Poll: The Raping Game (Rapelay)

[Smooth Operator]

Nope, if people can get off on this rather then trying to get their jollies in real life then hallelujah!
And you should actually play it to see it's not that bad, the acts are never presented as rape, to me it just looks like a kinky sex sim and if you to want view it as rape it can fit that too.

Can't see the point of sex games tho, you haveto put effort in to see some polygoned boobies, meanwhile half the internet is made of free porn... seems like pissing against the wind.

 

[AetherWolf]

Like I've said before, RapeLay is no different from a typical hentai game.

The only difference is that the title is more blatant, and thus is picked up by the media's radar.

 

[Outright Villainy]

No, any and all fiction should be left alone. For most of us, every day we murder dozens, if not hundreds of virtual avatars in our games. We fight tooth and nail to protect our right to do that, banning rapelay just because it makes us uncomfortable is hypocrisy. I would never play any game like that, but the thing is that can be easily avoided. Just don't play it.

Ima go ahead and throw this down here:

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/12/why-defend-freedom-of-icky-speech.html

That was a very good read.

 

[DrOswald]

It sounds like it was already banned in some countries. I don't know who would want to play a game where you rape people...

I'm afraid I know EXACTLY who would want to play a game where you rape people ><.

They are aiming the game at a group of people that are shunned by the entire world, and above all it seems in Japan. Why this game is legal even there is beyond me. I haven't any idea if Fox News' greasy fingers has been over this game, but if they have/will it can't have been pretty on gamer-culture...

I disagree. We have many games that are about murdering innocents, but that doesn't mean that only murders want to play them. Just because the concept disgusts you doesn't mean only evil and immoral individuals want to play it.

I don't think it should be banned if similar stuff in other mediums are not banned. I see no value in the game but I don't see why it is so damaging to society that it must be banned.

 

[MrPrecocious]

At the end of the day, it comes down to freedom of speech. I wouldn't compromise freedom of speech for anything.

 

[NightlyNews]

XD I'm a woman and I say keep it legal. Why? Because it's a fetish game, just like any other sexual roleplay that already exists. Let's face it, rape is a fetish for a lot of people. I'd rather those who entertain those thoughts to have an outlet rather than go crazy and ACTUALLY rape someone. As long as we aren't giving kids access, what is the harm?

I'm stupidly free speech and voted for this to be legal in the poll.

But, at the same time I'm torn. I honestly believe that "living out" a rape fantasy wouldn't cause someone to be less likely to do it in real life. I'm no psychology nut or anything, but generally serial killers find it easier and easier to kill after their first murder.

I'm afraid this might be easing them into it *squick.

 

[Frost27]

I voted no.

I don't believe it should be banned for several reasons. Primarily because if you ban one game based on the opinion of a group, regardless of how large that group may be, you potentially start a dangerous precedent. Who decides what is "immoral"? What is to stop the very same precedent from banning the next Call of Duty based on objective moral stances? Yes the camp who would defend Call of Duty is far larger than the would be virtual rapists, the principal is the same. If you don't want someone trying to legislate your morality for you, you have to return the favor.

The second reason is, if you don't like it, banning it from store shelves would be far less effective than the open minded alternative. This alternative would be to abstain from buying it. Hell, even go so far as to publicly encourage others to to it in a blacklisting campaign. If no one buys it, the producers and studios that turn out this sort of product, as well as the stores that sell it might think twice the next time something similar comes their way. Effect the change you would see in the world by practicing the change, not hamfistedly quashing what you may find personally offensive.

Just my 2 copper.

 

[xdom125x]

Is it creepy as all hell that somebody would want to play this? Sure.
Will I ever play it? Not a chance in hell.
Should it be banned? No
Like somebody smarter than I said earlier:

It's rape porn. Rape porn exists in book, film and comic form and always has, mostly legally and without causing a firestorm like RapeLay did. So, whether rape porn should be banned is up for debate, but singling out RapeLay for a ban would be discrimination based on medium and set a precedent for video games not getting the same freedom of speech protections as other media.

Also, banning games that feature rape just because rape is bad (understatement) would open the floodgates to banning pretty much any game that features anything bad. Like killing, for example. If they banned all game that featured killing in any of it's forms, I'd say that would eliminate somewhere between 60 and 80% (percentage just pull out of nowhere, but it cannot be denied that killing is in a huge chunk of games) of all video games.

 

[Durindana]

A wise man once said: "Where one burns books, one is destined to burn people."

Art and media (books, films, games, etc.) should never be banned. Even works like Mein Kampf. It is up to the consumer of the art (the reader, viewer, player, etc.) to decide what he or she wants to play, and wants to avoid.

Personally, I think anyone who plays a game about being a rapist is completely bananas, but that's THEIR choice. They can be their own weird selves, just so long as they do it far away from me.

Now, if these people take it to the real world...that's a completely different issue.

 

[Dana22]

While I despise it, no, it should not be banned.

 

[Draitheryn]

It should absolutely be banned for no other reason than to not feed fuel to the fire of those nut jobs that want to ban video games in general.

 

[Smerf]

freedom of speech is one thing. this is horrible. all there is to it

 

[Veylon]

Banning this would be absurd when at the same time games that involve killing aren't. It ought to be shunned and rejected by the market, not some government czar.

 

[DrOswald]

Ima go ahead and throw this down here:

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/12/why-defend-freedom-of-icky-speech.html

This forever. Thank you for posting this article, I have never really been able to explain my views on freedom of speech adequately but this article explains everything perfectly.

Everyone should read this.

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

Whatever, if people want to play it then let them play it. I doubt it's going to turn anyone into a rapist and I can see a possible advantage of it giving an outlet to potential rapists. Rape certainly isn't a light topic but why does that mean you can't have a game about it? If you want to argue that it may upset rape victims then I won't say you're wrong but anything will not only upset at least one person but will also not be an exclusive source of upsetting material for that person. I prefer freedom over censorship, even in cases like this.

 

[Silent Anima]

I don't like the banning of things in general. Yes, some things need to be banned, but most things that are banned don't deserve to be banned at all and I'm sure Australians would agree with me. If it doesn't harm anyone then let it be. As most people have said I am all for free speech, but then again who isn't. Unless you're a fascist (not name calling here FYI)

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

Do I want it banned? No. I don?t trust any government agency to use that power fairly.
Do I want it to exist? No. It?s one of those games that are brought up in debates far too often for my tastes.

As a crazy libertarian, I think that whatever people chose to do on their own time is their business provided it harms no one. So while I wish it didn?t exist, I don?t want it banned.

 

[ShadowKatt]

Know what? I'm gonna say go ahead and ban it. Rape is illegal, and as much as I'm against censorship I'm at least savvy enough to know that the people that want to play it are going to get it one way or another. The only hands it will stay out of are the ones that we don't really want them to be in, ie, little Jimmy who asked his mom if he could have it who subsequently bought it without a first thought much less a second because she's a bad parent.

 

[xdom125x]

A zero tolerance policy in regards to child porn has been decided on and I can't see any real reason why it shouldn't have been.

Because if it isn't real, then it isn't child porn.

Bullshit.

Its like saying hentai isn't porn because its animated.

I think he was talking about the "child" part of the porn. He is saying that if it isn't a real child, it should not be banned. And I kind of agree with him on that 1.

I recall a painting that summed it up nicely. It was of a pipe, and under it (written in French) it said "This is not a pipe". It isn't a real thing and people should remember that it isn't a real thing.
(I would totally post the image, but I forgot how to).


Edit: bringer of illumination ninja'd the point of this post.

 

[Dana22]

It should absolutely be banned for no other reason than to not feed fuel to the fire of those nut jobs that want to ban video games in general.

You are wrong, its other way around. By banning this piece of crap, you are acknowledging that the 'nut jobs' are right, hence opening the door to ban other games. Say, that involve killing people ? I mean, how murder is less wrong then rape, right ?