Brazil Bans Counter-Strike and EverQuest
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January 24th, 2008
In a move that can only aggravate gamers, Brazil this week imposed a ban on Counter-Strike and EverQuest, claiming that they incite violence and are harmful to the player’s health. This was ordered in October 2007 by a Federal court, though it was not immediately implemented. This effectively bans the sale of the game across the country; it also applies to subscribers of the Sony MMOG.
Carlos Alberto Simoes, the judge that passed the ruling, said that the games encouraged the “subversion of public order, were an attack against the democratic state and the law and against public security.” I fail to see what he means.
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