| Barkley said:
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. |
In your mind there are two worlds, one in which the game is released and one in which it isn't. What difference would it make in the world?
