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Originally posted by Benoit:
Well, as I pointed out, 8-10 year old girls in a sexual situation isn't really something that should be applauded.
Yeah my system glitched, that's what I get for trying to do too many things at once.
Openly applauded no, nor is what I am going to say in support of children that young having sexual relations but it does happen. If you can find copies read studies such as The Lost Children of Rockdale County, a county in the state of Georgia, you will find that some children,who for a time were going into the doctors had cases of syphilis and were as young as 10 to 12. Now if you know anything about that you know they did not get that by sharing a swing at recess. So yes perhaps those situations of children that young make many uncomfortable, but I think the larger question is will some children that young still have those 'urges' or that curiosity at that age if we take it out of games for people over 18 years of age? My guess is some still will, we can protect children from others that intend harm to them up to a point but we cannot protect them from themselves. Therefore wether we 'applaud' it or not we cannot just say it is wrong end of story, because that does nothing to change what is going on in the world except to force the views on some that think it is wrong period, on others that say it is wrong in real life but in games acceptable.
Personally I think the more is out there the better things are because we can see the various tastes of many people. No one ever said we have to like their tastes, but as AG3 said, to paraphrase, we should not simply ban something because some few think it is wrong.
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Originally posted by Benoit:
I know, and everyone plays what they want, but I think there are some limits to what we can call entertainment.
As another I think as said this is censorship. To place limits on something that does not harm another, is to me a form censorship, is banning ideas and is forcing the views of some on others which goes against the idea of accepting all viewpoints. For the record I do not think being offended is really the same as being harmed because someone can be offended, try what is offensive to them and suddenly find they like what it is that offended them and find it to no long be offensive.
[This message has been edited by SCDawg (edited 03-31-2004).]