@Melistrius: Btw, are movies censored the same way in Germany? For games the law, as i believe, is that they are not allowed to have violence towards/kill humans or human-like characters? And the Turok: Dinosaur Hunters indians were all robots, but were the dinos too?

@ steven - you have it backwards there. 3 neccessities of survival are Food, Clothing, and Shelter. The gov't should not be allowed to tax these, as they are basic human necessities. So no food/water tax, no clothing/sales tax, and no property tax. Don't you find it absurd that the house that you bought outright, no loans or whatever, can still be taken away from you because you didn't pay the taxes on it?

The German government are a bunch of pussies. House of the Dead is banned over there. Anyone agreeing with that is an idiot.

@Chrizum: I believe that so are child porn and incest too.
Look, there are restrictions everywhere and everyone isn't going to be happy with them. I think steven already said what you should do about it: vote.

Agreed 100%. Some people get spoiled with their upbringing, and haven't had to see what it's like to be under extreme oppression. For example, my wife is from Cambodia, and her parents had to survive through the Khmer Rouge. 2 million out of the 3 - 4 million people that lived in Cambodia died. That is an oppresive government. They killed anyone that had any semblence of an education for fear of an uprising.

Give them an inch, and they'll take a mile.

Well the UK's watchdog has called for Mad World to be banned in the UK as it spoils the "wii's family friendly nature" I just think it is rubbish

Well its' probably gonna be released here in Sweden, Don't think any game have been censored in a long long time.

 You're really skewing modern western (say, American) national security hardcore to the ideologies of past dictators when in reality, there's a major difference.  You sound like a Socialist radical because you are clearly against Nationalism.  In reality, though, the two are not all that different.  Both are freedom-restrictors.  I never actually mentioned anyting about how you feel about income taxes, hence, I didn't bold it in my original response.  Frankly, I think income taxes are fine for now, but some change must be made.  Here's a thought, vote for the hardcore leftists and that change means raising the hell out of them so they can transform the government into a powerful socialist empire that becomes all-controlling.

There is, of course, nothing wrong with questioning authority or the government, but some people take it too far and question just for the sake of questioning and assume all government statements are lies.  Case in point:  9/11 Conspiracy Theorists.  I think it's pretty sad that there are people stupid enough to simply buy into the ignorance of something like Loose Change which was crafted by nonsensical college know-nothings, but then completely disregard actual structural engineers when they explain the quirks in how the towers fell.  This is when questioning goes too far and reaches absurd levels.

Also, America is not a Democracy.  It's a Republic--and that's what it was intended to be from it's inception by the founding fathers.  A Democracy is "rule by the rabble," so to speak.  Democracy makes lynch mobs right because everyone in them can vote to lynch/hang/execute someone they merely perceive as a threat.  A Republic is ruled by law, which supercedes Democracy.  A hundred people may vote to execute a man believed to be guilty, but the law ensures that man is properly tried to make sure of his guilt or innocence before-hand.

Essentially, your original post reeked of radicalism that had mostly socialist overtones, with the exception that you don't like paying taxes (move to Nevada, shmuck!) and actually believe that you can take care of yourself when, in the modern world of "blame everyone and everything but me for my poor decisions and outcomes," it just seems far-fetched.  Maybe you can take care of yourself, but you're not Bear Grylls and only know how to "take care of yourself" under an existing government system.  Take away the government, and then test your mettle against a lawless land to see if you can really care for yourself.  Assuming that most all "western powers" are oppressive is a blanket radicalist statement.  Trying to sugar-coat it by saying "there are degrees of oppression" is kinda silly.  Sure, the Patriot Act sucks, but it's a far cry from the kind of true oppression that existed under Hitler, Stalin, or those other wonderful folks like them. 

Don't like paying taxes?  Suck it up, because that's how the government gets funds.  Anarchy is what you get without any government system, and anarchy is unlikely to be a steady system given the naturally volitale state of anarchy--meaning that at some point, all anarchy evolves into some kind of government system and eventually, taxes are needed to fund said system.  This isn't to say that all taxes make sense or are necessary--frankly, the government could be doing a much better job of handling that money, if you ask me.  For one, I think all Senators and Representatives should work for minimum wage and nothing more.  In that sense, minimum wage would be increased to workable standards, and in another, you'd get more honest people doing government work because they have a passion for government rather than a passion for money and power.

The modern world, America especially, still offers loads and loads of ways to be an individual.  You act like a dark day is looming where that won't be the case.  Sure, if Hillary was elected and her communist health care system was implemented, there goes the freedom to choose your doctor or provider, but even that's a hefty step away from total destruction of individualism.  Personally, if people don't have health care, that's really their own fault or doing.  Get a job and organize your bills and live within your means then the monthly bill for health care coverage wouldn't seem so ridiculous.  I know it's tough, but people simply need to be more self-reliant.  I think what's a more dangerous possibility isn't a removal of freedom (in so far) as the masses wanting the government to have more control so that the government will take care of them.  And that's not freedom.  That's a government babysitting it's people and ratcheting up taxes to do it.  Like Hillary said when quesioned about how her overly expensive, irrational health care plan was to be paid for, "we'll just go after their income."  I have an idea she's probably never heard of before:  "Be fiscally responsible and let the people keep their money."

I'll try to keep this the last moment of my hijacking of this thread.  To the OP:  FORGIVENESS PLEASE!

"Those that sacrifice freedoms for security and protection deserve neither."

Fear is how a government takes control of people and manipulates their opinions.  Fear is how Hitler took rights away from the German people.  Fear is the tool of manipulation and corruption by any organization whether it be religion or a government.  So all that national security thing you let that fly.  You let the government continue to tell you what's going and you let thme continue to say we need to take this to keep you safe.  And you'll see where it gets ya.

Otherwise with this article it's none to surpising those to games won't release in Germany.