Go Directly Jail, Do Not Pass Go…
A new law being drafted in Germany states that if you play, distribute or create a violent video game you can get jail time. This is according to GamePolitics.com (you can read the story here).
According to a report in Spiegel, a bloody school shooting in Germany last month has led to renewed calls for action against violent games.
As reported by GamePolitics, an 18-year-old Counter-strike player assaulted his former middle school in November, wounding a reported 37 people before taking his own life.
The rampage led Minister of the Interior Gunther Beckstein to propose amendments to German law which would authorize prison sentences for those who create or distribute game content which features “cruel or otherwise inhumane acts of violence against humans or humanlike creatures.”
Penalties proposed by Beckstein include up to one year in jail and/or fines.
This is absolutely outrageous, although he is at least a little more logical than Jack Thompson. We are living in the 21st century and the average gamer age is pushing 30 years old, we aren’t kids anymore. Leave it to the Naz… err Germans to restrict peoples freedoms. I can’t wait to see all of the gamer “camps” popping up hidden in the country side.
December 6th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
That really isnt more logicall then JT, its actually less so… I can’t believe I just said that.
January 9th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
{}I can’t wait to see all of the gamer “camps” popping up hidden in the country side. {}
as debasing as this is to the Holocaust, I still think its kindof funny…
but still… drafting stage, eh?