30,000 people have signed this petition against the ban on all violent games in Germany, reports GameZine. The ban is set to be put into place on the 27th of September, but the public, or at least 30,000 of them, are certainly fighting this, and rightly so. Banning things is never the answer (except maybe murder and stuff). What follows is a translation of the aims of the petition.

“The German Bundestag should decide against the decision of the interior minister conference from the 5th of June, that aims for a ban of action computer games. As an adult citizen and a person eligible to vote, I beg you firmly;

# To erase the irritating and discriminating term of ‘killerspiele’ [killer game] from political discussion.

# To strengthen the trust of the public in existing national youth protection mechanics.

# To improve and warrant the execution of existing laws, that ensure kids and the youth only get access to video games and computer games rating according the USK.

# To support parents and educationally responsible persons in the advancement of media competence.

# To promote the computer games and video games industry in Germany and especially the training of these promising professions.”

I urge all of our German readers to sign up, unless they have already done so, or if they don’t feel like being able to play most modern games.

Tags: 000, 30, ban, germany, petition

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1 Comment » hidden object pc games on August 26, 2009 3:54 am Hmm..I feel that there shouldn’t be a ban on violent games…lessons taught us that the more you cannot get something, the more people will try to find means to get it…in this case, maybe even resort to violence itself..won’t it be ironic then? If they have to ban video games for violence, I think they will have to ban tv shows, movies and even music that suggest violence. Everything should have a balance. True, too much of a bad thing is not good, but too much of a good thing might not be any better as well. RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.