In an unprecedented move considered by everyone to be absolutely insane, the Greek government has passed a law to ban all forms of computer games both in public and in private. The penalties for infringement are equally severe as the ban itself and anyone caught in the act risks a Fine of ?150,000 or 12 months imprisonment!
It is imperative that the gaming community in the free world shows solidarity with our fellow Greek gamers by signing the Online Petition set up by
http://www.gameland.gr/index2.htm and lodging a formal complaint directly with the Greek Parliament via
http://www.parliament.gr/english/contact/default.htm so that as much as possible can be done to defeat this ridiculous law which was highlighted recently by the BBC at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2238242.stm