March 23, 2007 -
According to Juarez newspaper El Diario (link is to imperfect Google translation), the governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua has ordered the seizure of all copies of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2.Gov. Jose Reyes Baeza Terraces apparently took the action following recent criticism of GRAW2 by Juarez Mayor Héctor Murguía Lardizábal, who called the game, which deals with battles between an elite U.S. force an Mexican rebels, "a crime against the intellectual capacity of Juarez residents." The Juarez mayor offered this blanket condemnation:
Violent video games instill values which are upside down, and these actions are despicable because they attempt to divide the good will of the residents of American and Mexican cities.
Protection of the border between the United States and Mexico is, of course, an extremely hot political topic these days.
UPDATE 3/27/07: More in the El Paso Times, including word that Gov. Terraces reached out to Texas Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D) for help with the GRAW2 issue. No word on how Reyes reacted to the Mexican request for assistance.
Comments
And aliens will take away all the copies of Mass Effect when it comes out!!!
Would you be happy about such a game? And would the US public/press/political class be happy about it?
They have every right to disagree with the game's content, but it's hard to deny that outright censorship is a little bit of an overreaction.
I hate all rascists. They are ruining the world. They come here and spout their bullshit and hate.
I hope they all develop some rare disease and die off.
Fuck mexicans. I hope they all develop some rare disease and die off.
95% of the politicians there are totally curropted, and also very stupid. That's why it's so poor.
BTW GP if this dose not count for outside of Juarez ,then you need to change the title,its misleading.
Do the French hate mexico? R6, graw 1 and 2. I would not be surprised if the revolutionary new game they are promising is a mix of all their IP, and is entitled "Ubisoft Presents F*** Mexico"
"Violent video games instill values which are upside down". None of my values have been instilled by video games. They have been instilled by my parents, my teachers and my peers. Growing up, I've played every violent game that the anti-game brigade describes as being ruinous to young people (Doom, GTA, etc.) yet I have yet to kill/injure/maim anyone.
I suppose that the Juarez citizens don't have the intellectual capacity to decide which games they would like to play. This is disgusting, it sounds like one of Mr. Thompsons ideas! He tried to get copies of Grand Theft Auto snatched up, but I never thought it would actually happen. The Mexican govt. is censoring "dangerous" ideas from their people and their only justification is that all videogames are trash anyway!
I just hope this becomes a cautionary tale one day, although they rarely seem to work!
Oh well, I wouldn't want my income harmed either I guess.
Seriously, sometimes I think politicians in Mexico help themselves to the product flowing through their country like water.
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