Something is wrong when a country decides to ban video games before guns.

damn. I can understand that sort of think resulting for stodgy cultural values, but to drag all that back into government law, and after the bullshit that it took to get those freedoms? That's insane.

This is really too bad. They've really been making progress and this, well this is just taking away basic freedoms every human should have on this planet.

am I the only one tired of America sticking its dick in every other country's dirty but quite fine pussy? Cause you know...I am.

granted they do it well at times. Then stuff like this make the happy sex go away with people on both sides.

whoa wait....i've been talking alittle TOO dirty lately. forgive me. >_>

That's really shitty. When will countries let people just enjoy their lives.

Breaking news: Backwards people pass backwards laws in the Middle East.

I just wish people could enjoy their lives. It's unfortunate that will never happen.

I wish I could tell you not to worry, but I'd be a liar then.

Muslims, Christians...The ones in power, and even a large portion of followers...Really do not care about "freedoms". They only care about what their books say. They'd deny a man water if he was dying of thirst if the Bible/Qur'an said it was okay.

I'm sure the Islamic government there will pass this and praise it as a victory for "Allah".

Welcome to the reason why the religious folk can't be allowed to win. :P

no disrespect man.. but .. well first off.. im afghan too. came here when i was 3. same reason your fam did. never been back. was gunna a few summers ago. i have a close friend there now and thankfully hes ok.
all that aside.. youre wrong about the videogame bit.
there arent enough ppl there with tvs inside there houses let a lone ppl with video game consoles. the videogames they are talkin about is in arcades. ill give you that this seems backward, the taliban had a similar ban in place for a while. the reason your wrong, and why i dont think it so bad is because of all the other things that happen around the arcades there. theres truiency, thee

That would suck if it gets passed.

That means no "Dancing With the Stars"! Oh the humanity.

The video game part makes sense.

Removing the rest of the rights, though? No sense at all! It's a step backwards from a capitalist system...though afghanistan seems like the last place to become a unified country and a unified democracy (case in point: tribes' attitude to soviet invasion. The didn't care if they killed their neighboring tribes, but the second they came to their doorstep they were like 'o shit!').

Let's hope that some good ends up coming out of this.

I used to live in Saudi Arabia where public recreational activities are really limited due to strict Islamic laws. It had an adverse effect on teenage arab boys who couldnt find anything to do so they just drove around at night to mess around because of their boredom. Even by just taking away basic freedoms can cause so much disorder than how about when even something like a luxury such as video gaming be taken away?

When will U.S. learn that democracy and culture cannot be exported... The taliban bastards took a lot from the people, destroyed artwork and human history, but hay, they were backed up by U.S. when U.S. wanted some green on red action during the cold war, Taliban were put in place by the U.S., and now they are trying to fix it, but I've stopped counting the number of people dying from terrorist attacks after the invasion of Afghanistan.

No dancing? The hell?

Really sucks arse if the law is passed.

I can't speak from an afghan perspective but I'll tell you what I think without offence. o be very much like Superman

Religion i see to be very much like Superman. The people just want peace and an easy life, worshipping and going about their business. However, the real agenda of most religion is to control the people, what they see, think and hear. With this in force, you can never question the will or word of god/allah etc.

Such a Superman, needs people to save from everything. When or if the people ever realise that they can sometimes save themselves, Superman is out on his arse, cape and all. In time people forget who he is and his religion takes a back seat.

Anything is capable of corrupting man, even religion (this looks like a job for The Spanish Inquisition...lol). That's the big problem many fail to admit to themselves.

Had the russians ever won the war in afghanistan, things might have not been much better, because communism is the same kind of crap with a different name. Keep the people dumb, scared and underfoot. American intervention or not (as much as they like to intervein, in everyone elses pie), it might still be a mess because of heavy religious tribal and extreme influences. For another angle, you only have to look as far as Africa, to see how tribalism at its most extreme can level a nation to ashes. This could easily happen elsewhere.

In truth all societal ruling ideals are not perfect, but they are all we have, you just have to select the best parts to use. You'd have to look at a place like Dubai, which thrives not just because of its oil and royal family( and yank dealings), but also because it is forward thinking and embraces change, while keeping its core values and culture.

I doubt the bill will pass anyway, especially when more women want equal rights and the oppurtunity to teach others and educate themselves. Without education, they'll unfortunately always be in the dark ages. Kids need something to occupy them, be it games, books or whatever.

This is pretty upsetting for me, even though it has no direct effect on myself. To not be allowed to play video games, let alone basic recreational activities, is pretty sad. I can only imagine what I'd be like (or anyone else for that matter) woud be like if that shit happened in America.

@samit
I think what he was trying to say was the governemnt there is messed up, he never said anything about how we have a duty to help them. Personally, I agree with him. Things are extremely fucked up there, but I don't think America has to act like a police force in the world and stop every problem. I think you took that a little too sensitively.

That sounds kinda screwed up :(

Let's just ban Flight Sim over there. Other than that, go for it.

Well once the Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline project was signed, the U.S. pretty much stopped caring.

Hmm, I get the feeling there is more to the story. If Karzai will ever sign something like this, it had better bring a ton of tribal elders and former warchiefs into the fold of the unified government. He would never just sign it under pressure of a legislative committee. Then again, sadly, sometimes you need to go 1 step back before you can go 2 steps forward.

I got the feeling that most of Afghanistan was pretty much ready to rid itself of the former Taliban and post-Islamic revolution moral codes though.. Maybe I should re-watch Persepolis.

Also lol@solarmystic and Kim Jung Il being a real threat. That's the funniest thing I've read all day.

That sucks, and with black marketers throughout the country they would've recieved the PS2 by now.

Why don't they ban, TV, movies, and books while they are at it. Video games are another form of entertainment like everything else

I blame religion.
Who you blame?