i do believe that THEY are against islamist violence, but they are not representative for ALL muslims and perhaps not even for the majority in germany...
the good news are that the largest community of muslims in germany participated (ditib: turkish-islamistic office of religion). but the bad news are that the second largest and the third largest community refused to do so, hmm...
ok, maybe i'm not familiar enough with the variety of games, but i find it precarious that a game like GTA (and obviously others) allows to take the perspective of criminals, terrorists and other freaks and kill the good guys. of course i'm not that stupid and believe people mistake reality for virtuality... but the problem is not a rational one, it's about effects on the subconsciousness (of children) which undermine fundamental social rules and moral values and provide at least an indifference for social problems (and the rights of consumers (esp. children) not to be "manipulated" in that way.)
correct me if i'm wrong: in c&c you find yourself located in a fantasy world or in an era of history and not in an contemporary city and therefore you are not dealing with actual problems of our society in an "indifferent" manner...
it's about cultural conservatism and moral values not about abolishing ego shooters ... in GTA you act as a criminal in a virtual world and with nearly every action in that "world" you violate fundamental rules of our society. what if a game in which you can act as terrorist is the next to be produced? where are the limits? and finally: do you believe that people wouldn't play a game with the same quality! if they have to hunt down terrorists or criminals (and not the innocent)?
i totally agree. and i'm sick of folks that muddle up the liberal ideology of the nanny state and the pointing out of aberrations of capitalism which of course exist.
i just expressed my opinion. seems like you want a "nanny forum" in which you hear nothing else but your own opinion. it's not that dopey to question a game that allows children - you can't protect them completely - to play "killer of the month of innocent"...
ok, maybe the "killer kid" is not illustrating my concern. but i keep my assertion that violence in games should serve a purpose which complies with moral standards.
noone WANTS his children to play the game but everyone knows that a lot of children ARE playing it. you can't watch every step of your kids and you don't want to do that. i don't want to argue with you, but i think my opinion is not that up the pole...