Greeks Ban Video Games
from the such-dangerous-things dept
Back in May we posted an article saying that the Greek government was considering a bill to ban all sorts of video games simply because they couldn't figure out how to tell the difference between video games and illegal gambling (which, you'll note, was already illegal - hence the word "illegal" before "gambling"). It seems that this law has now passed and video games are illegal in Greece. Well, there go those vacation plans.
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1) Okay, obviously the Greek government is a bunch of morons
2) You are a bigger moron if you go to Greece for vacation and play video games, illegal or not!
:-) I wonder if Canada will be next...
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I can imagine if this law continues, a lot of young people in Greece who are interested in gaming and/or working in the industry will be trying thier darndest to emigrate. Does Greece want to lose some of their best and brightest young adults? Imagine if they tried this with movies, or books....bah..this idiotic ruling surely won't last long.
Can it?
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The law SPECIFICALLY states that all electroic games that are and remain RECREATIONAL in nature are excluded, and the imposement of FINES pertains to "manipulating software" so that the game can be turned into a gambling game either by the owner of the internet cafe...or...the private citizen who gambles through an online network..
If all the other URBAN LEGEND BS was real..dont you think hundreds of customs agents would have been assigned to airports to confiscate cell phones from innocent tourits??????? get real you fools...greece or any other country has more important things to worry about than the SNAKE game on your NOKIA
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And you can -in principle- be arrested for playing snake in your mobile phone. Now I don't think that
the Greek goverment is so stupid as to try to enforce that aspect of the law, but on the other hand you can never overestimate stupidity :).
And talking about urban myths, this law is NOT
an overeaction caused by moral concerns. Gambling
in Greece is legal, there are casinos and quite a few card playing clubs are licenced for gambling (not to mention lotteries etc). This law is about illegal (i.e. non tax-paying ) gamling. It's all about the money...
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She has nothing intelligent, usefully or constructive to add to this discussion.
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WTF?
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This law will not last much like the law on shops closing early did not last, despite previous attempts of this government (the equivalent of Labour in Britain - the opposition is a very respectable and able party, unlike in Britain).
To give some credit to this government, we must not forget that not only it behaved very normally over the mass hysteria of the brits over the "12" plane-spotters (who had claimed they had joined a Greek club that had never heard of them and been in connection with the Turkish secret intelligence) but it also managed to crack down one of the worst terrorist groups, 17N, by catching everyone: whereas neither the US _ which is in fact fostering terrorist organisations _ nor the UK _ with their continuing problems with IRA _ has managed to do.
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Banning Video Games in Greece
Anyway, as for those holiday plans you suggest should be put off, I should reassure you that if someone comes to Greece, they are after the nature, the sun and the sea and tnot after the video games:-)
So do come and have fun!
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This GREECE thing . Has the World Gone insaine.
What do you mean u cant play mario or counterstrike anymore.. Not even ya ps2 or dreamcast???? i understand the need for Greece to take a firm grip to the illegal stuff but were talking about something as harmless as T.V?
PLEASE i just dont understand...
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