"The Greek government has banned all electronic games across the country, including those that run on home computers, on GameBoy-style portable consoles, and on mobile phones. Thousands of tourists in Greece are unknowingly facing heavy fines or long terms in prison for owning mobile phones or portable video games. "
It seems to me the greek government is asking to be "Overthrown". Im going to guess that Greek is going to have less then half the population it has now. If were lucky, they're will be riots, fighting with officers, some deaths, and then I believe the Greek Government will see the mistake its making now. Even Internet-Cafe's cant have video games played, If a game is played, the Cafe will be fined and closed down. Well see'ing as how Internet-Cafe's make most of its money by allowing people to play video games, They will probably have to close down anyway.
Supposedly the Greek Government is banning video games in order to prevent "Illegal Gambling" and you can be even fined for playing a game such as internet chess, and the games that come in the accessories when installing Windows on your computer. The Fines are anywhere between $5,000 and $75,000 dollars. That seems a bit much. Imagine... getting a $7,000 fine for playing Minesweeper or Pinball. That seems kind of stupid. Maybe making it kinda obvious that the Greek Government is basically robbing you of your money. They are even giving Fine's to visitors from other countries. If you have a gameboy and you enter Greece your basically going to jail or giving up all your savings.
People are already petitioning and going to court for this. If they are unsuccesful in Greece, This matter will be brought up to the European Court.
And if all else fails... What are weapons for if you cant use em to get what you want?
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