 All Games Banned In Greece, face a fine if you have them |
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 Jul 9 2005, 12:01 AM
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Premium Member  Group: Members Posts: 199 Joined: 15-January 05 Member No.: 3,284  |
QUOTE A new law passed in Greece means that anybody carrying an electronic game - even if it is just on a mobile phone - could face a hefty fine or lengthy jail sentence Thousands of British tourists in Greece are unknowingly facing heavy fines or long terms in prison for owning mobile phones or portable video games. The Greek government has banned all electronic games across Greece, including those in home computers, Game Boy-style portable consoles, and on mobile phones. Law Number 3037, enacted at the end of July, explicitly forbids electronic games with 'electronic mechanisms and software' from public and private places, and people have already been fined tens of thousands of euros for playing or owning games. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/mobile/0,...,2121692,00.htm That is carzy!! The law even includes games that come with windows and cell phones.  I feel bad for those guys. I bet there are a lot of angry teenagers in Greece. If America ever does this I am moving to Canada 
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Jul 9 2005, 01:58 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 272 Joined: 10-September 04 From: (>0_0)>oooO Hadoken Member No.: 1,068 |
Yeah I think that they should revise the law so that it does not have to include games on consoles or even the ones that come with the operating systems. I too think that the law is unfair. Another thing that I think is that the tourists should not be held accountable for something that does not put a life or quality of life in danger. They are not residents there and should not be in trouble. Gaming is not like speeding where something or someone can be harmed. But I think that the government will find a way to revise it so that what they intended it to cover is covered, and other parts that are just in their becuase because of cicumstance.
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Jul 9 2005, 02:04 AM
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$p4m 0n j00 $h4m3 m3 0nc3 $p4m 0n m3 $h4m3 m3 7\/\/1c3 Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 6,308 Joined: 21-September 04 From: 9r33|\| 399$ 4|\|D 5P4/\/\ Member No.: 1,218  |
put it like this greece just lost a lot of tourism and money i tell you this i be damn if i pay fine cuz i have a cell phone and that i need when traveling. might as well ban all froms of entertainment too while they are at. i blame the parents for that law going into effect.
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Jul 9 2005, 08:40 AM
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apt-get moo  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 2,056 Joined: 28-May 05 From: Hertfordshire, England Member No.: 7,593  |
Why? Why on earth would they ban video games, especially in private homes. OK, people playing GameBoys in public can be annoying, especially on a long train journey, but in their own home? Where is the logic behind that? Perhaps someone from Greece can enlighten us on this strange law?
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Jul 9 2005, 09:23 AM
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Princess Group: Members Posts: 1,233 Joined: 9-October 04 From: England Member No.: 1,563 |
Sometimes people relate game playing to the way a person acts or what they do.
But why the hell are they banning all GAMES...? what is everyone going to do? Just watch TV all day...? What about online games? Is that banned too...this is seriously crazy and pathetic. |
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Jul 9 2005, 11:55 AM
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Member [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 96 Joined: 7-July 05 Member No.: 9,135 |
QUOTE(quiksilver @ Jul 9 2005, 12:01 AM) http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/mobile/0,...,2121692,00.htm That is carzy!! The law even includes games that come with windows and cell phones. I feel bad for those guys. I bet there are a lot of angry teenagers in Greece. If America ever does this I am moving to Canada  what the hell, ban games, why? prepare yourself UK and America cause were about to get invaded by Immigrants. whats the point of going to greece if you cant bring your gameboy, lol its just pointless. |
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Jul 9 2005, 02:43 PM
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Member [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 92 Joined: 28-June 05 Member No.: 8,782 |
 And what is next, drink a water with bubles ? I can expec somthing like this from Iraq or other SouthEastern countrys but Greece is civilizated UnitedEurope Member ?!? ... i think this law will be baned by UE when Greece Goverment lose a process with people. -------------------- Practice is when evrything is work but no one know why. Theory is when work nothing but evry one know why. Programmers join Practice with Theory - nothing work and no one know why 
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Jul 9 2005, 03:15 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 9-July 05 Member No.: 9,213 |
This seems to me a horribly pathetic move on Greece's part. Banning video games will not get anyone anywhere. It will not cut down on violence. It will not change the way people act. It will do nothing more than make quite a few people extremely mad.
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Jul 9 2005, 03:55 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 142 Joined: 24-December 04 From: Queensland, Australia Member No.: 2,902 |
That's interesting. Anyone actually from Greece that knows the reasoning behind this? If one is to ban electronic games, why not all games? What makes games in an electronic form worse than those that aren't?
Apparantly online chess is banned. What makes that any different from normal chess? I say throw everyone who plays games in jail. 
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