German Interior Ministers Seek Ban On Violent Games

GamePolitics reports that "Germany's 16 Interior Ministers have banded together to ask the Bundestag (Germany's equivalent of Parliament) to ban the production and distribution of violent video games. Moreover, the ministers hope to see this accomplished before Germany's new elections take place on September 27th." Violent games became a national issue in Germany earlier this year after Far Cry 2 was scapegoated for a shooting. Germany-based game developer Crytek could be forced to move or outsource if the ban goes through. Spiegel Online has the original story (Google translation).

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Re:Godwin's law...

[DreamsAreOkToo]

Godwin's law just proven again with the tags.

When somebody calls someone a Nazi because they're restricting something, isn't that just a reference to the Soup Nazi episode of Seinfeld? I mean, I might call the clerk at Borders a book nazi if she yells at me for reading a book for half an hour "for free." I don't really think she's anything like a Nazi. So does this really count as Godwin's law?

Sorry for being a little off topic.

You know who else...

[Pluvius]

You know who else destroyed civil liberties by taking advantage of the paranoid fears of the citizenry?

I'm referring to the Bush Administration, of course.

Rob

Re:No!

[easyTree]

Warmongering neo-con ghoul detected...