 hr. a week and girls 12 hr.--many people agree that the games' increasingly realistic depictions of violence and sex need to be examined. Nevertheless, three previous attempts to block the distribution of violent games to minors--initially approved in Indianapolis, Ind.; St. Louis, Mo.; and Seattle--have been overturned in federal courts on the grounds that video games are protected "speech" under the First Amendment...
...INDICATORS Symptoms Return The British Medical Journal published details of clinical trials by Eli Lilly of its antidepressant Prozac, which suggested that the company may have withheld evidence of a link between the drug and violent behavior. The documents had reportedly gone missing during a 1994 civil suit against the company, but were sent to the journal anonymously and are now being reviewed by U.S. drug regulators...
Arafat funded violent groups throughout the territories. Even in the optimistic early days after the signing of the Oslo accords, Arafat turned a blind eye when Palestinian terrorists bombed defenseless Israeli civilians. Apparently he believed that such acts would force more concessions from Israel. What Palestinians needed was a leader like Nelson Mandela. What they got was a sort of Robert Mugabe. Good riddance, and please, no more crocodile tears...
...treading on dangerous ground. In the first place, I must point out that many of the works of VES faculty are socially oriented and immensely powerful. Hooker Professor of Visual Arts Alfred Guzzetti and Arnheim Lecturer on Filmmaking Robb Moss have both made breathtaking films about, respectively, violent insurrection in Nicaragua and the decay of idealism in an aging generation. Even worse, my request for a discussion of broader social meaning in our art-making practice raises ugly specters of indoctrination. Stephen Prina was especially blunt in response to questions about professors’ potential role in shaping students?...