loftar wrote:Whyever would we prevent anyone from playing on account of such a thing as age?

There are quite some reasons why one could argue to limit use of H&H for the young ones:
Bloodsplatter (combat)
Violence (rage + murder)
Sex (cows fucking)
Gore (intestines)
But I hope that you - in case people who have a problem with this and start to argue along the lines of
think about the children - do the only reasonable thing, and give them the following answer: keep an eye on your kids and don't put them unattended infront of a computer (or tv), thanks for the talk, now fuckoff.
Having a minimum age might make sense because it will keep the users more mature, leading to a more intelligent userbase.
But i think the current state of the game does this by itself quite good.