Quote Originally Posted by Yeargdribble View Post
If the ratings were defined by a third party rather than any government body, would this change your mind? I can see the potential slippery slope of a bill like this. However, if they simply said that the ESRB was doing a good job and that stores selling games inappropriate to their ESRB rating warranted a fine... I really don't have a problem with that.
And what happens when someone new starts running the show and thinks the ratings are too lenient, the ESRB isn't doing an adequate job, or that some things should be denied ratings and banned outright unless they're changed? If you give the government the power to enforce ratings then you're still opening the door for them to take control of the whole shebang.

Frankly, even if the power wasn't abused and remained limited to simply enforcing an independent groups ratings, the potential for things to go so horribly wrong and the fact that it has happened elsewhere means that I can't see myself ever changing my mind on this.