30,000 people sign petition against ban on violent games in Germany

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.