All violent video games to be banned in Germany

[fmc83]

HappySqurriel said:

fmc83 said:
Hm. I think we have to get some things straight here. I was wondering why I haven't even heard about this. A quick google research told me the story is already ten days old (5th of june). And the uproar of the gaming community is surprisingly low

1. about freedom of speech
You can basically say everything you want to say if it's not a against the constitution. Well the holocaust denial is actually a crime. Some restriction is good in my eyes. It prevents idiots to spread their bs.

Everywhere this is tried it is abused...

In Canada Ezra Levant was tried by the Human Rights Tribunal (a kangaroo court) for republishing the Dutch Mohamed cartoons in an attempt to inform people about a very important news story of the day. Several legitimate newspapers and Magazines have been tried for reporting the news when 1 individual produced a formal complaint.

2. Not want to get in a debate about gun ownership, so let's just say, that the homicide rate in germany is 0,98 in 100.000 while it's 6,1 per 100k in the USA.

There is no evidence supporting gun control as a method of controlling violent crime (in fact there tends to be a decrease in violent crime anywhere people have the right to carry a concealed weapon), and the crime rate differences can easily be explained by a very large well funded drug trade which encourages criminals to be as violent as possible.

 

1. What was the outcome of your example? To get tried doesn't mean, that you actually broke a law. That's how democratic countries should work imo, if there's a complaint (while I agree with you, that this one is ridiculous), somebody should make clear, that the law is respected.

 

2. I see your points, but let's leave it at that. In another thread we'll surely meet again to discuss this