Loads of Germans sign pro-games petition Comments by Tom Bramwell
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Politicians only pick on games because gamers are not really considered a voting demographic. They go after games so they can be seen to be taking a passionate stance against something that is unlikely to bite them back in the ass votes wise. Most of them probably haven't played or been in the same room as someone playing one of these games.
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14/07/09 @ 07:59
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haha I spotted some ''politicians'' in here who were condeming the fact that you couldn't murder proper nazis in german games.
I love hipocricy and unawareness:D look up stuff like dresden firebombing and you'll get my point
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I don't know what your talking about Mr. notmyrealname, because I have not read anything like that in this comments.
However, german law states that it is forbidden to idolize Nazis or nazism in any way. I know this sounds stupid, but to present Nazis or nazi ideology in video games, even just for killing them, is sometimes seen as an idolization by members of the USK rating board. The most publishers know this, and censor their games in advance for the german market, so they can offer their games to a bigger audience. And that's it. As long as we have this laws and this constellation of people running the USK, we can do nothing more than sign this petition.
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