Tue, Sep 09, 2008 | 06:48 BST
PC Games rallies German gamers against Christian Social Union
The German PC Games magazine has called on gamers to mass-mail leading political figures in the ever-present “killer games” debate in the country in the wake of Zeit Online interviewing Bavarian interior minister Joachim Herrmann (translated here by GamesPolitics).
In the chat, Herrmann, a Christian Social Union politician, says that any game involving “brutal violence” should be outright banned in Germany by law.
Obviously, those who aren’t extremely conservative, middle-aged and a little bonkers, may find his views rather “disturbing.”
Mail the German politicians and tell them so. It’s doubtful a legal ban would ever pass through parliament in German, but that doesn’t mean you have to sit by and wait for it to happen, does it?
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Posted in: Germany, Politics, Violence in games
Tags: Joachim Herrmann, killer games, zeit online
3 comments
#1
wz
09/09/08, 9:51 am
There’s too much violence in our society. We can
1) Stop war
2) Ban games
Clearly, option 1 is for the greater good (economy!), so let’s do 2.
Besides, he’s talking about a whole generation of children who will be eternally spoilt by the violence shown in videogames. This will clearly be the demise of man.
I wonder if he can find out what children had to endure 65 years ago.
#2
Leathersoup
09/09/08, 5:14 pm
hmmm….
Christian Social Union in Germany wants to ban video games, eh?
The National Socialist Party in Germany burned books.
Makes you wonder what their agenda is…
#3
wz
09/09/08, 5:21 pm
Reminds me of Heine: “Where they burn books, at the end they also burn people.”
Just so.