Here's an idea: "Implied consent"
In the state of Oregon, there's an "implied consent" law that says that if you drive a motor vehicle, you agree to submit to an alcohol test if pulled over by a cop... or if you refuse, it is an automatic drivers' license suspension.
I think this same idea should be applied to video games/mass media as well.
Basically, by playing a video game, watching a movie, etc., you would agree that you would not hold the manufacturers/distributors/retailers/etc., responsible for the actions the individual take as a result of using that form of media.
Furthermore, I would add some teeth to this: If someone killed a cop, injured themself, etc., as a result of playing a video game (as an example), and identified the game as their reason for doing this, the manufacturers/distributors/retailers/etc., have the right to sue the individual(s) involved for violation of implied consent, making their product look bad, negative publicity, lost sales as a result of their game pulled from store shelves, etc.
I think that would make some 15-year old think twice before trying to pull anything stupid that would make their paychecks garnished for the rest of their life because they were stupid and are now having to pay a multimillion dollar lawsuit to the video game company, *and* the parents would also have to actually parent their kids rather than thinking the media and general public are responsible for THEIR responsibility of raising their children.
Because, as Sam said:
> It's a freaking game.
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