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2007-01-17 Europe

EU justice chiefs take aim at violent video games

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Posted by Steve White 2007-01-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yasss, it's video games inciting the yoots to riot in Paris, rape in Oslo, and blow up trains in London and Madrid.

And goodness, violent video games might even give native yoots the idea that, like, fighting back is an option. Can't have that.

Posted by exJAG 2007-01-17 02:39|| 2007-01-17 02:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Good target. Can't fight back.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-01-17 02:47|| 2007-01-17 02:47|| Front Page Top

#3 When do they plan the bonfire of books to go along with this?

Games can be downloaded, there is no way to stop them from being played or distrributed online.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2007-01-17 07:02|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2007-01-17 07:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Do the muslim mooks even play video games?
I'd assume there was a fartwa against anything fun.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-01-17 07:55|| 2007-01-17 07:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Will they ban The Sims too? Teens like drowning their sims when they get involved in unhappy love affairs.

I think I know where this is coming from, actually. Germany bans all uses of the swastika, for reasons we can all understand. However, this has caused fianacial hardship to some [board] wargame companies. The Australian Design Group, publisher of the monster game World in Flames, tried exporting their game to Germany. They were all confiscated because one counter had a swastika on it.

Or consider how Europe is restricting chemical research by trying to force all reagents to be 'safe'.

Grow up!

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-01-17 08:04|| 2007-01-17 08:04|| Front Page Top

#6 So.... are they gonna ban computers and internet for the allowance of free thought and ideas too? Can't have those serfs making tooo much trouble with their childish ideas. Like democracy.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-01-17 10:58|| 2007-01-17 10:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Do the muslim mooks even play video games?
I'd assume there was a fartwa against anything fun.

For years the ones about killing Jews and killing Israelis have been big sellers, bigjim-ky. Particularly popular are the ones aimed at elementary school children.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-01-17 13:24|| 2007-01-17 13:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Hey all us USA entrepreneurial types. Can you say, "smuggle" and "black market"?

Posted by BigEd 2007-01-17 15:12|| 2007-01-17 15:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Hmmm,
A bunch of stories come out on how well American soldiers are adapting to the hi-tech military and some of the "credit" is given to video games and the next thing you know the EU wants to ban violent video games-w/them defining violent.
Nah,just a coincidence.

Posted by Stephen 2007-01-17 20:34|| 2007-01-17 20:34|| Front Page Top

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