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German Police Union Chief Wants Violent Game Ban After Shooting
A recent shooting in Germany has raised the ire of many politicians and officials, and they're turning to video games as a scapegoat after it was revealed that the shooter was a fan of Counterstrike and played Far Cry 2 the night before the rampage. First, a major retailer decided to drop mature-rated games altogether, and then the Minister for Social Affairs suggested restricting "addictive games," such as World of Warcraft, to adults only. Despite an unfavorable reaction from gamers and game developers alike, the chief of Germany's national police union has now spoken out against violent games as well, saying, "The world would be no poorer if there were no more killergames."
Given a choice between the Germany of today (ban violent video games!) or the Germany of 70 years ago (Genocide! World wars!), I'm not going to lose any sleep over their current extremes.
Just an opinion.
Video games didn't exist in 1939, let alone 1914 and 1871, so what was the excuse then?
Perhaps krauts just like shooting people, especially ones who can't shoot back.
It's true I tell you, feller at work's next door neighbour read it in the paper.
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