NY Politician Demands Ban Of Video Game... Not Available In The US
from the moral-panic dept
There was a flutter of controversy last week, when someone realized that a rather despicable video game, where the goal of gameplay is apparently to rape someone, was available for sale via Amazon's marketplace (where 3rd party sellers offer items, rather than Amazon itself). Amazon was quick to block the sale of the game, but that hasn't stopped a politician in NY from using the story as an opportunity to grandstand. New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is demanding US publishers boycott distributing the game, which seems pretty silly since no US publishers are distributing the game (it's only been released in Japan), and there's no indication anyone wants to distribute the game in the US. But why should that stop a good opportunity to create some moral panic?Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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does anyone have a link?
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"Welcome to the Internet. Much more insane (and disgusting) crap from japan is in aisle 4(Chan)"
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Yes...Japan is gross.
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To be fair, she only demanded a boycott, not a ban, which is rather different (perhaps she might understand there is a right to make such a game, regardless of how despicable people may find the content)
"where the goal of gameplay is apparently to rape someone"
The game is full of rape scenes and multiple females, rather than just trying to rape one individual.
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Give me a break!
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Its also very telling that even though Amazon blocked the game (which it isn't legally obligated to do), this opportunistic bag of shit STILL jumped on Amazon for having it AT ALL.
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Haaa!
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Big Black
Google it.
(It's actuallly pretty awesome)
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Might as well boycott all games...
Think about the Grand Theft Auto franchise....
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What's her record?
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Now I kinda want to get RapeLay, but just out of spite,I would never play it otherwise.
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Google, show me the way. :)
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How about getting "outraged" over this....this elected official has felt it more important to spend taxpayer money pursuing this ridiculous cause rather than perhaps addressing the fact that some rapists with multiple offenses get released with a minimum of treatment or how likely they might be to re-offend. That NYC's murder rate is once again climbing.....or any number of far more important issues are NOT being addressed because of this grandstanding slob.
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No one listened. It's good some politicians still care enough to not just think of the children but act on behalf of the children.
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i would have never known about it unless somebody made a stink
LOL
/me downloads
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its a ruse!
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Thanks for the tip! :)
"i would have never known about it unless somebody made a stink"
Me neither.
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Oh, and this thread is useless without pics.
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