They hear that there is a video game that has killing or blood, and based on that bit on information they go on to make their opinions about it about how that must warp people's minds and promote violence or desensitize the poor little kids, and they usually try to provide some research that no one knows for sure how it was made or how valid it truly is on the big picture of things. It is the same case when news channels go against violent video games. I am against the ban and will try to explain why, but before that I'm against how people make an opinion or decision as definite as ban something after just getting to know that there is a video game about rape. Now you can claim a moral high-ground insead of a legal one, and insist that you have a moral right to read, write, watch, play, or otherwise express or consume anything you want, but that begs the question - at what point does the morality of that stance contradict the morality of the content you are defending? Remember you only have this "right" because someone long dead put it in your constitution, or whatever equivalent you have in your corner of the world.ĭo you really believe they put it in there so that sick, twisted ideas could be freely propagated throughout society? Every declaration of the right to the freedom of speech/expression that I know of, in any country, makes it very clear that this so-called "freedom" is limited by an "offence principal" which is there to protect it's society by refusing this freedom to ideas that offend the majority of said society. Please let's leave aside all these naieve notions that Censorship is always bad or free speech is a moral right that trumps all other rights, because, it doesn't. If you really believe that you live in a "mature and responsible" society, why is there so much crime in your cities? It's one of the most fundamental principles of our freedom " "We live in a mature and responsible society in which adults have the right to choose for themselves: What they watch, what they read, what they listen to, and yes, what they play. Chalk have written an article entitled "Let's not ban Baby in a Microwave Simulator"? Suppose the game was called "****** lyncher" or "homo basher" and had content to match the title - would you all be defending it then? Would you put up with a neighbour who called around every evening to explain why all Jews should be burned alive? Would you actually, honestly just shrug your shoulders and say "oh well, he has a right to free speech"? Watched plenty of porn.And I'm not here saying that this particular game will turn people into rapists and all that kind of pop-psychology.īut ask yourself what kind of person wants to actually play a game like this? Are you seriously going to be happy to have them living next door? Arguing that it should be allowed to exist, and that people should be allowed to consume it, is the same argument that would allow a child porn simulator to be legal. Now don't get me wrong I play plenty of violent video games, watch lots of gross movies and read a lot of "horrible" stuff. I actually cannot believe the amount of people on this forum who believe that this should not be censored. But then again, what makes it different than Manhunt?Ĭlick to expand.Don't feel prudish, I think you are dead right. I do find it ironic though that people can be horribly mutilated in games and those games can pass. I'm sorry, but I can't support this game.ĮDIT: I feel rather prudish about this statement but it's how I feel. Making something so horrific into almost a joke. And I feel like this could hurt people who have been raped. I am anti-censorship unless it hurts people. This is just a simulation to exercise dominance.Īnd I know games don't "make" people into things but I feel like it might desensitize. Rape is not a joke nor should be made to be taken lightly. And we should not tell Japan what to do, we're not their Mom.īut this is different. I'm not against games with sex scenes in them and whatever, you do what you want and I'll do what I want. I think it's incredibly wrong and taken a step too far. To be honest, I'm really upset right now.