[NetBehaviour] When politicians tax violent video games.

2009-04-14 Thread marc garrett
When politicians tax violent video games. Happy Tax Day! As you fill out your tax forms, today we turn to the time-honored tactic of politicians pandering to their base: taxing violent video games. Taxing video games has a storied history in state legislatures. The reality is that video

Re: [NetBehaviour] When politicians tax violent video games.

2009-04-14 Thread Corrado Morgana
Sent: 14 April 2009 10:59 AM To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity Subject: [NetBehaviour] When politicians tax violent video games. When politicians tax violent video games. Happy Tax Day! As you fill out your tax forms, today we turn to the time-honored tactic of politicians

Re: [NetBehaviour] When politicians tax violent video games.

2009-04-14 Thread clemos
Oh yeah, it's a very good deal : the State makes good money, slowly kills a supposedly sin driven cultural industry, and promises to help parents, all at the same time... If you think about, it means that the videogame consumers will become slightly more poor, and also slightly more dependent to

Re: [NetBehaviour] When politicians tax violent video games.

2009-04-14 Thread Corrado Morgana
for networked distributed creativity Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] When politicians tax violent video games. Oh yeah, it's a very good deal : the State makes good money, slowly kills a supposedly sin driven cultural industry, and promises to help parents, all at the same time... If you think about