![]() ![]() Does it have any redeeming features? Not that I can think of.Īll of these examples deal with some sort of actual harm or an attempt to cause an actual harm, to a real person's body, reputation, wallet, etc. But I have not yet been able to think of a credible situation in which rape could be regarded as having any legitimate purpose. It is possible to imagine circumstances where violence is ethical and to this extent violent video games may have, it could be argued, some legitimacy. Examples of qualifications of the right to free speech abound.īottom line. It is for instance illegal, some would say also immoral, to slander someone. Is this thought policing? Is it thought policing to forbid, as the famous example goes, someone from from shouting "fire" in a crowded cinema? Free speech, freedom of expression, are concepts which are qualified all the time. I'm reminded of the story of an East German teacher complaing about how harmful and undermining it was for children, whom they had been doing their best to educate in the virtues of peace and social cooperation, to watch violent cowboy movies transmitted over the wall by Western TV stations. In The Republic he speaks out, for instance, against musical cadences likely to inflame the passions. I think Plato would have felt that neither games in which mass murder, or rape, are the only way to win are desirable. "We think in generalities, we live in details" We already have numerous games where mass murder is the only way to win, so WTF? -Mo We aren't even talking about real porn here, just cartoons. ]Įxcerpt from the video (not in text) "no one should play a game where they only way to win is to rape." This is truly thought policing. (consolidation of handles: Jake Sapiens memelab logicnazi Loki Every1Hz and Shadow) But the controversy that led to stopping sales of the game instead took it viral. "This was a game that had absolutely no place on the market," said Taina Bien-Aime of women's rights organization Equality Now which has campaigned for the game to be taken off the shelves. Taina Bien-Aime helped yank the game off store shelves worldwide. Quote: It is little wonder that the game, titled RapeLay, sparked international outrage from women's groups. Then you can follow her aboard the train, assaulting her sister and her mother.Īs you continue to play, "friends" join in and in a series of graphic, interactive scenes, you can corner the women, rape them again and again. With the click of your mouse, you can grope her and lift her skirt. That is when you, the player, can choose your method of assault. She notices you are looking at her and asks, "Can I help you with something?" Quote: Tokyo, Japan (CNN) - The game begins with a teenage girl on a subway platform. 'RapeLay' video game goes viral amid outrage ![]() After Grand Theft Auto, its almost anticlimactic. ![]()
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