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  1. 08-12-11, 09:33 AM #1
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    Hands up if you're violating the Geneva convention...

    According to the article on the news.com.au site this morning, we all are

    THE Red Cross is investigating whether 600 million gamers are violating the Hague and Geneva conventions when they kill and blow stuff up for fun.

    Delegates at the 31st International Conference of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Red Crescent raised the concerns over the potential “International Humanitarian Law” violations – which can constitute war crimes - during a workshop in Geneva.

    Read more: Six hundred million gamers could be war criminals, Red Cross says | Online Video Games Reviews & News | News.com.au
    would normally have a game stat sig here... but my stats are too embarrassing :)
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  2. 08-12-11, 09:39 AM #2
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    Give me a fucking break.
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    wow. with all the REAL shit happening in the world they're ... this is just... man...
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    Standard news.com.au bullshit

    Quote Originally Posted by Original article
    One of the world's largest and most respected humanitarian groups in the world is investigating whether the Geneva and Hague conventions should be applied to the fictional recreation of war in video games.
    Quote Originally Posted by News.com.au
    THE Red Cross is investigating whether 600 million gamers are violating the Hague and Geneva conventions when they kill and blow stuff up for fun. Are 600m gamers violating Hague convention? Red Cross to see if violent games break laws

    No difference at all between those.


    Basically news.com.au is for retards.
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    Def... Def... Def... Definately for me then
    would normally have a game stat sig here... but my stats are too embarrassing :)
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  6. 08-12-11, 11:25 AM #6
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    News.com fail again. Entire misrepresentation of the actual story.
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    The saddest part is that there are plenty of people that believe everything they read, and even more who would believe something if it's posted on a "news" website.
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    Sooooooo... when actors re-enact a war crime on TV are they violating the GC?
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    Doubtful. They would prolly argue the fact that you as a gamer are the one assuming the role effectively chosing with your own free will to act upon killing people where as an actor is portraying someone killing another person as part of a storyline, or something along those lines.
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    ahh but in that case most games (arguably) have a storyline that you also follow, just more ad-libbed
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