Knights Templar Call For "Negative Game" Ban in Germany

[jamesworkshop]

Don't worry it doesn't look like every templar agrees with them, templars complaing about violent content is actually quite amussing for a military order

 

[DSK-]

Templars? Knights? You're having a giraffe, surely?

 

[Avayu]

ahhh Germany trying to cover up Hilter, the Nazi's and violence since 1946.

What? I can see what you are talking about with the violence, but covering up the time of national-socialism and Hitler? Believe me, for about the last 50 years, Germany has done exactly the opposite.

actually after ww2 you could find nazis in virtually every public institution in Germany, Politics, Police, justice system even the intelligence agencies tasked with catching nazis had nazis in them(which may or may not have something to do with the facts that they didn't do a very good job.)
Germany and countries who occupied it at the time had a choice: either prosecute everyone who did something wrong or let the country rebuild. And because the US used Germany as a poster boy for just how well capitalism works they decided that rebuilding was more important.

I know. That's why I said "for the last 50 years". Because until the sixties, a lot of it was covered up, or at least people didn't want to speak about that particular part of German history. The student movement of this time was the first group to really demand a discussion about the time of national-socialism and the crimes of their parents' generation.
And yes, the occupying forces (mostly the western Allies though) liked to use old Nazis, simply because of how convenient they were in the struggle against the Soviet Union.

 

[emeraldrafael]

These guys are still around? I thought they were killed off when the Church decided they were too badass to exist.

Oh well, how much political pull can they really have?

 

[DaHero]

Hey uh Ezio? Yeah I got a job for you...

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

They have good intentions, at least.

 

[The_ModeRazor]

I somewhere read that the original Knights Templar were one of the most reasonable and progressive knight orders out there, what with exchanging technology and trading and banking system and shit in the Holy Land. I also seem to remember that their "open-mindedness" and "lack of religious zeal" was cited as one of the main reasons when they got fucked by the Church. I may be wrong, but if not, then I feel sorry for them. Doubly so because I love AC. And because they looked fucking badass.

Also, these guys are just lame. Let them die in shame.

 

[Jonny49]

Didn't the Templars kill thousands/millions of innocent people?

...What?

Not these guys, but the original Templars.

During the crusades?

I might be talking out of my arse, my history is pretty rough.

 

[SextusMaximus]

Here's a question for these 'Templars'.
Why not use the name Teutonic? It's pretty much the same thing, except GERMAN.

I get the feeling they didn't think it through enough. Hopefully that'll make them fail more quickly.

Because the Teutonic Knights were (are... technically) actually cool. Unlike these buffoons.

 

[F-I-D-O]

...and I bet that the German hits on that video on YouTube where a guy shows you how to make a hidden blade just went up around 500%.

You mean this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8EJTn35lTc&annotation_id=annotation_580739&feature=iv
(probably been ninja'd, but still...)

Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.
*dons white cape and hidden blade*
A small sacrifice to save many. It is necessary.

Oh god, this isn't going to go well for this group
*pays attention to any homicide/suicide/death reports from Germany

 

[Vrach]

well this must be sorted *dawns cape and hidden blade*

I've had the same thought just looking at the article ^^

 

[obex]

I swear the Templar's were ended when the king of France stole all their stuff (I think it was a paul) Thats why Dan Brown can write all he wants about them because they dont exist any more and cant complain about made up BS unlike say the Knights Hospitallers who are now St Johns ambulance

 

[Je Suis Ubermonkey]

Here's a question for these 'Templars'.
Why not use the name Teutonic? It's pretty much the same thing, except GERMAN.

I get the feeling they didn't think it through enough. Hopefully that'll make them fail more quickly.

Because the "Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem" or the Teutonic Knights are still around. Just now they are a charity organisation made up of Catholic priests and nuns. Also the Teutonic Knights have kinda a bad rap due to the fact that the Kingdom of Prussia grew out of the their monastic state, and look how that worked out for the world.

Yeah, I know they're still around though they've been somewhat re-branded (for lack of a better word) and I doubt any of them are knights anymore. It's a good point, but the thing is I doubt these 'templars' would care either way. Just seems more natural for a German group to name itself after the German order.

And on the subject of bad rap, none of the orders have it worse than the Templars.

 

[Wintermoot]

and I thought the Knight,s Templar,s where fictional!(or that was the Priori of Sion)
anyway they can,t ban games like this so it,s probably useless news.

 

[Sniper Team 4]

Well, I guess after me causing the mage rebellion and killing the Knight Commander, the Templars have nothing better to do. Time to go hunt some gamers!

 

[ShadowsofHope]

I feel like I am being epically trolled here ("Knights Templar, really?"), and the standard rebuff for the "video games create violence" statement just feels unnecessary to repeat once again.

 

[Hugums]

5 bucks this is Ubisoft secretly announcing the location of the next AC game and that this is all some fucked up marketing stunt.

 

[Skarvig]

It's funny that an american website tells me who wants to ban games in my country. It's probably because it happens on such a regulary basis that it went completly under the radar of news here.

 

[Corporal Yakob]

The Knights Templars want to ban violent games? The Knights Templars who made their fame killing heathens during the Crusades and then killing more heathens after the Crusades?