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[BBC] Games 'permit' virtual war crimes

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Video games depicting war have come under fire for flouting laws governing armed conflicts.
Human rights groups played various games to see if any broke humanitarian laws that govern what is a war crime.
The study condemned the games for violating laws by letting players kill civilians, torture captives and wantonly destroy homes and buildings.
It said game makers should work harder to remind players about the real world limits on their actions.

The study was carried out by two Swiss human rights organisations - Trial and Pro Juventute. Staff played the games in the presence of lawyers skilled in the interpretation of humanitarian laws.
Twenty games were scrutinised to see if the conflicts they portrayed and what players can do in the virtual theatres of war were subject to the same limits as in the real world.
"The practically complete absence of rules or sanctions is... astonishing," said the study

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Marin
I thought it was okay for a Ukrainian man to run around beating people with a bat.
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Crazy9000
Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.
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Penicilyn
But an Italian Plummer has been assaulting poor turtles for 20 years and he STILL hasn't been locked up. Clearly the BBC needs to step up their game.

They take away my mindless violence and I'm totally going Vice City on their asses.
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C
Why does it matter what we do in games? Mentally normal people won't do the same what they playing in games.
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So directors/writers/actors of movies depicting war crimes should all go to jail?
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War is war.

Screw "laws"... wow.
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neurolysis
This is just as logical as saying "I'm arresting you for murder... in GTA."
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Phaedrus2129
Holy ****! They're right! Quick, I'm going to set up an imaginary human rights center to help fight for the imaginary rights of the imaginary people with their imaginary suffering in this stupid freaking computer game.

I'd say I've just lost all faith in humanity, except I already did a long time ago.
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So directors/writers/actors of movies depicting war crimes should all go to jail?

I'm pressing charges against Uwe Boll.
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Marin
We should also start burning books.
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But an Italian Plummer has been assaulting poor turtles for 20 years and he STILL hasn't been locked up.

LOL. I really hate people like they...
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So directors/writers/actors of movies depicting war crimes should all go to jail?

O well that's half of Hollywood in the slammer then
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We should also start burning books.

The Bible is filled with murder, I'm surprised they don't want to see God put on trial for it.
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Penicilyn
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I'm pressing charges against Uwe Boll.

Can we just drag him out back and put him out of his misery instead?
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Chilly
News like this gets lamer everyday. There isn't really much to say other than "If it's too much for you to handle, than don't play".
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moward
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The authors said they did not wish to make games less violent, instead, they wrote: "[We] call upon game producers to consequently and creatively incorporate rules of international humanitarian law and human rights into their games.

Perhaps we need a lawyer class in TF2?
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Newbie2009
This has to be the most ******ed news EVER from the BBC.

Absolutely ******ed. What about Mario and hismagic mushrooms. Also, Bowser is not real as he is a fire breathing dragon. That should not be allowed either!
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So directors/writers/actors of movies depicting war crimes should all go to jail?

Sadly, some people have a hard time believing that games are a form of art or expression, because they're interactive. These people are the same douche-bags that try to limit/control what kind of content should be allowed in games.
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neurolysis
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Perhaps we need a lawyer class in TF2?

Charge me!
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