• Violent Video Games Now Getting You 3-5 Years In A Venezuelan Prison
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[QUOTE=certainDOOM;20649737]Venezuela's new anti-violent video game law just recently went into effect, an opportunity for those who import or sell violent video games (and toys) a chance to pay a hefty fine and spend three-to-five years in prison. Gamesthirst and La Gaceta help the potentially violent video gamer better understand Ley para la Prohibición de Videojuegos Bélicos y Juguetes Bélicos, Venezuela's anti-violent game legislation that was proposed last summer and went into effect earlier this month. Basically, the law says that those who "import, manufacture, sell, rent, or distribute violent toys or video games"—games with "information or images that promote or incite violence and the use of weapons"—can land them in prison for up to five years. Those guilty of promoting such games carry a fine "between 2,000 and 4,000 tax units." Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez must be pretty excited to get this "poison" out of the hands of his people, particularly Mercernaries 2: World in Flames, which didn't sit too well with government officials.[/QUOTE] [url]http://kotaku.com/5488360/violent-video-games-now-getting-you-3+5-years-in-a-venezuelan-prison[/url] And you guys thought Australia was bad
Now that's just fucking retarded.
O.o
[QUOTE=CertainDOOM;20661156] And you guys thought Australia was bad[/QUOTE]It must be contagious.
I don't agree with it, but if it's against the law then it's against the law.
Fuck looks like I cant move their ever.. (Or visit)
Well it looks like Australia is going to have to step it up, Venezuela cannot beat us for stupid laws!
Why don't they take violent movies off them too while they are at it? Movies can influence people just as much as games. This is just plain retarded
Newsflash: Over 80,000 Venezuelan gamers go on killing sprees, angered by new legislation.
[QUOTE=^0mKTank;20661177]I don't agree with it, but if it's against the law then it's against the law.[/QUOTE] It's a good thing you don't live in late eighteenth century America. You'd have been thrown overboard with the tea.
Why would you want to go to Venezuela anyway?:S
No, you anti-video-gaming scourge! Stay out of England...
[QUOTE=CertainDOOM;20661156] And you guys thought Australia was bad[/QUOTE] It is. Cristianity is taking over Australia.
Thus law coming to Germany in 3..2..1...
Man Id be in jail for life their.
this is what happens you got a dictatorship going on over there.
I'm glad I live in the UK...
I'm not suprised, there's a video of Hugo Chavez saying violent video games are a capitalist plot to make people buy weapons or something like that.
[QUOTE=^0mKTank;20661177]I don't agree with it, but if it's against the law then it's against the law.[/QUOTE] Man, if everybody was like you, totalitarian governments would have a blast.
Guh. Soon they'll be executing gamers.
What!? How could this be approved?
polls show that bans create significant anger and uproar. that is why bans have now been banned [editline]12:01AM[/editline] and then the ban to ban bans has been banned [editline]12:02AM[/editline] and then the ban to ban to ban to ban bans has also been banned [editline]12:03AM[/editline] the ban to ban bans has recently been unbanned making it bannable to ban bans while also simultaneously making it bannable to not ban bans
What happened to you Venezuela, you you'st to be cool.
Venezuela is fucking retarded.
Drug smuggling, weapon smuggling, and now VIDEO GAME SMUGGLING? Venezuela's a messed up place
Let's all mail copies of Mercenaries 2 to government officials.
Suck it, Sean Penn.
I thought Venezuela doesn't exist?
[QUOTE=BCell;20664506]I thought Venezuela doesn't exist?[/QUOTE] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela]:doh:[/url]
great, so while locals can see real graphic violence on a day-to-day basis, they can't legally see virtual violence on a monitor.
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