So I was just reading this thread
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.290715-Australia-Bans-Dead-or-Alive-Dimensions-After-All?page=2#11549609
and it occurred to me that, whether or not the girls are of age or not, does it matter if they're animated? I mean, if they're fictional no one is being exploited, so what's the problem, so long as they don't look TOO young? With animated characters, the only thing you have to go on is the character's description, and an animated 17 year old could just as easily be changed to an animated 18 year old with just a quick edit of the character's background page.
This isn't a bash on Australia's decision to ban the game (sure there are already plenty of those) I was just wondering what others thought of this.
So my question is this-should it matter in the case of an animated underage character being portrayed sexually, given that there is no exploitation?
EDIT: I didn't mean in the case of little kids (though I guess you could imply the same concept) I meant in the case of the late teens age range where it can be really hard to tell the difference between of age and underage.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.290715-Australia-Bans-Dead-or-Alive-Dimensions-After-All?page=2#11549609
and it occurred to me that, whether or not the girls are of age or not, does it matter if they're animated? I mean, if they're fictional no one is being exploited, so what's the problem, so long as they don't look TOO young? With animated characters, the only thing you have to go on is the character's description, and an animated 17 year old could just as easily be changed to an animated 18 year old with just a quick edit of the character's background page.
This isn't a bash on Australia's decision to ban the game (sure there are already plenty of those) I was just wondering what others thought of this.
So my question is this-should it matter in the case of an animated underage character being portrayed sexually, given that there is no exploitation?
EDIT: I didn't mean in the case of little kids (though I guess you could imply the same concept) I meant in the case of the late teens age range where it can be really hard to tell the difference between of age and underage.