From gamepolitics.com:
In the aftermath of last month's horrific school shooting rampage in Winnenden, criticism of violent video games by German government officials has been on the rise.
In the latest political attack, Bavarian Minister of the Interior Joachim Herrmann [], a frequent critic of violent games, upped the ante by likening such games to illegal drugs and child pornography.
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Gamepolitics reader David Ziegler translates Mr. Herrmann's press release:
The statement contains the usual accusations that "such games are one of the causes for youth violence and also for school shootings, where images from killer games become reality", and that "more and more children are getting mired in this virtual world of violence", so that "they have no time left for school or job training, and are lost to our society".
However, this time, he's taking it a bit further. The last sentence states: "In regards to their harmful effects, [violent video games] are on the same level as child pornography and illegal drugs, the ban on which rightly is unquestioned"
I will forgo the profanity-laced tirade.
www.videogamevoters.org. Not a bad site if you want to keep up with all the latest goings-on in the world of attempts to ban violent video games, or even restrict their sale.
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