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Gameguru Mania News - Mar,13 2009 -

German Foundation Wants Violent Games Banned - briefly
(hx) 12:05 PM CET - Mar,13 2009 - Post a comment / read (2)
Gamepolitics reports that Hans-Dieter Schwind, the president of the German Foundation for Crime, wants a ban on violent games after yesterday’s shooting rampage by teenager Tim Kretschmer. Bavarian interior minister Joachim Herrmann is also demanding discussion on a ban on 'so-called killer games' to be renewed, and in Strasbourg, European representatives have voted in a resolution to prevent retailers from selling adult-rated games to minors. Here's a Google-translated segment from Heise: The President of the German Foundation for Crime, Hans-Dieter Schwind, calls... for a total ban on violent computer games, and a further tightening of the arms law. The criminologist said that the 17-year-old on the run even further to have done is a behavior the young people in games like Counter-Strike or Crysis could learn...

The Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann has... expressed demand for a ban on so-called killer games renewed... he said, it generally must be clearly said that the games were available, the obvious just in young people cutting inhibitions...
I bet this guy also listened to music and watched movies. We should ban those too! Heh. It's only a matter of time (years?) before people understand that games have nothing to do with violent behavior or early death. It's been said over and over again, the biggest influence in a children's life is their parents, but even then, children can turn out normal if their parents were missing or weren't interested. The opposite is also true. You could have great parents and become a serial killer.

Mental illness is nearly always overlooked in a school environment. Not even just that, anything a student may need to see one of the useless school "counselors" for usually just ends up alienating them. Lets not forget that "bullying is part of growing up" right?

last 10 comments:

PoliticalMaestro

(03:17 PM CET - Mar,13 2009 )

That's all we need is another knee jerk reaction without the effort and time needed to understand the issues. If they ban violent games what's to stop little helmut illegally downloading them online ? Face the facts one or two oddballs going loopy is understandable in comparison with the population 0.0000000000000001% runs amok now and then.

How about the German Foundation for Crime focus on the banker criminals that have blackmailed E.U states into extorting money for their gambling methods and culture of greed. They should effectuate new laws to punish similar crimes from being carried out in the future, instead of bending over and taking it up the ass (in other words the peoples ass). I digress back to the subject this is life we can't protect everyone from themselves its an illusion otherwise go polish big brothers balls !

nb411

(02:32 AM CET - Mar,14 2009 )

OWWW MY DAMN KNEE

There is a difference between what you think is the reason for an action and what the actual reason is, when you have not considered the evidence in any great depth.

The kid had issues, they were overlooked.

People seem to think that the cause and effect chain goes like this:

plays violent videogames --> commits murder

yet ignore that it is far more likely that:

has violent tendencies/thoughts/ideas/ability to follow through --> natural to have an interest in violent games ( AND gun shooting ranges AND violent films AND anything else that supports their natural interests.)

quote:
I digress back to the subject this is life we can't protect everyone from themselves its an illusion otherwise go polish big brothers balls !

Yeah!