Int. Red Cross investigating whether gamers violate laws of warfare

[August]

Political correctness gone insane...

The Red Cross is investigating whether 600 million gamers are violating the Hague and Geneva conventions when they kill and blow stuff up for fun.
Delegates at the 31st International Conference of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Red Crescent raised the concerns over the potential ***8220;International Humanitarian Law***8221; violations ***8211; which can constitute war crimes ***8211; during a workshop in Geneva.
The Red Cross said if it finds the conventions have been violated, they may ask game developers to conform to international laws or encourage governments to create laws that regulate the gaming industry, Kotaku reported.
But international law professor at the University of New South Wales Anthony Billingsley told news.com.au the Red Cross risked trivialising the conventions of warfare.
Mr Billingsley also said there is no way the conventions could apply to individuals because they were state-based.
***8220;There are concerns about the blurring of fantasy and reality,***8221; he said.

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