Finally! A ruling I agree with!

PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a $33 million lawsuit that blamed video game makers, a pornographic Web site and a movie studio for a deadly 1997 school shooting spree.

``We find that it is simply too far a leap from shooting characters on a video screen (an activity undertaken by millions) to shooting people in a classroom (an activity undertaken by a handful, at most),'' Judge Danny Boggs said in a ruling Tuesday by the three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.

The lawsuit claimed the entertainment companies exposed gunman Michael Carneal to violent and sexual images.

On Dec. 1, 1997, Carneal, then 14, walked into Heath High School near Paducah and opened fire, killing three students. He is serving a life sentence.

Michael Breen, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said they haven't decided whether to appeal.

Richard H.C. Clay, representing defendant Id Software, said: ``The First Amendment protects freedom of expression, and that is precisely what we have here.''

Well, it is about time. People should be held responsible for their own actions.

A glimmer of hope.

Good to hear.

Next someone will try sueing because THEY spilled the hot coffee.... Hurray for the Judges!

Ok, this is soooo badly off the toppic, but in keeping with the '...judges are ok theme...' I actually work for a judge who is really quite cool. We are part of the Dust Diseases Tribunal (the only specialist tribunal of this type in the world!) an area that deals with workers who were affected by asbestos (mainly). They have mesotheiloma and will shortly die...

Sorry so badly off your topic, Jasper. Just thought I'd agree with you on the some judges are cool thought...

We often hear here 'the law is an ass' It is nice though when it works....