jago6498 Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 News source: Game Daily AP is reporting that the Honduran Congress voted Wednesday to ban the sale and distribution of violent videogames.The vote of 128 lawmakers was unanimous and Honduran president Ricardo Maduro is expected to put his stamp of approval on the bill and sign it into law. If it is passed, the law would take effect in June 2003 and would give business owners six-months to clear their shelves of the banned items. Videogame titles listed as violent and headed for banishment include: Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Turok, The House of the Dead, Duke Nukem, Shadowman, Quake, Instinct Killer, Doom, The Legacy of Kain, Street Fighter and Perfect Dark. Maduro was elected to office a year-ago, riding a campaign that promised to implement a zero-tolerance policy against crime. Yet another group of people who blame video games for the violence that either they themselves are the cause of or don't have the balls to take responsibility for societies actions. :huh: :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilston Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 Who the hell lives there anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jago6498 Posted December 6, 2002 Author Share Posted December 6, 2002 Who the hell lives there anyway? Who cares, its still a lame law! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingsforjason Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 dang, no street fighter? what are we gonna doooooo? i loved that game. but there are so many other games they could ban...half life, gta, deer hunter, rise of the triad....even commander keen has a ray gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted December 6, 2002 Veteran Share Posted December 6, 2002 damn that place i bet elmos's 123 abc's the top seller. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyder Veteran Posted December 6, 2002 Veteran Share Posted December 6, 2002 damn that place i bet elmos's 123 abc's the top seller. :yes: i downloaded the demo last nite :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jago6498 Posted December 6, 2002 Author Share Posted December 6, 2002 damn that place i bet elmos's 123 abc's the top seller. :yes: i downloaded the demo last nite :blink: Yea me to and I'm ready to go a shooting rampage. :blink: :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atom Posted December 6, 2002 Share Posted December 6, 2002 So what do you think they would do if i smuggled in a shipment of vice city and sold it on the black market??? I bet they would pay a premium for some duke nukem action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyder Veteran Posted December 6, 2002 Veteran Share Posted December 6, 2002 So what do you think they would do if i smuggled in a shipment of vice city and sold it on the black market??? arrest you? :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted December 6, 2002 Veteran Share Posted December 6, 2002 damn that place i bet elmos's 123 abc's the top seller. :yes: i downloaded the demo last nite :blink: damn spyder. you are on a roll of funnies. lmao. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat987 Posted December 8, 2002 Share Posted December 8, 2002 who cares what video game is banned in Honduras or whatever. thats a country right? well in some countries women can't show their faces in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jago6498 Posted December 8, 2002 Author Share Posted December 8, 2002 who cares what video game is banned in Honduras or whatever. thats a country right? well in some countries women can't show their faces in public. That wasn't that point. The point was that yet another group of people are blamming their problems on video games when they have no idea what they are talking about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atom Posted December 8, 2002 Share Posted December 8, 2002 who cares what video game is banned in Honduras or whatever. thats a country right? well in some countries women can't show their faces in public. ummm where the h3ll did that come from???? do u understand that this is a game forum not a NOW seminar...... :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrnecnaecge Posted December 8, 2002 Share Posted December 8, 2002 damn that place i bet elmos's 123 abc's the top seller. :yes: i downloaded the demo last nite :blink: Yea me to and I'm ready to go a shooting rampage. :blink: :wacko: you too?! mwahahaha!! :wacko: :wacko: :wacko: stupid lawmakers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrizah Posted December 8, 2002 Share Posted December 8, 2002 I will repeat it because it needs to be said... WHO THE HELL LIVES THERE?! I sure as hell don't. So to me this news means nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atom Posted December 8, 2002 Share Posted December 8, 2002 I will repeat it because it needs to be said...WHO THE HELL LIVES THERE?! I sure as hell don't. So to me this news means nothing. well i believe hondurans live there. some1 correct me if im wrong :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jago6498 Posted December 8, 2002 Author Share Posted December 8, 2002 I will repeat it because it needs to be said...WHO THE HELL LIVES THERE?! I sure as hell don't. So to me this news means nothing. Well since you seem to be into gaming, it should mean something to you. well i believe hondurans live there. some1 correct me if im wrong. Well I don't know it could be Martians that really live there... Seriously tho, gaming is a universal language that bridges gaps so it shouldn't matter where it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat987 Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 my point was that there is no point. women not being able to show their faces was simply an example off the top of my head of one of the many freedoms that are restricted in some countries. so you can't play a video game there, woopity doo. theres probably a lot of things you can't do there that you can do where you live. theres just no point to it all...it would be like me going to a womens modeling forum and saying that modeling isn't allowed in Iraq. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jago6498 Posted December 9, 2002 Author Share Posted December 9, 2002 my point was that there is no point. women not being able to show their faces was simply an example off the top of my head of one of the many freedoms that are restricted in some countries. so you can't play a video game there, woopity doo. theres probably a lot of things you can't do there that you can do where you live. theres just no point to it all...it would be like me going to a womens modeling forum and saying that modeling isn't allowed in Iraq. :cool: Whatever...you obviously not a hardcore gamer...I'm just tired of video games being blammed for peoples problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrnecnaecge Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 ...I'm just tired of video games being blammed for peoples problems. you aren't alone on that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jago6498 Posted December 9, 2002 Author Share Posted December 9, 2002 ...I'm just tired of video games being blammed for peoples problems. you aren't alone on that... It's nice to know that someone finally says something and backs me up...I'm sure there are other people who feel the same way as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crane Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 um..isn't turok shooting dinos? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miran Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 It's nice to know that someone finally says something and backs me up...I'm sure there are other people who feel the same way as well... I actually agree with you on this one too.. It isn't video games that create violence amongst the public - it is the entire public system.. Take America vs. Japan for instance - Japan plays WAY more violent games than Americans, yet the level of violence in America is approximately 120 times higher then the level in Japan (by murder-rates - yes this is from Bowling for Columbine :) ). Video games are the latest scapegoat - like Catcher in the Rye was, and alcohol during prohibition... Welcome to the brave new world WHERE PEOPLE NEVER LEARN FROM PAST MISTAKES. Oh and in reference to the person who commented about women not being able to show their faces... It obviously doesn't matter to you at all that said rights are being violated/denied in "some countries" since you don't even care enough to research what countries such violations are occuring in. Are you part of Amnesty International, etc? I doubt it. Anyways, my point is don't make useless comments about things you know nothing about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancho Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 i live like 4 or 5 countries apart from Honduras... But I still can play GTA :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerichohol Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 ...I'm just tired of video games being blammed for peoples problems. you aren't alone on that... It's nice to know that someone finally says something and backs me up...I'm sure there are other people who feel the same way as well... I agree totally also. Its getting to the point where the media will make any excuse to blame video games!!!!!! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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