The library board in Paterson, New Jersey last month passed a measure that banned patrons from playing video games on library computers. Naturally, the National Coalition Against Censorship has something to say about this. In a letter to library director Cindy Czesak and library trustees, the NCAC wrote:
Video games are protected speech under the First Amendment and, as such, cannot be regulated or restricted by public officials in response to concerns about their message or content.
Boom. Those game-banning librarians just got served in the best way possible: by the constitution. It remains to be seen whether they'll redact their free speech-hating ways.
