Womble: Kiya-I have played a LOT of violent games and seen a LOT of violent movies. I would disagree with you in that I have never committed acts of violence because of this.
So do you support the Nazi party's right to free speech? Because personally I reckon those assholes have had their 3 strikes!
Womble? I don't quite understand your 1st sentence:
Did you committ acts of violence cause of games/movies?
I said: Violence - or better willingness to violence - can be "trained", and games/movies are one brickstone to this. It takes maturity and emotional intelligence to deal with conflicts in a constructive way - no one is born with that, this has to be trained, too. So, again, I am for youth rating/protection. This is no censorship = I have access to it as an adult. And making a few cosmetic changes so to undergo youth protection is pretty silly - or marr the game as in Fallout 1 (children sequence was taken out of it, no quest solution possible)
Difficult question: <Heartrending sigh> I don't support the Nazi party's right to speak freely - but I would not forbid it. We have laws here, due to occupation after 2nd World War dealing with Nazism = these laws should not be violated, Nazi parties are forbidden here. We have fascist parties here - I dislike them highly - but I can only fight them in
public - if they operate underground, the enemy can't be tackled, they can spread their venom... I can debate or argue with them if they show themselves openly = this is democracy.
The main problem with censorship is again: Am I allowed to react self-responsible or am I treated like a kid - can I rely on others having the same self-responsibility as I have or not. See? That is why I answered with YeNo.
Kiya
Toejam: worry about libraries banning books, and about evolutionary theory being censured from some midwestern school districts. for starters.
Yes, I've heard about this ridiculous procedure in Midwestern School districts - it's a plain joke <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />. I'm glad, religion and politics are separated in Germany. Otherwise it would be the best way to make a trip into Middle Ages again, brrr.
We have a law here (Germany has many laws, we're very lawful <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />, Denazification Law) that books are available for scientific research. So, if you can certify yourself, our little library can provide you with Hitler's Mein Kampf, original version, unpatched, with all bugs. And you need
no certification to read Darwin's evolutional theories <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
