German Police Union Leader Adds To Chorus Calling For Video Game Ban
from the fingering-the-blame dept
After the tragic school shooting in Germany a couple of weeks ago, politicians almost immediately (and predictably) called for a ban on the sale of violent video games. Now, a leader of the German police union has also called for a ban, claiming that in "every" violent episode like the school shootings, the shooter has had an "addiction" to violent video games. Proof of the link between violent games and people acting out violence in real life remains tenuous, but the union boss says "when a chance to remove a probable cause exists, it must be used." Okay, sounds good. Violent people probably eat sandwiches, so let's ban them, too. I bet they have all ridden in cars, too, so riding in cars must cause violent behavior -- ban 'em. This correlation/causation thing is easy, isn't it?![Hide This Hide this](https://ii.techdirt.com/s/t/i/topclose.png)
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If they don't watch out, a young charismatic leader will emerge decrying the oppressive government while at the same time empowering youth to rise up for their beliefs. Sound familiar?
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Common Denominator
Video games are an easy perp.
Did they look at what prescriptions they were on, or had just stopped taking? Probably not.
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HOTD
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Evil Carbon Based Life
slept so lets ban beds and time off
breathed so lets ban oxygen
were made of carbon as inanimate objects can't cause violence they can only be tools
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Re: Evil Carbon Based Life
I guess Judge Dredd was never very popular in Germany.
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banning things?
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German Police
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Supervision
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http://xkcd.com/552/
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