Parents should be fined if their sub-17 year old kid(s) are caught playing M-rated games

I will start by refuting his points, and then I will hold up my own. Point 1: Video Games promote Violence. This actually is the opposite of my statement, so I will both refute his point, and hold my own up. First he mentions the Columbine shooters. Yes they modded DOOM to simulate the shooting. However, to say that DOOM made them shoot up that school is absurd. By playing Mario I should want to crush turtles under my feet, and hit my head off bricks. This is obviously not the case. You have also, accidentaley, proven my point. Your graph shows an increase in juvenile violence until 1993, the year FPS's became popular. and since then it has been dropping like a rock. The more FPS's become popular, the less violence there is. That is indisputable. Also if DOOM caused that spike in violence we would see something other than what is shown. If DOOM caused it we would see DOOM released and then the spike 2-3 years later, and we would see an increase as time has gone by and FPS's have become more popular. Instead, we see the spike happen simultaneous with DOOM, and then a continuos drop after that. I can not stress enough how much this goes against your statement. I would also like to say that my statistics/graphs that pertained to all violence was because those statistics are easier to find. However since you nicely provided me with a graph that shows JUVENILE violence I will just use that one. . http://www.isteve.com...Point 2: M-rated games use a lot of profanitySo do a lot of public schools. Most of my friends swear. Many of the people in 7th grade and up swear. Even the ones who don't play video games. It is just the "cool" thing to do. You say that video games may cause a student to use profanity, or swear against a teacher. The same could be said for music. If a song encourages kids to go against the school, and swear at the teachers, should we make it illegal? No, we give the parents the choice on whether they think their kids are mature enought to handle. I will refute that in a second. Point 3: M-rated contain a lot of content that is not mentioned on the coverSo we should punish the parents? Fine the gaming publishers for false advertisement, or make a law against it. There is no need to fine the parents because they can't obtain information. Your resolution states that we should fine parents for buying their kids M-rated games. But this is not their fault. Point 4:First off, it cannot be "basically" a crime. It either is, or isn't. Second off it definitely isn't a crime.1. The ESRB makes recommendations, not laws pertaining to who can play. If a parent approves, a kid can play.2. And if they do then it is completely legal? I am not sure what point you are trying to bring up. Holding up my contentions:1. Parental choiceAs I stated it is not the fault of the parents that they do not know what the cover doesn't say. However, parents can easily find out about games online. There are many playthroughs, and a lot of reviews of games. It is not hard to find it on the computer. Based on the plethora of information that a parent can get, there is no reason to believe that they can not make an educated choice for their children. 2. ViolenceAlready addressed.3. Social InteractionSure this can be achieved with any game, regardless of rating. However this is just another pro to M-rated games. My opponent has not shown efficiently why we should fine parents for allowing their children to play M-rated games. It is the parents choice, and there is no reason sufficient to impose such a fine.