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Vroomfunkel
07-14-2006, 09:44 AM
UK Parliament 'Early Day Motion' on Resevoir Dogs game (http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=31152&SESSION=875)
cyberfluxor
07-14-2006, 05:30 PM
I'd hate to say it, but that would be complete bull shit if they did. I have seen shows on Discovery Times and CNN International that there are stores in England that sell Jihad and militant videos for radicals and are legal to sell them. Why in the hell should they ban a freaking video game where you run around killing fictional objects that seem realistic while REAL violent brain washing videos flood the streets and markets around the world. Stop being ass holes and killing the video game industry and forcing it to cut back on violence and pornography and instead grab your testicles to stand up to the fools selling garbage to terrorists!!! Do something that's actually worth your position in the government! At this rate we're all dead and screwed.
Sothy
07-14-2006, 06:21 PM
I'd hate to say it, but that would be complete bull shit if they did. I have seen shows on Discovery Times and CNN International that there are stores in England that sell Jihad and militant videos for radicals and are legal to sell them. Why in the hell should they ban a freaking video game where you run around killing fictional objects that seem realistic while REAL violent brain washing videos flood the streets and markets around the world. Stop being ass holes and killing the video game industry and forcing it to cut back on violence and pornography and instead grab your testicles to stand up to the fools selling garbage to terrorists!!! Do something that's actually worth your position in the government! At this rate we're all dead and screwed.
/me applauds and whistles
Richter Belmount
07-14-2006, 10:27 PM
damn straight what he said
Gamereviewgod
07-14-2006, 11:20 PM
They're not banning it. They don't have an 18 rating for games over there, only 15. If a game needs a harsher rating, it's refused the rating and then it can't be sold. Why they don't have the appropriate rating is beyond me.
Vroomfunkel
07-15-2006, 06:37 AM
They're not banning it. They don't have an 18 rating for games over there, only 15. If a game needs a harsher rating, it's refused the rating and then it can't be sold. Why they don't have the appropriate rating is beyond me.
Uh ... since when?
http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/images/119231cbcf815908667c2416ae9ec083.jpg
See that little thing in the left hand corner? That's a BBFC '18' rating. On a videogame.
In any case, this won't go anywhere - Early Day Motions aren't anything more than a sort of politician's list of petitions. If 300 or so MPs sign one then maybe something might get done about it, otherwise it will just disappear into the ether. Will be interesting to see how many sign though.