Red Cross Investigating Virtual War Crimes
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Please I violated the Geneva convention and it's mother twice in Saint's Row: The Third. And that was before I even started playing.
Well it would put an end to people getting lit up by a 120 MM AP tank shell, but then again, what the hell are you doing in front of a tank!?
I hope this is some kind of christmas prank or something 'couse that stuff would make games booooring as hell.
I hope this is some kind of christmas prank or something 'couse that stuff would make games booooring as hell.
I was not aware lines of code and bits of data had rights. Or were humans. My mistake. I feel bad now about all the enemies I've killed.
Wait. No I don't. These people are nuts.
Wait. No I don't. These people are nuts.
I think this is a great idea (No sarcasm). If People want to play realistic war games then following the real-life rules of war should add another demension to the game play. Prestige lvl 10 reset to zero after a warcrime=Awesome.
As ridiculous as what they're suggesting is, I kind of like the idea of playing a war-game in which I'm restricted by the Geneva Conventions.
It would need to be possible for enemies to surrender; you would also need to be able to down an enemy soldier without killing them. Plus, games would have to add loads of civilians into warzones, like there actually would be, and you would have to avoid killing them. Seems to me this could improve the realism of a war-game. You'd have to take care where you shoot.
Again, I don't support the idea of applying the actual Geneva Conventions to video-games, but it does sound like it could be an interesting experience to follow them regardless.
It would need to be possible for enemies to surrender; you would also need to be able to down an enemy soldier without killing them. Plus, games would have to add loads of civilians into warzones, like there actually would be, and you would have to avoid killing them. Seems to me this could improve the realism of a war-game. You'd have to take care where you shoot.
Again, I don't support the idea of applying the actual Geneva Conventions to video-games, but it does sound like it could be an interesting experience to follow them regardless.
its all very irreverent in the US anywayIndianaJonny said:
The supreme court already has a ruling on it(so any law restricting what you can say with video games is going to be shot down).
The US president can sign it as a treaty, at which point it becomes binding law, but congress will swiftly kick that one in the nuts because it conflicts with interstate trade(something a treaty oversteps its bounds on) and if there one thing you can cont on its congress telling the president he has overstepped his bounds.
Oh sweet crispy jesus....if they applied this, then every single gamer in the entire damned world would be imprisoned for well over several decades. I mean, let's be honest, we've all killed enough virtual people single-handedly to make any blood-thirsty army blush. We have all been total dicks in games, so i'm pretty sure if this was applied to any games we would all be guilty of war crimes.
All i gotta say is, enforcing this...would be damned near impossible as every single person who played a video-game would be imprisoned. Which is stupid.
All i gotta say is, enforcing this...would be damned near impossible as every single person who played a video-game would be imprisoned. Which is stupid.
Did anyone else look at the title, think of the casualty pile you wracked up in a particularly genocidal session and think "Well, I'm screwed"?
On-topic, it's well-meaning, but ultimately rather misguided and silly, because it's not like someone from Red Cross towers can stumble onto the set of "Generic US War-film 101" and complain that the alien Zarg monsters think eating the medics is better than giving them time to recover wounded comrades.
On-topic, it's well-meaning, but ultimately rather misguided and silly, because it's not like someone from Red Cross towers can stumble onto the set of "Generic US War-film 101" and complain that the alien Zarg monsters think eating the medics is better than giving them time to recover wounded comrades.
