German Minister Seeks Jail Time For FPS Players

GamePolitics has the somewhat unbelievable news that German Minister of the Interior Gunther Beckstein is seeking jail time for violent game developers, publishers, and players. MSNBC has further coverage of the issue, which has pro gamers in Germany quite worried. From the article: "The draft law, a reaction to a school shooting that shook German public opinion last month, will come before the upper house of parliament next year. But it is already sending shockwaves through the 2m-strong German online gaming community. 'We have among the most drastic censorship rules for games,' said Frank Sliwka, head of the Deutsche E-Sport Bund, an umbrella federation for German online gaming teams. 'Now we are being labelled as a breeding ground for unstable, dysfunctional and violent youngsters.'"

Comments

Re:"Logic"

[Knuckles]

Only in the US can someone believe that trans fats are well-tasting food.

Ahh.. Holocaust?

[gekoscan]

Look, if hitler convinced their entire nation it was okay to kill millions... I definitely think video games could have the impact this guy is preaching about *LOL* Along with it.. Pong, scrabble and monopoly should also be banned. I don't get politicians, the few people that have a chance to make an impact on their societal structure, instead focus on things that have virtually none what-so-ever, aside from Al Gore who never got elected. (Watch "An Inconvenient Truth").. If he was, we wouldn't even be in Iraq and the trillions spent on establishing democratic ties in the east (and killing thousands upon thousands) would have been spent on saving our sorry asses from global warming. Anyways, yes stop the terrible video games!!! they are definitely the most horrific thing going on in our society... Aldous huxley was right.. historians will look back and see that our social norms of present day society were the most deluded and insane..

Re:WOW, more of the same

[RingDev]

They probably should be careful about which means they use to supress it, but they are fully in their right to say that so-and-so behaviour isn't acceptable in public.

Like being Jewish in public with out an arm band?

-Rick