Posted on 12/13/2006 9:55:58 AM PST by FLOutdoorsman
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
You're still not getting it. Those 2 items - the gunman story and the video game - are not interchangable. The Spiegel homepage is set up somewhat like a newspaper: The first 30 items are the headline section. Below are the regular back sections of the magazine: Panorama, Politics, Sport, Economy Science, Culture and NETWORLD. 'Left Behind' did not appear in the headline section. It appeared in the networld section. So your whole point with the gaza story is totally irrelevant, because the gaza story is not networld news anyway. I'm definitely full of shit because this must be the third time I'm trying to tell you that. I'm wasting my time on a moron, that is even worse than being one myself. So, this is my last post on this topic.
Can I still play Flight Simulator after 7 beers?
You're probably right. I just don't get it.
Let the punishment fit the crime!
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