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Counter-strike and Everquest banned in Brazil

Submitted by rapture on Mon, 01/21/2008 - 11:28pm.

"Since January 17th, the games "Counter-Strike" and "Everquest" have been banned from sale in Brazil. The order comes into effect following an October 2007 Brazilian federal court decision, which ruled the games encourage "the subversion of public order" and are an "attack against the democratic state."

LAN Centers have been forced to remove the games from their computers or face $5000-a-day fines. This all comes from a recent court ruling.

I really don't know the political situation in Brazil (other than it's a federal republic much like the U.S.), but I don't see how governments can legislate morality and values.  After all, our Constitution was written to limit the government, not the people.

Are the Brazilian courts protecting Brazil and public health by banning these games?  If so, what else are they neglecting in the meantime?

Politics aside, Counter-strike and Evercrack are two of the most popular games of all time.  They've been played in numbers that dwarf the most popular console games.  And now they are banned in Brazil, the fifth most populous country in the world.

This ruling opens the door to many more games being banned in Brazil and even the rest of the world. 

Shoutout to our Brazilian gaming friends.      Tags: , , ,

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That's insane. I also don't

Submitted by Mintz on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 12:06am.

That's insane. I also don't know the political situation in Brazil, but this is limiting individual freedoms and leveraging nothing.

What the bloody heck mate?

Submitted by Xray on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 3:48pm.

What the bloody heck mate? They have no right to do that. There are plenty of worse games out there. I am just glad it didn't happen in the USA.

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Since we're posting with

Submitted by CynEater on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 7:10pm.

Since we're posting with british accents... "Andy, I don't like girls"

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Ron Paul?

Submitted by trigger119 on Thu, 01/24/2008 - 1:59pm.

Ron Paul?

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Like it or not. This is

Submitted by Oculus on Thu, 01/24/2008 - 7:00pm.

Like it or not. This is where we are headed folks. There are large numbers of voting people in this country that are actively working towards similar types of legislated morality and laws that label anything they don't like as "crimes against the state"

Freedom must be constantly fought for, not only in the beginning of our own independence, but by keeping these types of people out of power.

Oculus, you definitely make

Submitted by Tanis on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 12:05am.

Oculus, you definitely make a point. Really, as if the fact that there are parental control settings in games such as Halo 3 aren't enough for these bastards. They're working to make games rated M dissapear, or be banned from free selling, just like games with the AO rating. Really, apparently these fags have something against the fact that we're just having fun. That, or they're the average 'over-protective so-called-patriot of the USA that will try to protect and make everything go their way and/or are total pricks'. Fight back! REBEL!
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You gotta fight. For your

Submitted by Master Kim on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 9:55pm.

You gotta fight.

For your right.

To partay!

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