Nem said:
It's a drawing and it's sugestion. Theres no depiction of children having sex. I don't know how one can make a case that this isn't ok but blowing heads off in gorish faction is ok. They are both not real. They are controller inputs and polygons or drawings. It makes no sense to take action against one and not the other. Theres no consistency in that position. Either they are both ok cause none of it is real (and tbh one sugests and the other one explicitly does it) or none is because they are representations of reality in entertainment. It's ridiculous. The reason is not to protect anyone. It's cause one sells millions and the other doesn't. |
It doesn't have to be a depiction of a child having sex to be considered child pornography or at the very least child exploitation. Depictions of violence is not illegal, sexual depictions of children is.
There's no denying that the character in the middle here is a child:
This character is one of the specific reasons the UK's rating board gave for banning the game:
"The game is explicit in its setting within a “school” environment and the majority of the characters are young girls – one child is referred to as being a “first year” student and is seen holding a teddy bear. The game clearly promotes the sexualisation of children via the sexual interaction between the game player and the female characters."
I'd say the player having to touch and fondle a clearly underage character is very reasonable grounds for a ban. Violence on the screen and for real are very separate in our minds, sex is not, hence the majority of the world getting off on porn.
