Germans getting BANNED from ET?

by _Spit • 22 Nov 2006, 21:51 • Journals
After a recent school shooting in GermanyGermany, they are debating whether or not to ban all "killer games" entirely:

Quote...the federal government should now ban both offline "killer" games like paintball and video games like Doom 3 and Counter-Strike. Der Spiegel reports that Wolfgang Bosbach, a conservative parliamentary leader, said, "If it's true that the 18-year-old perpetrator intensively played so-called killer games, it's finally time for parliament to take action."


taken from:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061121-8264.html

QuoteThe interior minister of the eastern state of Brandenburg, Jörg Schönbohm, said: "Killer games make a fatal contribution to a growing tendency towards violence and they promote aggressive behavior. That's why strict action is needed against games that glorify violence."


taken from:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,449814,00.html

image: LittleGerman.7.19.06
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tjiube 22 Nov 2006, 21:52
Heard that to , it will never accomplish though.
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u-BooT 22 Nov 2006, 21:56
rofl! viva la politics!
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kmz 22 Nov 2006, 21:56
woot germanless ET!!!
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hAte__3 22 Nov 2006, 22:04
You're stupid 111 Freeware games cannot be banned. Not even in Germany
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swas 22 Nov 2006, 22:42
they cant ban shit.
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hAte__3 22 Nov 2006, 21:58
It's merely a cheap attempt to find something else to blame than the grand coalition's policy.
Do not pay too much attention to it :)
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Otternase 22 Nov 2006, 21:59
totally agree :)
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Fizmo 22 Nov 2006, 21:58
bb germany @ NC

(would be fun tho:<)
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Otternase 22 Nov 2006, 21:59
ridiculous to say it was the fault of such games. politicians are so fucking dumb, i cant believe it.
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Reborn 22 Nov 2006, 21:59
then we will play illegal :) who cares ? xD
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overdrive 22 Nov 2006, 22:15
Everything is possible on the internetz. I would love to see the first government succesfully banning a game ... I remember carmegadon having green blood in yermany. You just had to download a patch and turn on the red blood again.

(mmm, carmegadon. Pixel carnage :D )
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cuttyP 22 Nov 2006, 23:38
there are banned games in Germany... Manhunt is banned and its posession is prohibited :P
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Necuz 23 Nov 2006, 00:36
Manhunt's a great game.
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mphizz0r 22 Nov 2006, 22:15
They wanted to do the same 4 years ago , didn't work too.
Stupid Politics -_-
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voo 22 Nov 2006, 22:34
i would put money on it being the parents fault
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Gibri 22 Nov 2006, 22:47
ive killed people 13 times after playing et for 36 hours straight ;<
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shezZaa 22 Nov 2006, 22:49
naja.. stellt euch vor.. keine deutschen whiner mehr auf publics :o.. abr naja.. würde was fehlen.. so mehr oder weniger
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Decade 22 Nov 2006, 22:56
bye butchji and urtier
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biqq 22 Nov 2006, 22:58
Thats something they discussed for ages and nothing happened yet.
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xyl 22 Nov 2006, 23:07
was said like 5 years ago already when that erfurt incident took place and nothing actually happened
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butchji 22 Nov 2006, 23:14
I agree with them. CounterStrike is the cause of all murders.
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Gijzeh 22 Nov 2006, 23:17
so Netherlands will win NC?
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Kiewan 22 Nov 2006, 23:52
Nope, they already won it
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Gijzeh 23 Nov 2006, 00:01
read?:( im talking about coming season, not about last season, look at the verb....
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wipeout 22 Nov 2006, 23:23
Pass auf, sonst verlierst noch wegen denen deinen Job ;)
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gambit 22 Nov 2006, 23:25
warum warst du grade nicht im wdr
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nuggan 23 Nov 2006, 00:21
rofl?

Germany sucks.
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hAte__3 23 Nov 2006, 08:02
That Barbie doll in your profile sucks.
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