German Minister Seeks Jail Time For FPS Players

Posted by Zonk on Thursday December 7, 2006 @10:28AM from the all-i-did-was-a-little-fragging dept.

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.'"

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Euh by tsa · 2006-12-07 10:37 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I wanted to post an intelligent phrase here but all I can come up with is de doo doo doo, de da da da...

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1. Re:Euh by ZDRuX · 2006-12-07 10:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  God damnit! Someone ALWAYS beats me to it!
  
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Re:It's all the games' fault! by iwan-nl · 2006-12-07 23:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Come on mods, parent deserves a Funny!

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