I'm amazed that this is even Constitutional. It's one thing banning something like smoking where the negative effects on health are well known, but how can you possibly prove that video games and/or pinball are bad for society?

The whole thing reminds me of when Professor Harold Hill convinces everyone in River City that the new pool table is going to corrupt their children.

Hell, if anything at this point they need government subsidies and protected status - they're an endangered species!

It does seem odd that people are still going out of their way to hurt the growth of pinball. I don't know why more people aren't saddened to see yet another part of American history slowly fading into obscurity. Perhaps I'm more sentimental than most, but this type of thing has always really bothered me. For example, they recently closed an amusement park near me called Kiddieland. The park had been around in one form or another since 1929, and now there is a fricken Costco where it once stood. Very sad.

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