| CaptainExplosion said: Good move, provided it doesn't lead to Neo-Nazis rising up in Germany. Those scum aren't welcome anywhere. |
Though i personally dislike the AfD as the most right wing party in our parliament, actual Neo-Nazis wont be a bigger issue with this. And i'm more concerned about American Nazis right now, to be honest.
As for games (other media) and actual censorship in Germany:
Except child porn and maybe snuff, there isn't much if anything you're not allowed to own. Now, it should be obvious why you're not allowed to own crap like that. So, what do we actually have in terms of bans?
Beschlagnahme (Impoundment): You're not allowed to sell media of any kind that is 'beschlagnahmt' or impounded. You're still allowed to own media that is impounded though. For some strange reason you can import it by yourself but it's not (yet) allowed to buy such stuff online. Every 'Beschlagnahme' is decided by a judge, with some courts having been very impoundment-friendly until the mid-2000's. The main reason here usually is extreme violence, usually it's stuff that's considered inhuman (menschenverachtend)
Indizierung (indexing): Done by the BPjM, indexing is only done with media that doesn't have a German rating. Everything on the BPjM index can still be sold from 'under the counter' but may not be openly advertised. It rarely happens anymore today but was pretty common until the mid-2000's as well.
Now, over time some games got impounded for showing Nazi symbols, including various older Wolfensteins. Others being quite digusting stuff like KZ-Manager. That one deinitely was also inhuman, though. From games not being recognised as art in the nineties to not having clear legal regulations there were various reasons over the years. It's important to note though that none of these games had been rated and no publisher wanted to go through a lawsuit.
On the other hand, from a German point of view it's totally ridiculous to censor things like nudity or rate media because of nudity. It's just nudity.
Sex also isn't that terrible that you'd need to cut movies for the little nothing they show...
