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Germany Places Command & Conquer on Restricted List

Posted by chrisd on from the plain-brown-wrapper dept.

heli0 writes "CNet is reporting that Germany has placed EA's newest Command & Conquer game 'Generals' on its restricted list, which means it may not be advertised or displayed on shelves although it may be kept under store counters and sold to adults. The reason according to Elke Monssen-Engberding, director of the Ministry for Family Affairs: 'It portrays war as the only way to resolve conflicts.'"

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  1. The impact of this decision by Harald74 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anyone else wants to bet that sales will soar?

    GTA3 was in the news here in Norway a lot when it was released. Different agencies and ministers connected with children all wanted to ban it. Result? Top seller in Norway that year...

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  2. Re:How about George Bush? by saskboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'd mod you as insightful, but the troll mods you will no doubt accumulate would outweigh me. Michael Moore may be outspoken, but he makes the same point you do. Games don't kill people, people kill people.

    Games don't help unstable people, but they don't twist stable, healthy people looking for a fun evening with friends.

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  3. Good for Germany. by alistair · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A quote I saw the other day

    "You know that times are stange when the best rapper in the world is white, the best golfer in the world is black, the Americas cup is held by landlocked Sweden, the French are accusing the Americans of arrogance and Germany is steadfstly refusing to go to war."

    I agree with this decision. The reporting of this war has verged on pornography, with too many reporters getting excited about bombs and tanks and too little attention being paid to the human cost. They are right not to ban it, but right not to promote the joy of conflict at this time either.

    1. Re:Good for Germany. by Lemmy+Caution · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I don't think it's ironic at all that Germany and Japan are, in different ways, two of the most resolute "pacifist states." It's more likely to be the consequence of their histories, than in spite of them.