Manhunt 2 banned in Britan
mitch @ 11:05 am on June 19, 2007
Why is it that people link video games to real world violence? Or music and movies for that matter? I don’t quite understand it. I’ve never been a stranger to these violent video games or movies, and I’m not out killing people. Nor do I have the desire to. In fact, if you’ve read my blog at all, you’d know I’m against the current Iraq war and typically war in general. I am also not alone in this form of thought, and yet we have an ultra concervative right wing that is on a mission for the “greater good” because they believe these things contribute the the decay of society or something like that. However, these beliefs are unfounded, and cannot be proven, and above all they inhibit the freedoms this country was founded on. It is our *RIGHT* to have freedom of speech and to do whatever, whenever we want to. The *ONLY* reason to ever stop a person from doing what they want is when what they want would interfere with someone elses rights. This is the reason Murder is bad. As I said previously however, there is no proof what so ever that these violent video games, or the violent music of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s? or was that era before that too? I know Elvis was thought to be evil at one time and he was in the 50’s right? Forgive me, because I’m only old enough to have my sheltered begining years in the 80’s and my teen years through the 90’s and I can’t tell you the exact order of anything before that. (What can I say, the “history” as its presented in our schools is mostly worthless) Anyway, I believe I’ll sum up my distaste for censorship with a couple of quotes from slashdot.
Great advertising..
(Score:5, Interesting)
by EveryNickIsTaken (1054794) on Tuesday June 19, @12:06PM (#19565967)
Manhunt 2, available soon in the US on the Wii…
GamePro gives it 8/10.
IGN rated 9.5/10.
British Board of Film Classification calls its ‘unrelenting focus on stalking and brutal slaying.’ ‘There is sustained and cumulative casual sadism in the way in which these killings are committed, and encouraged, in the game.’
The idea is dumb.
(Score:5, Insightful)
by Pojut (1027544) on Tuesday June 19, @12:09PM (#19565997)
The very idea of banning ANYTHING entertainment-related in a 1st world country/area is completely stupid.Any newscast will be covering events at least as horrible if not worse than anythin you will find in a video game. The difference is, when you hear about someone getting brutally murdered on the news, a person actually died.
I’ve always felt those that say videogames/movies/whatever that are too violent are the sick ones, for they apparently cannot discern fantasy from reality.
