It was a private seller. This site has a picture of the page before it was taken down.
It was a Japanese PC game, Amazon doesn't directly sell games from other regions on their site.
Rapelay virtual rape game banned by Amazon
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It was a Japanese PC game, Amazon doesn't directly sell games from other regions on their site.
The game: Not okay. In fact, disgusting.
Captain X
Rear Admiral
Lots and lots of things.
Yup.
I wouldn't know.
Yup.
I'm going to guess someone saw it, was offended, and whined.
Some of us consider them to be censors because of the arbitrary ways they can assign ratings to movies.
I guess you answered your own question.
The poor graphics are what make me find it amusing, personally.
Where there's a market... Though to be honest I doubt that's really true since I've seen some ... really gross things, and they were all in their original Japanese.
Different strokes and all that.
Censorship proponents often bring up pedophilia and children in some way in order to justify their viewpoints - it's a strawman designed to end all dissenting views because everyone in their right mind opposes pedophilia and child pornography. Unfortunately for them, people like me see right through that, and frankly I find it appalling anyone would use children as a shield for themselves in that manner.
If you truly and literally had that desire and the games gave you relief, you'll still do it eventually.
A
Amaris
Guest
What about games like GTA or Crackdown?
I'm a fairly non-violent person, yet I play GTA and have a lot of fun blowing up helicopters with a missile launcher. Does that mean eventually I'm going to pick up a missile launcher and blow up the real thing?
While I find games like Rapelay abhorrent, that doesn't mean a person who plays it is going to go out and rape someone. 'Bolio makes a good point. How is this unacceptable, yet games like GTA sell faster than stores can supply them are considered normal?
J.
Exactly. I've committed acts of violence in video games that would make the bloodiest tyrants in history piss themselves. Does that mean I'm more likely to do it for real? Of course not. Less so, in fact, since I have a harmless outlet for my pent-up aggression.
If mass murder, theft, terrorism, prostitution, drug smuggling, and a dozen other felonies are fair play in the video gaming world, there's no reason on Earth why rape and/or underage sex shouldn't be as well.
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pookha backs away..
i have known a couple of rape victims.
one of whom went public about what happened to her in hope of helping other women to cope with the nightmare that happened to them.
for me i find the thing disgusting .
i also admit i would shy from being around someone who bought and got enjoyment from playing a game like this.
and i do see a difference between some of the shoot em up games like doom and something like playing the part of the rapist.
the involvement seems to be so more personal .. that one wouldnt have have an empathy to shoot an imaginary gun but to actually willingly play and enjoy playing a rapist./
just a little to creepy for my tastes.
pookha backs away..
i have known a couple of rape victims.
one of whom went public about what happened to her in hope of helping other women to cope with the nightmare that happened to them.
for me i find the thing disgusting .
i also admit i would shy from being around someone who bought and got enjoyment from playing a game like this.
and i do see a difference between some of the shoot em up games like doom and something like playing the part of the rapist.
the involvement seems to be so more personal .. that one wouldnt have have an empathy to shoot an imaginary gun but to actually willingly play and enjoy playing a rapist./
just a little to creepy for my tastes.
You know, this thread does bring around an interesting question: Why is raping so much more terrible to "role play" than violence? I'm disgusted by the thought of a game about raping, and at the same time, I enjoy violent games. I enjoy games like Call of Duty where I kill enemies individually, and I'm a fan of games like Command and Conquer where I get to destroy hundreds of lives with the press of a single button. I think part of it is how much violence is infused into our lives and we are somewhat desensitised to it. It's everywhere on the TV and on the news, and it rarely phases us.
And I think entertainment reinforces the idea of rape is worse than murder. To use BSG as an example, Starbuck tortures a prisoner or Tigh beats a prisoner and they're just doing their jobs. However, the guy from Pegasus rapes a prisoner and he is an uber-bad guy!!! This definately is making me think a bit...
And I think entertainment reinforces the idea of rape is worse than murder. To use BSG as an example, Starbuck tortures a prisoner or Tigh beats a prisoner and they're just doing their jobs. However, the guy from Pegasus rapes a prisoner and he is an uber-bad guy!!! This definately is making me think a bit...
Sometimes violence is justified or necessary. Rape never is; it's always a choice. That's the difference.
Exactly.
Agreed. And what gets me is that it's not just rape. There's also forced abortion and gang rape. And that qualifies as "entertainment" just how?
Captain X
Rear Admiral
People crapping on each other or themselves seems to qualify as "entertainment". I personally find it gross, but I wouldn't be for banning that type of porn or a game along those lines - different strokes and all that. For me this is kind of the same thing, though it's either for someone who fantasizes, or someone with an extremely dark sense of humor. I don't know, I haven't played the game, so I can't really say one way or another since it's not my thing. But I do know both men and women who have such fantasies without ever for once considering doing it for real anymore than I'd want to run around killing people because I like playing Halo.
And most violent games, like Doom or Halo, depict killing as justified and necessary. Others like GTA, equally popular, allow the player to gleefully murder innocent people by the dozen.
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There is a sense of escapism in GTA. Seriously they are a couple of pixel big. Whereas other games (manhunt I think). You actually take people and torture them. Disclaimer never played manhunt.
I think amazon did the right thing here. You know when something is wrong and this is one of the few cases where it is. Heck you can still buy Mien Kampf there. Where our Cdn retailer Chapters banned it all together.
There is a sense of escapism in GTA. Seriously they are a couple of pixel big. Whereas other games (manhunt I think). You actually take people and torture them. Disclaimer never played manhunt.
I think amazon did the right thing here. You know when something is wrong and this is one of the few cases where it is. Heck you can still buy Mien Kampf there. Where our Cdn retailer Chapters banned it all together.
I don't think it should be banned, I don't agree with censorship.
But if Amazon want to refuse to sell it or refuse to let their sellers provide it, that's fine with me. They are under no obligation to stock products they find offensive. It's not censorship, they are in no legal position to prevent it's sale at other outlets or demand the content be changed.
But if Amazon want to refuse to sell it or refuse to let their sellers provide it, that's fine with me. They are under no obligation to stock products they find offensive. It's not censorship, they are in no legal position to prevent it's sale at other outlets or demand the content be changed.
I think with violence you can at least say 'oh they are the bad guys and I'm the protector'. You can't have the same argument with rape. IMO.
It all boils down to a simple concept....
Fantasy.... Reality.... two separate things.
People who attack games, or movies, or tv shows, or books have a problem with that simple fact. They blur the lines either because they themselves can't tell the difference, or they have an agenda.
