Well it's starting to look like something like that's gonna be necessary. 'cause we can't have all these thing keep happening. People have died playing games like WOW, you'd think that they'd do something, but they havn't.

This is a bit of a big step, one I think is a bit over the top.

you'd think that they'd do something

just tell me what could you do?
what can you do?

there really is not anything you can do without trampling over all sorts of ideals. at best you can be premptive and keep people from playing too much WoW. but you cant force someone not to do something they want to do, that absolutely annihilates natural rights. and whats the point of keeping the body alive if the brain is dead?

maybe he should ban his own military force wich create "inhumane acts of violence against humans or humanlike creatures."

if he thinks video game is a lot worst than having real humans creating and carrying guns then that's one scary dude to side up with. btw, can't he make law's jailing the people where that kid got the gun from before going on shooting spree in the first place? crap! i almost forgot, it was the video game that made him shoot those people.

I have played a lot of racing games but have never gotten a speeding ticket

theres been quite conclusive evidence supporting that video games counter the urge to do something reckless, and also sharpen side skills (like driving)

besides, I cant see a 8 year old shooting at other people with a gun on purpose, let alone accurately, or in rage.

Network neutrality, giving the same types of service to the people who pay for the same types of service. ie no network biasing. whats wrong with that?

obviously theres something I'm missing. do enlighten me.

ah, so the giving up of the NN.
well, that would suck wouldnt it...

meh, the internet is old news now anyway, It'll likely be ditched for a new updated version soon anyway. just hope they dont kill it B4 it comes.

No, I'm quite certain they are coming up with a new, updated version that is all but completely immune to hackers and proxy servers. MIT is developing it. besides, if Microsoft has any brains they'll capitalize on it rather than dump it.

nah, it'll take at least a few years of adjustment to get used to the new system. its MIT man, they are turning the whole system on its head!

(pure conjecture) I think it has something to do with rapid flipping of IP addresses, making any hacker-hold on a websight, server, or computer last only a few seconds at best.
but then again, I have no basis for that assumption.

Well they can currently trace them by IP, but the thing is they either switch it or hide it so its difficult. Still many get caught, and to allow such rapid IP address flipping will require quite a system, but then again MIT probably came up with something better than Gigabytes. Its probably patented and wont appear for years though... cause its trapped in the ridiculous law system in America   

I know I´m a bit late. This is what I posted on the Comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strat newsgroup:

As another German I want to jump in here too.

Yes, there is a proposal from the Innenminister (I don´t know what the
english word for this one is) of Bavaria to make making, selling and playing
so called Killerspiele (Killergames) illegal.

However, this is not exactly the same as a legislative effort to make this a law
tomorrow. He himself said, this is meant as a starting point for discussing
the issue.

There also isn´t a lot of Hype, so to speak about it right now. It might
build up if something like the school shooting happens again soon, but right
now, it´s in no way as bad as the OP seems to think.

To make this a bit more clear for all the non-german-readers and put this
into perspective:
Bavaria is one of 16 "states" of Germany. And one of the ministers of this
state proposes this as a federal law.

Lets face it, politicians tell people what they want to hear and people look
for easy answers and solutions (One has only to look at how
election-campaigns run to realise this)
People don´t want to hear that they themself have to take a good deal of
the responsibility for their kids behaviour. How much better if the "evil"
video games are the reason their kids run amok.

Oh well, thats democracy for you


Ralph Hoenig, Germany

Ahem, the above was sarcasm.

I realy thought my phrasing would make this absolutely clear, apparently I was wrong. Please read my posting again.

As I stated there, the above is a quote I posted on a newsgroup on that topic, so OP is aimed at the guy starting the topic there, not you.

PS: Yes, I could have edited the post somewhat more, but I am lazy, so sue me.

but my point is not to flame the incompetant

well, thats my reason for calling this guy an idiot!

People don´t want to hear that they themself have to take a good deal of the responsibility for their kids behaviour

isnt this the saddest part though...