we seek to protect the principle of equality?  curb things that affect customs and traditions of people's worships and creeds.  Um how about gamers equality?  How about my customs and traditions of playing every game i can get my hands on.  Somehow in all this ranting and raving about the opinions of games by people who DONT EVEN PLAY GAMES the positions of those who do play games and support an industry that is one of the MOST SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRIES OF OUR TIME is completely ignored.   Some equality.

Wow, I think this is actually amusing.  I just hope no one does this in our government.

Not good at all, very sad to see such censorship in any media let alone video games.

somebody always messing with gaming.

that is very stupid,they are outlawing video games that they never played,maybe in the years to come people who like video games will be in power.

this is yet another country gamers can't live,will the list ever end?

If you're going to take the step to make it a crime for these video games, you might as well start burning books and out all movies with a rating of R and above. I understand it's your country and that's all fine, but that's why you have a rating system.

Guess we'll see what happens

I apologize, I failed to read the english translation, I still disagree with this bill, but now it makes a little more sense. I'm sticking with my original statement.

Who is this guy trying to protect anyways?  One could compare this to creating a bill that would make the distribution on R rated movies illegal.  Where will it end?  Just keep your bull**** censorship out of the US.

Extremely sad, and archaic. I would personally do everything in my power to fight a bill like this if it were to come to pass in the US, and if that did'nt work, well my family would be moving to Canada.  GI staff would be more than welcome to join us ^_^.

If this happened in America the whole country would be awash with riots. I think.

I could probably find just as many offensive books, movies, music, etc. as there are offensive video games.

I think people who don't play video games are taking it a little overboard. If it was equality, then shouldn't every gamer get a vote or say into this?

Wow, I didn't thinks stuff like this could go this far. Basically what's been done here is that most M-rated games over there have been put to rest or criminalized. If this was happening over here, I think more that a few people would be up in arms...

Every country seems to have this particular windbag operating somewhere in the system. The irony of the justifications behind such measures are always lost on those who back them.

There's a good chance that this legislation will pass in Brazil; banning something that's "offensive," "foreign," and "corrupting" represents an easy way for elected officials to score some political points among constituents who often fail to consider the deeper questions at steak in such situations concerning societal values and government's proper role.

This isn't to say that countries with rather liberal sensibilities regarding video game media, such as the United States, don't suffer from similar narrow-mindedness. People only need to recall the crusades of the past two decades (from similar legislation in the US Senate, to the witch hunts that savaged Acclaim and Rockstar, and to the emergence of figures like Jack Thompson) to plainly see that. However, in this country and others where games are extensively developed, industry leaders quickly become savvy of the political realities that they face both as a growing cultural and business influence. These leaders invest in extensive PR campaigns. They introduce self-regulation mechanisms into their industry. Most importantly, they hire lobbyists to deflect the blows of opportunistic elected officials and regulatory agencies. In short, the game industry in most Western countries has moved to integrate with all of the other "vested" interests, and in thereby gains some modicum of permanence and protection. Industries that fail to do this yet still make too much noise quickly come to be identified as sitting ducks and get targeted. From what I can see, the game industry in Brazil is a lot closer to the "sitting duck" description...and that means that it's probably going to get shot.

I'm glad I don't live in Brazil.  I would be disconcerted if something like that were to happen here in the U.S., but since any law even remotely attempting to curb sales of violent or sexual video games gets overturned due to First Amendment violations, I feel relatively confident that, even if someone presented such a bill, it wouldn't stick.

oh no, oh crap!

Sombody.. kill.. Jack Thompson before he.. thinks.. he can.. get away with this.. here..  

Jk. But he seriously is one crazy mo fo. No offense to any/ anybody known as or related in any way to a Jack Thompson. Except jack Thompson..

I think when politicians define a ruleset with abstractions like "offensive", then they're doing more damage on purpose than good on accident.

Their loose definition of 'offensive' is nothing more than a poor attempt to unjustly legislate morals. I agree with a certain degree of censorship in the public arena, but to force censorship in the home is something State should have no power to do.

aw, more proof that gaming is a scapegoat...