Switzerland Passes Violent Games Ban

BanjoTed writes with a followup to news from February that the Swiss government was pursuing a ban on violent video games. He writes "Sadly, Switzerland has now passed the law that paves the way for an outright ban on violent video games in the country. The full implications of the ruling will not be known until the government reveals the exact requirements that will be laid down by the new legislation – a decision that has not yet been made. What is certain though is that the Swiss authorities have now obtained the power to introduce any measures they see fit. The likeliest outcome seems to be an outright ban on the production, distribution and sale of any games deemed to be unsuitable – most likely anything with either a PEGI 16+ or PEGI 18+ certificate."

Comments

Re:What's going on?

[icebraining]

Yes, you are. While I strongly dislike the foreign policy of the US, Switzerland's xenophobia is an embarrassment for all of western Europe.

Re:Define violent game ...

[Anonymous Coward]

> Obviously pretty much any RTS is out of the question.

God, you knee-jerk aszholes are ridiculous. They're not talking about *all* violent games, just the stuff that requires *cruel* behavior.

If you're so stupid that you can't see that there is a difference between cruel and non-cruel violence (yes, gee whiz, i'm sure you can come up with some stupid example of how the term "cruel" could be stretched to define a whole spectrum of behaviors), then lord help you, idiot!

And *3* other r3tards voted you "Insightful?" God, you slashdotters must all have come from the same stunted end of the gene pool.

Re:But how does this reflect poorly on America?

[Hognoxious]

It's a country, not a fucking amusement park.

You're a cunt, and you're not fucking amusing.