Chlistmas Berrs all linging at Wuzzadem.
While Muslim youth misbehave in France . . .
And riot to protest German bordellos . . .
And generally run amok over stuff like cartoons of the Prophet . . .
Germany steps up to stem the tide of violence by cracking down hard . . .
On players of violent video games.
Players and creators of video games could face imprisonment for acts of virtual violence under draft legislation being drawn up by two of Germany’s state governments.
Politicians in Bavaria and Lower Saxony have proposed a new offence that will punish “cruel violence on humans or human-looking characters” inside games. Early drafts suggest that infringers should face fines or up to 12 months’ jail for promoting or enacting in-game violence.The scheme comes in response to a shooting last month in the town of Emsdetten on the Dutch border, where Sebastian Bosse, an 18-year-old games fan, stormed into his former school and wounded 37 people before killing himself.
The incident caused outrage and the bill’s sponsor, the Bavarian interior minister Günther Beckstein, claimed there was a direct connection between Bosse’s actions and his love of the game Counter Strike. “It is absolutely beyond any doubt that such killer games desensitise unstable characters and can have a stimulating effect,” he said.
Well, you know how it is with Germans and War Games. Best to nip these things in the bud.
From the article:
according to one of the bill’s sponsors.
Okay, let’s posit that. Lots of things “desensitise unstable characters and can have a stimulating effect”. Divorce proceedings. Losing a job. Loud noises. Cats.
The problem is the “unstable characters”, not the friggin’ game.
What about Catcher in the Rye?
Simply another day in John Ashcroft’s Amerikkka…..
Oh wait.
Wir Werden Verurteilt! verurteilt erkläre ich Ihnen! Ach die Lieben….
– Is Torak lawyering up yet? Or SpidarMan…. Can the Invincables get family coverage. This trampling of Action Hero’s right’s must be stopped! Where’s the Justice League when you really need them?
– Next up: “German government set to outlaw reset buttons. Deemed harmful to childrens sense of “stability”. Micros0ft named in billion dollar suit.”
Hey, The Germans have a point. You can get a blister and a sore thumb if you play around with that long enough.
Or so my brother once told me.
By that line of thinking, I should have killed off half of my town by now. Which, to the best of my knowledge, I have not done.