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Switzerland Pursues Violent Games Ban

Posted by timothy on from the brutal-crackdown-on-violence dept.

BanjoTed writes "We hear lots about the issues facing violent games in Australia, but the anti-games bandwagon is gathering pace closer to home — in Switzerland, to be precise. The Swiss government is gearing up to consider a total ban on mature games in the country."

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  1. Er... by pushing-robot · · Score: 4, Funny

    "We hear lots about the issues facing violent games in Australia, but the anti-games bandwagon is gathering pace closer to home — in Switzerland, to be precise."

    Are you sure you don't live in Austria?

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    1. Re:Er... by dunkelfalke · · Score: 2, Funny

      Not true. There are some at the Vienna zoo.

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  2. I'm Australian you instensitive clod!!! by syousef · · Score: 5, Funny

    This isn't closer to home for me:P~~~~

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  3. I can understand banning games by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some games are really bad, whether it be egregious content or age-inappropriate content.

    But there's no need to get violent about it. A normal rational games ban would work just as well as a violent games ban.

  4. Re:Slipperly slope by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    remember what happened to you as a child when you "said something mommy and daddy didn't like

    All those years of expensive therapy for naught...

    Thanks, asshole.

  5. A great sign! by Spazntwich · · Score: 4, Funny

    With this focus by Swiss leadership on the dubious social dangers of simulated violence, we can at least take heart knowing they've found solutions to all other social issues with demonstrated negative impacts.

    I'm so happy to live in a world with such pragmatic leaders. We can always count on politicians for intellectually honest debate of issues and good faith efforts to fix the problems they can.

    So nice to sleep easy knowing that representatives the world over don't let themselves get bogged down in baseless populist hysteria or abuse the power they're given to manipulate economies such that wealth is redistributed to their buddies.

    I don't know what we'd do without our honest, hard working politicians. May your silver spoons never tarnish, you captains of hypocrisy.

  6. Re:Watch those crime rates climb! by CharlyFoxtrot · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh video games, is there any crisis you can't solve ?

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  7. Re:Slipperly slope by coolsnowmen · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because I want to blow shit up...

  8. Re:Closer to home? by hansamurai · · Score: 3, Funny

    What are you in for?

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