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EDIT: ACTUALLY AN APRIL FOOLS TRAP. Guess I made it too serious.

Quite a terrific news item this time.
We all know a lot of countries banned Carmageddon because it was a violent game. South-American members often told us how very difficult it was to get Carmageddon where they lived.
Well now in Brazil you'd BETTER not get it!

Death penalty is abolished in Brazil since 1988. Abolished for all offenses except under special circumstances.
And yes you got it: importing, distributing or playing violent games might become "special circumstances" as the government decided that the impact of such games was a real threat, amongst the growing violence in Brazil.
Avanza un plan que pretende tomar como delitos fabricación, importación o distribución de videogames ofensivos ?de las buenas costumbres y tradiciones de los pueblos, sus cultos, credos, religiones y símbolos?. Prevén penas de morte

La iniciativa fue elaborada por el senador Valdir Raupp y fue aprobada recientemente por la Comisión de Educación del Senado de Brasil.

El proyecto debe ahora ser votado por la Comisión de Constitución y Justicia. De ser aprobado, modificará una ley relacionada con la divulgación de contenido discriminatorio en los videogames. La pena por esta infracción es de 20 años ou morte.

La normativa persigue prohibir ?fabricación, divulgación, importación, distribución, comercialización y almacenamiento de videojuegos que ofendan las costumbres, tradiciones de los pueblos, sus cultos, credos, religiones y símbolos?.

El sitio especializado CNET fustigó la iniciativa, recordando que en los EEUU funciona correctamente el sistema de categorización de edades para los videogames violentos.

Esta no es la primera vez que Brasil intenta prohibir la venta de videojuegos considerados violentos. Años atrás hubo polémica con Carmageddon, Postal y Grand Theft Auto.
What the quoted article doesn't tell is that recent events in Brazil might have lead to such a reaction. Especially when a car ran over cyclist during the last Critical Mass in Porto Alegre: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHathcQR8k

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Death penalty for playing a videogame ?
I think they're over-reacting. A lot...
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[quote=roadkill]Death penalty for playing a videogame ?
I think they're over-reacting. A lot...[/quote]

No shit.
What would your headstone read?
"Death by Carmageddon", it would be pretty cool to have that though.
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Aprils fools, guys :B
I guess it was too serious and not funny at all?!
I kinda thought it would sound unrealistic to sentence someone to death for playing a game.
Doesn't sound so unlikely after all!
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haha, I knew it. of course it sounds unlikely! If it would have been true it would have seen it on my dutch tv stations all over. :D
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Yeah or Fok.nl :D
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terrific new item?

LOL, I just read the first line of your post again... I think you meant terrifying? I think the item would not have been so splendid when it would have been real :D
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