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Sep 5th, 2002, 07:38 AM | #1 | |
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Playing Video Games could land you in jail...
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Any comments anybody? - S
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Sep 5th, 2002, 08:02 AM | #2 |
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You have got to be kidding me. All this time, I thought it would be nice to go to Greece.
They just completely took their country by surprise. This crap shouldn't happen to people. I can see why they would want to prevent gambling, but who do you know places bets on if a player can kill Solidius? I remember back during the last election here in the US. The canadite Al Gore's wife wanted to place a complete gaming censorship. This angered many gamers. Greece just took it to a whole new level.
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Sep 5th, 2002, 08:27 AM | #3 |
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That's pretty much just plain stupid!
How on earth can you mistake someone playing a game on a console for gambling? If we don't have Microsoft planning on taking over our computers, we've got Greece banning all types of electronic games. Well I know I won't be planning on going to greece anytime soon But I feel sorry for those people who live in Greece and like playing video games most of all
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Sep 5th, 2002, 11:22 AM | #4 |
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At the beginning I thought it was a joke, because I can't believe this can really happen! Then I looked at the source and now I'm really surprised. I knew things like that happened in some countries, but not in Greece! Geez, that sucks! Especially for those who go there and are not aware of the law! They risk to find themselves in some big trouble for not knowing this silly law! It seems some governments keep on accusing videogames of being responsible of all their troubles. I wonder if they actually know the difference between a simple videogame and gambling I'm sure this comes from people who absolutely know nothing about videogames in general.
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Sep 5th, 2002, 11:34 AM | #5 |
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Basically it would appear that Grecian Law is unable to differentiate between electronic gaming machines and electronic gaming machines.
I don't think they're trying to pin the blame on video games. However, I find it slightly ironic that the country that invented philosophy, can't even express their laws explicitly enough! - S
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Sep 5th, 2002, 11:44 AM | #6 | |
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Sep 5th, 2002, 11:51 AM | #7 |
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This is absolutely atrocious... Nothing but a scheme for the Greek government to have an extra scource of income. I'm sure that the same kind of conservative fools that are ranting about video games in this country over there aren't exactly displeased either. This is despicable!!
And what REALLY pisses me off is that American lawmakers from the bible belt or some damn place looking to BAN video games are going to be able to cite this as a precedent! I'm going to do all that I can to see this law repealed. The conservative majority shouldn't be able to do this under the thin lie of "policing illegal gambling machines"!
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Sep 5th, 2002, 12:52 PM | #8 | |
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Re: Playing Video Games could land you in jail...
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Now as I understand, a number of high profile games have already been banned in europe (I heard its impossible to buy Half-Life in germany for instance), but out-right banning gaming is just so unbeliveably short-sighted. Its like blamming Mario for a sudden outbreak of the flu... I'm not one for holidaying places abroad (sadly), but I'll probably be avoiding Greece until i've worked out how to swallow my gameboy advance whole.
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Sep 6th, 2002, 12:52 AM | #9 |
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This may sound harsh, but...
If any of you ever go to Greece, it should be to know a new palce in your lives, go to as many places as you can, and enjoy (if possible) from their different cultural traditions and folklore. It would be absolutely RETARDED to go there with a video game machine to waste your time in there. Better stay home and play as much as you want. But that is an absolutely stupid argument to say "I'm not going to Greece"
But of course, that sucks big time. However, I have a Greek friend who's a real die hard gamer. I have already sent him an email asking him about this matter. We'll see what can he tell us about this crappy thing. EDIT: He send me a message telling me that the law is working right now as for aracades and internet caffes. It shouldn;t affect anyone who has a console at home. He's still real pissed, though. Moreover, the law could then be applied for home consoles as well. The problem is, that not even in the media over there such idiotic law was announced... he just happened to listen about it in a radio station, in a program made by gamers. But people has begun to protest, as he told me. He may join the protests as well. In fact, the guy plans to leave Greece and head for Japan.
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