The influential Christian group the Maine Christian Civic League has called for Modern Warfare 2 to be banned. The outfit said the game was too violent and "any decent citizen" ought to ban it.

"There is a well-established cause and effect relationship between video games and school shootings, and parents of some of the victims have sued video game makers. Mercifully, our own state has been spared the occurrence of any school shootings, but the danger is growing with each passing day," the group wrote on its blog. "The ready availability of drugs, violent video games, and outrageous rock music is a witch's brew which will eventually lead to tragedy."

The outfit claims that the best course is to have a large fire and decent citizens should burn copies of the game in public. After all it is what Jesus would have wanted. The groups statement was given pride of place by Fox News, which suggested that there's "nothing to stop that kid from playing it and becoming a terrorist ... on a video game."

True, but there is nothing to stop them being a clean living American defending his country either. We guess it just depends on the quality of your soul.