Violent games outlawed in Venezuela


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WHAT. THE. F**K. :blink:

Having begun its journey through the Venezuelan court system last August, violent video games have now officially been banned in the formally Spanish-owned South American republic.

Games Thirst reports that the Law for the Prohibition of Violent Video Games and Toys came into effect last Wednesday that prohibits the sale, import, manufacture, rental or distribution of any game deemed to be violent.

These are described as ?video games or programs that can be use on personal computers, arcade systems, consoles, portable devices or mobile telephones, or any other electronic or telephonic device, that contain information or images that promote or incite violence and the use of weapons?.

Those found guilty face between three and five years in jail. The purchase or promotion of offending titles is now punishable by fine.

Colourful and outspoken Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in January claimed that video games are a capitalist tool designed to sow violence and aid the sale of arms and drugs.

?Those games they call PlayStation are poison,? he claimed. ?That's capitalism, the road to hell.?

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However much I might disagree, they do have the right to do that.

Depends on your POV, if it was really a democratic move then so be it, that being said real Democracies don't shut down their oppositions Media Networks, limit cable access, etc.. He's just another Crackpot Dictator who got elected to power and now works to ensure that he never leaves by constantly finding enemies to distract the people ( generally the West )

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Why couldn't the US invade him ? He's much more annoying than Iraq was.. Plus his oil is closer.

So you're basicly OK with invading foreign countries to steal their stuff? :huh:

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So you're basicly OK with invading foreign countries to steal their stuff? :huh:

No no..

It's OUR Oil, somehow it got under their country, thus they are stealing from us.

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Well, in Chavez's defense, this law did not come to be just because of him. Several people had to vote in favor of it, so don't take it out on Chavez because he is the president.

Its like every other democracy in the world, the real power rests in the Senate.

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Well, in Chavez's defense, this law did not come to be just because of him. Several people had to vote in favor of it, so don't take it out on Chavez because he is the president.

Its like every other democracy in the world, the real power rests in the Senate.

well considering he's changed laws and done tricks to stack the congress in his country with his very own party, you can't really call it a separate institution from the President's power. Sadly though for the most part everything that has happened is because the people in Venezuela have voted for it. Fun fact people seem to forget is that Hitler was elected. Now by no means am I comparing his actions to Hitler just using them being fairly elected as a comparison. If we ever look back on this 10 years from now, if we even are able to I hope the people never forget that they voted for him.

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Well, in Chavez's defense, this law did not come to be just because of him. Several people had to vote in favor of it, so don't take it out on Chavez because he is the president.

Its like every other democracy in the world, the real power rests in the Senate.

:laugh: Sir, you don't have the slightest idea of how the Venezuelan government works

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No no..

It's OUR Oil, somehow it got under their country, thus they are stealing from us.

Really? got a link or some info backing up that statement? Because i'm having a hard time believing that.

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Really? got a link or some info backing up that statement? Because i'm having a hard time believing that.

Dude, just give up man... you're getting trolled hard. :)

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Well, in Chavez's defense, this law did not come to be just because of him. Several people had to vote in favor of it, so don't take it out on Chavez because he is the president.

this law came because of him, he mandated on national tv that videogames are violent and must be banned. this has nothing to do with the senate, elections or whatsoever. no one voted for anything here, we dont get to choose anything but president/governor/mayor

all the senate belongs to him, 99% of the diputees are from his very own political party (socialist party united from venezuela). what he cant get done by his almost unlimited power. the senate does WHATEVER he says.

this law isnt limited by violent games, but overall all videogames are banned, if you come to the country with an playstation/xbox. it will be confiscated right at the airport.

and if you ask me, games may be violent. but so are movies too. they got an age calification, so does the videogames. why they do this? it was an test for banning stuff, now they are making laws to put restrictions on the internet (chavez said twitter is a terrorist nest)

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What he is really saying is with all the carnage and violence from my thugs there is no need for any other violence around here.

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also this is a bit old too :)

Not really. It was only posted on MCV an hour or two before I posted it here.

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and if you ask me, games may be violent. but so are movies too. they got an age calification, so does the videogames. why they do this? it was an test for banning stuff, now they are making laws to put restrictions on the internet (chavez said twitter is a terrorist nest)

+1.. Though I bet his son plays 360/ps3... Funny how none of the Chavez family had not even a place to drop dead... now they're filthy rich... gotta love pseudo-socialism :)

@mighty jordan, this got published in local newspapers about a month ago, here in Honduras, Central America, is what I meant, probably not online though :)

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@mighty jordan, this got published in local newspapers about a month ago, here in Honduras, Central America, is what I meant, probably not online though :)

Ahh, I see. Fair point. :)

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+1.. Though I bet his son plays 360/ps3... Funny how none of the Chavez family had not even a place to drop dead... now they're filthy rich... gotta love pseudo-socialism :)

@mighty jordan, this got published in local newspapers about a month ago, here in Honduras, Central America, is what I meant, probably not online though :)

are you from honduras? oh man im so glad you ppl could get rid of that zelaya, i wish we could do the same around here. hope for your country all the best.

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this law came because of him, he mandated on national tv that videogames are violent and must be banned. this has nothing to do with the senate, elections or whatsoever. no one voted for anything here, we dont get to choose anything but president/governor/mayor

all the senate belongs to him, 99% of the diputees are from his very own political party (socialist party united from venezuela). what he cant get done by his almost unlimited power. the senate does WHATEVER he says.

this law isnt limited by violent games, but overall all videogames are banned, if you come to the country with an playstation/xbox. it will be confiscated right at the airport.

and if you ask me, games may be violent. but so are movies too. they got an age calification, so does the videogames. why they do this? it was an test for banning stuff, now they are making laws to put restrictions on the internet (chavez said twitter is a terrorist nest)

yup, that's the way it is, one of my closest friends worked there importing console accessories and selling them on the local E-Bay equivalent (Mercado Libre), the market is dead now, so he had to move to Colombia. Venezuela? the next China :yes:

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Baghdad murder rate (2008): 48 per 100,000 people

Caracas(Where Hugo Chavez is) murder rate: 130 per 100,000

Now I won't be stupid, and say you would be better off in Baghdad considering most victims are randomly targeted..but maybe Hugo Chavez should be outlawed for running the country into the ground.

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are you from honduras? oh man im so glad you ppl could get rid of that zelaya, i wish we could do the same around here. hope for your country all the best.

Yeah we went through hell for a couple of months because of him!

Population: #of homicides

Baghdad murder rate (2008): 48 per 100,000 people 5.5-6 million 2,880

Caracas(Where Hugo Chavez is) murder rate: 130 per 100,000 3.2 million 2,710

Now I won't be stupid, and say you would be better off in Baghdad considering most victims are randomly targeted..but maybe Hugo Chavez should be outlawed for running the country into the ground.

They should, I think that was one of yahoo predictions for 2010 hmm no it wasn't yahoo, maybe cnn, but some news site... That people were going to fight chavez out.

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Population: #of homicides

Baghdad murder rate (2008): 48 per 100,000 people 5.5-6 million 2,880

Caracas(Where Hugo Chavez is) murder rate: 130 per 100,000 3.2 million 2,710

Now I won't be stupid, and say you would be better off in Baghdad considering most victims are randomly targeted..but maybe Hugo Chavez should be outlawed for running the country into the ground.

you would be BETTER in baghdad, because the people who dies here so are random targets by murders. in caracas (capital of venezuela where i live). every weekend, read me well im not exagerating numbers. this is 100% official. EVERY WEEKEND from 40 to 90 ppl are assasinated. just in one city with a population of 3.000.000+

sometimes when holydays it can reach 120+ deads from friday to monday.

the campaign is that videogames are the one to blame for the extreme violence. the people who assasinate are extremely poor ones, they DO NOT have money to buy consoles or videogames. is an excuse to start restrictions.

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the campaign is that videogames are the one to blame for the extreme violence. the people who assasinate are extremely poor ones, they DO NOT have money to buy consoles or videogames. is an excuse to start restrictions.

Agreed, I have to ask though, are the ones murdered because of political percussion or random robbery murders?

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