British Baroness Lumps Violent Games with Weapons, Gambling, Huffing

May 12, 2009 -

Via Spong comes word that video games are not especially well thought of in the British House of Lords. In a recent debate on age verification, Liberal Democrat Baroness Walmsley (left) commented:

Knives, guns, certain games and DVDs, alcohol, solvents and gambling are all very harmful and can destroy young minds and young lives.

To be fair, the Baroness qualified her remarks somewhat:

While the illegal sale of all these products concerns me... I believe that the sale of weapons is the most dangerous.

Comments

Re: British Baroness Lumps Violent Games with Weapons, ...

Submitted by State on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 16:42.

92 out of 738 are hereditary peers, they are in the vast minority therefore your comments are misjudged and misleading.

Re: British Baroness Lumps Violent Games with Weapons, ...

Submitted by DarkSaber on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 16:52.

And yet he still made more of a contribution to the discussion than you did.

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Re: British Baroness Lumps Violent Games with Weapons, ...

Submitted by State on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 18:34.

I was replying to your post, not Vordus'.

Re: British Baroness Lumps Violent Games with Weapons, ...

Submitted by DarkSaber on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 11:29.

See the indent you have beneath Vordus' post? That means you replied to him. Come back when you know how to reply properly.

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I LIKE the fence. I get 2 groups to laugh at then.

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Re: British Baroness Lumps Violent Games with Weapons, ...

Submitted by State on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 19:10.

I was posting at the end of that part of the thread, these forums are particularly messy, but please feel free to fix your attitude.

Re: British Baroness Lumps Violent Games with Weapons, ...

Submitted by DarkSaber on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 11:29.

Right back atcha.

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