Posted on 12/09/2011 2:39:49 PM PST by Da Bilge Troll
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.
“Exactly how video games influence individuals is a hotly debated topic, but for the first time, Movement partners discussed our role and responsibility to take action against violations of IHL in video games,” the Red Cross wrote in its daily bulletin.
“While National Societies shared their experiences and opinions, there is clearly no simple answer. There is, however, an overall consensus and motivation to take action.”
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
If you take away their games they might do it for real?
Isn’t the Red Crescent Hamas? PLO?
there is clearly no simple answer. There is, however, an overall consensus and motivation to take action.”
Just like global swarming, what a bunch of bologna.
“There are concerns about the blurring of fantasy and reality,” he said.
“There’s a danger of war becoming a spectator sport. People need to realise that this is real stuff.”
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/gaming/six-hundred-million-gamers-could-be-war-criminals-red-cross-says/story-e6frfrt9-1226216184190#ixzz1g50NccZV
Whoa, just a minute folks. No, this is not "real stuff" - it is a game people, a game.
Sheesh, what's next, hate crime penalties for poker players? After all, when they go for a flush, they're discriminating against cards of a certain color...
The Red Cross may be right. Look at that idiot in the WH gaming being a president.
Another false claim-—this is a HOAX.
I think this was debunked on Fox. Still, the Hague will probably be the setting in the next “Fallout”.
“The Red Cross said if it finds the conventions have been violated, they may ask game developers to conform to international laws or encourage governments to create laws that regulate the gaming industry, Kotaku reported.”
Go screw yourself, loser.
This is a fake story. Fox covered it this AM.
And Monopoly cause greed?
Yeah, I wasted 50 or 60 assorted commies, ragheads and Somali skinnies in the last twenty minutes or so on MW3, and I've gotta tell you, it just leaves me wanting to do the real thing.
Call of Duty World at War, Sgt Reznov a war criminal? You betcha. :o)
Not to worry, Dixie Carter is dragging doughnuts from the salvation army to the prisoners...... for free
Maybe we shouldn’t let kids hit pinatas because they might start hitting real people with sticks in the future.
Maybe they shouldn’t play pin-the-tail on the donkey because they might think it’s okay to stick sharp things into people.
Maybe they shouldn’t be allowed to kick soccer balls, or hit baseballs, or block and tackle in football.
Maybe they shouldn’t be allowed to read or write or think about anything violent, because they might get confused and act out whatever they read or wrote or thought of.
Maybe we should control their minds so that there is no chance they will do anything we don’t approve of.
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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.
Drop dead you pathetic morons
Monopoly.
Also to quote the Federal Reserve charter Monopoly rules: If the Bank runs out of money, the Banker may issue as much as needed by writing on any ordinary paper.
It’s pretty pathetic that it’s this hard to tell if a story’s real or not, but I guess that’s just the time we live in...
Leftist Utopians are hilarious tyrants.
"Dr. Skinner. Paging Dr. Skinner. Dr. Skinner to the white operant conditioning phone..."
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. "Exactly how video games influence individuals is a hotly debated topic, but for the first time, Movement partners discussed our role and responsibility to take action against violations of IHL in video games," the Red Cross wrote in its daily bulletin.The International Red Cross is guilty of decades of bigotry regarding its treatment of the Israeli aid organization.
eh, I’m more worried about the hundreds of cities I let be torched while playing Missile Command.
We better arrest Bill Gates, for indirectly contributing to war games and gamers and video machine builcers.
For now.
"Kill Japs! Kill Japs! Kill more Japs!" - Bull Halsey. . . I can only imagine the panty-wetting that would happen in reaction to that utterance today.
Way, way too much time on their hands.
Oh, dear.
I killed over 220,000 alliance in World of Warcraft. Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of various other humanoids I encountered in that game.
If I stop posting on Free Republic, we’ll know that the international law finally caught up with me.
Will “They shouldn’t have been alliance” be a suitable defense for my war crimes trial, I wonder?
These are pussies that excoriate the West and say little about the crimes of radical Islamists. They do this because it is safer.
"..Video games and IHL: how should the Movement take action?
While the Movement works vigorously to promote international humanitarian law (IHL) worldwide, there is also an audience of approximately 600 million gamers who may be violating IHL in the virtual world. Exactly how video games influence individuals is a hotly debated topic, but for the first time, Movement partners discussed their role and responsibility to take action against violations of IHL in video games. In a side event, participants were asked: “what should we do, and what is the most effective method?” While National Societies shared their experiences and opinions, there is clearly no simple answer. There is, however, an overall consensus and motivation to take action..."
Relax. Disproven, disproven, disproven...
See 33.
The American Red Cross is denying it.
Oh.
Umm, wait--maybe not.
≤}B^)
31st International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
"..The Statutes of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement state "The International Conference is the supreme deliberative body for the Movement". At the International Conference, representatives of the components of the Movement meet with representatives of the States Party to the Geneva Conventions (…). Together they examine and decide upon humanitarian matters of common interest and any other related matter" (Art. 8)..."
600 million gamers never signed the Hague or Geneva Conventions, so they don’t apply to them.
Hey! I really thought "Pinata" was "Midget" in Spanish! It was a misunderstanding and I apologized! Just drop it!
Jeez!
The Movement wants to go from deliberation to action on the matter of Cyber War Crimes, but they realize it is not yet politically expeditious to do so.
Letting the bright light of day shine upon this scheme should be a good way of defeating such nonsense.
Hoax or not, the whole story is the result of people with too much time on their hands.
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