Venezuelan government vows to send gamers to prison

News Portal · **Posted:** 6 Nov 09, 9:29 am

The parliament of Venezuela has approved a law that will ban the production, import, and sale of violent video games -- on pain of imprisonment.

The law comes into effect in three months, with sentences for offenders ranging from three to five years.

Venezuelan gamers are livid: "I'd rather go to jail than betray the gamer culture..."

Read full article by James Cottee

FooIsm · **Posted:** 6 Nov 09, 9:33 am

And it continues.

Onyx · **Posted:** 6 Nov 09, 9:35 am

This is incredible. Let's hope it doesn't catch on.

Mythor1 · **Posted:** 6 Nov 09, 9:36 am

I'd rather do without violent video games than spend 3-5 years in a Venezuelan prison. :shock:

More important things in life. Like not becoming someone's prison bitch!

mikeh01 · **Posted:** 6 Nov 09, 9:55 am

OMG - lets hope Atkinson isn't getting any ideas.......

rathborne · **Posted:** 6 Nov 09, 9:58 am

So the endless waves of Saw, Midnight Meat Train, Doomsday, My Bloody Valentine, Hostel, Wolf Creek, Hannibal and other such movies made only to shock viewers with gratuitous violence have no impact on viewers where video games create violence-driven monsters, right?

This is ridiculous.

I guess our hobby and enjoyable pastime is just this round's scapegoat for all the world's problems just as movies and music have had their turn.

mikeh01 wrote:

OMG - lets hope Atkinson isn't getting any ideas.......

We can only hope.

Mr_Cyberpunk · **Posted:** 6 Nov 09, 10:00 am

Wow its like a Live Action version of Tropico.

lol. /OPPRESS! OPPRESS!

DOMINATOR_ · **Posted:** 6 Nov 09, 11:19 am

And we think Australia is bad

Damn this is terrible, the obvious call signs of an out of touch government. Terrible living conditions and poor economic stability are not the cause of youth unrest, it's the video games!

Jude · **Joined:** 2 Aug 09, 6:29 pm **Posts:** 75

lol hugo chavez.. enough said :lol:

Winged Sandals · **Posted:** 6 Nov 09, 12:44 pm

Commies for yah, send in president akerman

ScaR.au- · **Posted:** 6 Nov 09, 4:31 pm

Jude wrote:

lol hugo chavez.. enough said :lol:

QFT

As to be expected with this semi-dictator so it doesn't suprise me at all.

BEEX · **Posted:** 6 Nov 09, 4:36 pm

to the underground we go!.
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what a bunch of arogant crap from old hoohaas with nothing else better to do,send all your kids to war for your greed,not ours!...thanx!
next thing you know the government will be marketing the "all new and never seen before brickwall,in high def!","you can stare at it all day"...amazing!.
this aint the coldwar era ffs!...once again evil powerful people make good people angry...its how evil works.
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excuse my aggression,im just tired of all these old mofo's messing with our lives.

^42alpha^ · **Posted:** 6 Nov 09, 5:12 pm

Quote:

excuse my aggression,im just tired of all these old mofo's messing with our lives.

What he said.

Winged Sandals · **Posted:** 6 Nov 09, 11:50 pm

well i wouldn't mind some hot Venezuelans so come over here ure welcome!

Venezuelan government vows to send gamers to prison

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